I know from personal experience when I used to game on a laptop, if you put the power/battery option to "High Performance" and keep the charger plugged in, it will allow all components to operate at 100% load. I remember doing it when I used to play MMO's, I was wondering why I would lag, then I realized, I would put it on Balanced when I was in school ect, and forgot to change it back. Hopefully this helps.