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Your Windows PC Has Been Throttling Itself Since Day One — Fix It Now

144K views · 17 Jul 2026

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@TheCynysterMind · 3 months ago
Keep in mind that "performance" means consuming more energy. and it also means your computer will be running HOTTER. It might benefit you to understand everything that these settings do... some might just be consuming with no benefit to you.
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@maltesemovies · 3 months ago
since this an AI produced video, I enquired AI about your advice and got this respons: Key Trade-offs: Power & Heat: The plan disables almost all power-saving features, leading to higher idle power consumption (10–30W more) and potentially higher temperatures, as the CPU refuses to downclock when not under full load. Diminishing Returns: On modern systems with fast CPU boost algorithms (like Intel Thread Director or AMD CPPC), the "Balanced" plan is already very aggressive. The gap between "Balanced" and "Ultimate Performance" is smaller today than it was in previous Windows versions. Verdict: Enable it if you play competitive, CPU-bound shooters and want the smoothest possible frame times.  For single-player, graphically demanding games, the difference will likely be unnoticeable, and the extra power draw may not be worth it
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@dangarvey434 · 3 months ago
If you have an AMD CPU leave it on balanced as it allows there drivers to automatically manage core parking and optimize more efficiently than the ultimate plan.
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@MsKinnara · 3 months ago
I'm on Windows 10 AND I normally have mine set to Gaming but seeing this video I decided to check about the Ultimate setting and as soon as I opened the power setting window I saw somehow it had been changed back to balanced which PISSES me off because I have never used that setting.
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@sirgardensalot · 3 months ago
Just a heads up for AMD Ryzen users (especially multi-core chips like the 3950X): forcing Ultimate Performance isn't recommended. Stick with the official AMD Ryzen™ Balanced plan that installs with your chipset drivers. It uses CPPC to shift clocks in 1ms intervals, whereas Ultimate Performance prevents cores from idling, leading to higher temps, worse power draw, and potential loss in peak boost clocks.
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@divegabe · 2 months ago
The cmd prompt worked and showed the displayed ultimate settings. However when I "choose power options", it still only shows balanced. Can anyone help? Windows 11 Home
@jiritichy6855 · 2 months ago
I started to have problems with the mouse -  like clicking on the close window in Internet browser tab (I am running Brave) it would do 2 actions at one : clicking on the little x in the tab right side it would close the tab, but releasing the mouse it would erase the next one tab, which filled the space of the one I just closed, so the little x was basically in same place  and it would close that tab too (which I did not want to close). Even slowing down the mouse double clicking in the setting did not really help! Anybody has any idea how to get rid of that???
@patrickmchargue7122 · 3 months ago
For some reason, the command to enable 'ultimate' appears to work, bu the 'powercfg /list' command does not list the 'ultimate' setting.
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@MsNailgun · 3 months ago
I can't get the Ultimate Performance to show for nothing.  I'm stuck on balanced. When I click on change plan settings it just shows the sleep option.
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@andersskvmund7241 · 3 months ago
The powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61 command appeared to work on an Acer laptop running Windows 11.   However, running powercfg /list from the command prompt showed only the original Balanced power scheme.  Pity.
@comicb00kguy18 · 3 months ago
where is this in the description at? I get c:\windows\system32>. I do NOT see this other stuff anywhere.
@pcgold944 · 3 months ago
Worked wonderfully even after my install was a super lean no bloatware install I saw a big uptick in speed in plain old daily browsing.
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