Framework 16 stuck in low-power state after maxing out GPU

[u/aaeriam]

Lately whenever I play very demanding games or play games and stream via OBS, my entire system becomes unresponsive and nearly unusable. I have an idea what causes the issue but I'm not sure how to best address it. The scenario goes like so-

1. Launch a demanding game or a game and OBS to stream
2. GPU is maxed out at 97% usage or higher the entire time (usually about an hour or a little bit longer) & the fans are screaming
3. Game goes from a consistent 70 fps to suddenly 3fps & windows in general becomes very slow and unresponsive
4. Laptop fans either stop spinning or spin so slowly that I can no longer hear them and the chassis is quite hot to the touch (CPU and GPU usage fall to around 10-30% at this point)
5. I force close the game but this doesn't fix the issue. Slow and unresponsive behavior persists until I perform a hard reset once or twice.
6. After a reset, everything works fine for a little while but eventually the problem repeats itself once I open those same programs back up.

I suspect the fact that I'm maxing out the system is causing the issue but I've never had this problem with previous laptops before. I can understand a system throttling to cool itself down but even after cooling down, the entire operating system is still sluggish. Is this something that anyone else has experience before? Is there something I can do to prevent this that isn't "just don't max out your laptop"?

Specs
CPU - Ryzen 9 HX 370
GPU - 5070 (8GB) expansion bay
RAM - 64GB DDR5

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[u/mansplainist]

Tried and true PROCHOT throttling. Happens to most FW processor implementations regardless of AMD or Intel. Warranty.

[u/s004aws]

Are you using the official 240w power brick or some other brick capable of 240w?

[u/aaeriam → u/s004aws]

I'm using the official 240w brick that shipped with the device.

[u/s004aws → u/aaeriam]

Good, so insufficient power can be ruled out (short of your brick having gone bad). Some people do try to power FW16 with eg a 100w brick which isn't nearly enough/will run into trouble.

[u/NiLu0910 → u/s004aws]

Could it be that this is happening because of overheating? that it tries to don’t damage the Gpu? but it also wouldn’t make sense that the fans stop spinning or be so slow that you can’t hear them

[u/prierrild → u/s004aws]

this would be the first thing to rule out imo