TLDR; find these settings in BIOS, disable them, see if it helps your FPS.
So we all know Odyssey is CPU-hungry. Well, on my Dell XPS laptop, my 10th gen Intel i7 comes with these 2 feature that helps regulate temps and energy. Google them for more details.
Bottom line, I've always experienced FPS drops when stuff gets intensive (no surprise), but that weak performance sticks around even after I move to somewhere less intensive.
Example: on my 1650 laptop, med/low settings 1920, I get around 30-50 FPS in a station. but high CZ Odyessey, I'm around 20-25, dropping to 17 ~ 18. Thing is, when I'm back to stations, I'm around 20-25….. maaaybe if I'm lucky I get 30.
After a bit of testing and research, I saw my CPU clock drops from 2.5ghz to 1.9, even 1.6Ghz. And I noticed some stuff using HWInfo, like P-step disabled, CPU thermal throttling, core power limit enabled, all weird stuff start going off the hook.
Fast forward few hours, found these 2 settings in BIOS. Disabled Speedstep, didn't help. Throttling still happening. Speed shift, is kinda weird. It still throws alarm and power is disabled, and yes, sometimes it still even drops 2Ghz….( stock is 2.5, boosting to 3~4ghz TurboBoost), but it hovers 2 ~2.5ghz pretty darn consistently, and it's a LOT better for me.
Now my high CZ on-foot is 30-35 and it is MIND BLOWING lol…. and my in-station hovers 40 to even v-sync 60 sometimes! Mostly 40-50 though.
Anyway, just a bit of tips I found. Hope it helps.
