OK, this is really winding me up.
When playing certain games my FPS drops from 60 all the way down to 0, waits a second or so, then shoots back up to 60.
This is of course the good old Intel Turbo Boost kicking in, as confirmed by the monitor.
Is there any way to get it running in Turbo mode permanently? This is really screwing up my SC2 battles where I need to micro during 'elevated' action events. When I play a 4v4 that really maxes out the system I don't suffer any spikes at all because the CPU is constantly OC'd. 1v1 games have CPU spikes/lag all over the place and it's totally unplayable. Even with all settings on low.
Tried all the Windows high performance power options (asking it to max out my CPU no matter what) and of course Asus P4G Hybrid. They both don't do diddly zip.
Any solution to this? It would be nice to be able to control this from the BIOS but of course the BIOS on the G74SX has about as many options as a Fisherprice laptop.
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For games that push the system then Turbo is fine, for borderline up + down stuff like this it's a nightmare. Looks like I will need to lower some CPU heavy options to keep my 60fps, which sucks knowing it could boost constantly if the option was there.

