I have a 4080 with intel i9-149000KF (just got it) - Can I set my computer “Power Mode” to BALANCED? Or do I need to use BEST PERFORMANCE to get the highest FPS/performance?
I’m asking because in BP my office gets super hot compared to Balanced and its room temperature. I’m willing to sweat it out if i get better performance!
Yes. Balanced will throttle all equipment to draw less power and also lower performance at the same time. But if the office is really hot, then you probably need some more ventilation for the PC (and maybe the room?).
Not usually true, it will downclock things if they aren’t being used to their 100% extents. Like for the CPU, it will allow clock speeds to fluctuate between 5-100%, depending on load, vs max performance keeping the clocks at 100%. Benchmarks will usually be within margin of error between the two profiles.
The CPU is only going to draw as much power as it needs. I run max performance all the time and my idle wattages are like 3-5w higher than on balanced. During gaming, it will most likely make a trivial difference since the game is going to push 4-6 threads anyways. With a 14900, it will be very minor since WoW will only really use about 6 threads worth total of the 32 you have available. Assuming stock settings on your CPU, even with the highest loads WoW can deliver(think Valdrakken), your CPU likely won’t break 100w even if you were running at >200fps(super pointless beyond 100 in an MMO).
I have a 13600kf with a slight undervolt * and cap to 116fps, I don’t even break 50w while in capitals. If you’re worried about heat, cap your FPS. The bulk of your heat, while gaming, is going to be coming from the 4080 that can draw around 300w.
Using balanced mode in raid is asking for a bad time.
I can almost promise that it will make next to zero difference in performance outside of margins of error. For instance, throwing these two power profiles at Geekbench, a very reputable CPU benchmark, yields the following results for my CPU:
2682s/13985m
2662s/14055m
0.75% difference in single-thread and 0.5% difference in multi-thread, which are more than within the margin of error.
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