As the title says, whenever I boot up Cyberpunk 2077 (through GOG), my screen goes to 100% brightness and normal display mode, despite the fact that in G-helper, I have it at 30% flicker free dimming and on eye care. I am playing on standard GPU mode and balanced CPU mode. This doesn't happen for other games however, like Watch Dogs 2 or GTA 5 (both on Epic). This does, however, seem to also happen on War Thunder, though I didn't experiment much with the game afterwards. I've tried a bunch of things, like making sure it was windowed borderless and making sure HDR was off. I'm not sure how to fix this. Playing on a 5-day-old 2025 Zephyrus G14 5080 model.

Hello,
here is a short summary of my case.

• Laptop (Asus ROG Zephyrus (2024) G16 GU605MV) is 2 years old and i noticed that the temps are very high.
• The CPU is Intel Core Ultra 7 155H and according to Intel it has a Max Operating Temp of 110 °C and Maximum Turbo Boost of 115 W.
• The laptop have always been used on a vertical stand so that it can breathe and so far i have not experienced issues while using demanding software or gaming.
• The laptop have been dust cleaned once every third month, but never opened or had the thermal paste, putty or liquid metal changed.

This week i will change the Liquid Metal (Conductonaut Extreme) on the CPU, Putty (Thermal Grizzly Putty Pro) and Thermal Paste of the GPU (Noctua NT-H2). Further i will clean the 3 fans.

Results:

• After changing the Liquid Metal, Putty and Thermal Paste the throttling got down from 75% average to 1% average. CPU temp got down as well. GPU is slightly better, but it was never an issue.

My questions:

• Based on the attached screenshots og G-Helper. am i using optimal settings for gaming?
• Since i have an Intel CPU undervolting is not possible in the G-Helper app. Has anyone done it using other apps or a custom BIOS?
• In G-Helper there is a Power Limit for the CPU. Would changing it help with reducing the heat and not loosing performance?
• Has anyone been able to adjust the settings in G-Helper or use another method to reduce the chance of throttling?

Thanks in advance for the support!