This effectly got my 60 FPS back on GTA5 with the lid closed. The only workaround I found was to completely reboot the machine with the lid closed and never open it up again during my gameplay. I already have all power options disabled and this does not solves the issue. Recently I bought myself a Lenovo Y50 and I started noticing the FPS drop as soon as I closed the lid. Hello guys/gals.I know its been a while on the thread but anyhow here are my two cents. This isn't the issue, if I didn't have it set to nothing already, my computer would simply go to sleep, and my external monitor would display nothing.
Instead, go to Power Options < What does closing the lid do < Nothing You're tech support guy sounds correct, as the performance matches.
KEEP MACBOOK FROM SLEEPING WITH LID CLOSED UPDATE
In anycase I'll update the thread with whatever Lenovo supplies. I own a brand new Lenovo Y50 4K, and I can only assume that it's not defective, but this is rather an issue (Or feature? Lel) that affects all other Y50s, so if anyone has any tips while I wait to hear back from Lenovo, I'd be glad to hear them, and I'm sure someone else down the road probably would too. I can only assume that it's not switching to integrated, but rather bottlenecking the discreet graphics to prevent overheating, or what? I then decided to run the same test while the lid was open, and I told nvidia to specifically use the integrated graphics on battlefield, which resulted in a solid 5 FPS. (When the lid is open, on discreet it's about 45 - 60+). What I did, was measure BF4's fps while settings were high, and it was whitelisted in the Nvidia control panel, and the laptop lid was closed. However, after the call ended, I opted to run a few more tests. The "tech specialist" suspects that upon closing the lid, it switches to integrated graphics, despite my game/programs/etc being specifically whitelisted inside of nvidia's control panel. I gave their tech support a call, and they're supposed to get back to me within 24/h after trying to replicate the issue on their end. Sadly there was no such option in Lenovo's bios, (There was actually a very limited number of options actually.
Thank you, I will test this in a little bit and get back to this thread with some results!
You need to shut of your laptop completely, turn it on while repeatedly pressing F2 (or whatever other key accesses BIOS, such as F12 or DEL) and search for something that says Power Saving Mode and disable it. I would greatly appreciate it, Thank you. Is there any chance you could point me in the right direction (i.e what setting I'm looking for?). Effeectt is correct, it's the laptop going into a low-power mode because the lid is closed, you can disable it from BIOS, or do as he says and move it from your face, which is recommended.Ĭhanging a setting or two in the BIOS seems hardly damaging, if I want to save power on my laptop, I'll put it to sleep.