TwistedFury :
RandomNameDestroyer :
TwistedFury :
RandomNameDestroyer :
TwistedFury :
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.
Changing 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. Is there any chance you could point me in the right direction (i.e what setting I'm looking for?). I would greatly appreciate it, Thank you.
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.
Thank you, I will test this in a little bit and get back to this thread with some results!
Sounds good!
Sadly there was no such option in Lenovo's bios, (There was actually a very limited number of options actually. :L)
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. 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. However, after the call ended, I opted to run a few more tests. 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. The results were 10 - 15 FPS. (When the lid is open, on discreet it's about 45 - 60+). 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.
So... I can only assume that it's not switching to integrated, but rather bottlenecking the discreet graphics to prevent overheating, or what?
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. In anycase I'll update the thread with whatever Lenovo supplies.