Dealing with Thermal and Power Limit Throttling Issues on the Dell XPS 15
I've been having intermitent issues with my Dell XPS 15 9560 since the day I bought it 2 years ago. It would freeze momentarily and cause stuttering of the mouse from time to time doing normal activities. It wasn't until I threw Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 on the laptop when I discovered the root of the problems. Turns out, it was the "Power Limit Throttling" and "Thermal Throttling" that was the source of all the problems with performance. When I searched online for the cure, I found plenty of others complaining about the same problem and it really took some trial and error to try and figure out the definitive steps to take to overcome it. After many hours combing through blogs and Youtube videos, here are the steps I took to get my laptop to handle heavy CPU and GPU loads. Step 1: Install ThrottleStop (Get a Baseline going) Throttlestop will allow you to assess the situation. Its good to run it so that you get a sense for what happening with the m...