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I bought the ASUS TUF V249Q3R to bypass Optimus, in hopes of boosting CPU performance, but it just caused thermal throttling to worsen more. The monitor itself is fine, but due to physical limitations of x86 CPU in a laptop, I can't do anything about it besides getting a desktop. Had my gaming laptop's thermals not severely degraded, I'm sure that bypassing Optimus would've helped and not hindered performance. Sadly my laptop doesn't have a MUX switch nor does it have Advanced Optimus, so using an external monitor via HDMI was my only choice.

Should I keep it but not use it for gaming, or refund it and continue using my laptop as is? If I refund it, I have to send the box and monitor back to Amazon and they'll take part of my refund to cover shipping costs. If I keep it, I won't use it for gaming due to the dGPU being fully utilized, which then makes my CPU even hotter due to laptop heatsink. By the way, I already re-applied thermal paste, undervolted and power limited CPU, and also use a cooling pad, so don't suggest to do those. I've had my gaming laptop since January 2020, so it's been almost 6 years and I'm surprised it hasn't died on me yet.

Throughout childhood, there were certain values that were instilled in everyday life. Adults were actually adults back then and held a tight ship.

• Order
• Professionalism
• Accountability
• Properness/etiquette
• Respect for authority

... these were the values that were still the norm. In school, the first week every school year, the assistant principal would pull everyone into an assembly and review the entire student handbook.

This was just back in 2000-2009.

Is it just me, or has society lapsed in discipline, order, and rule of law? Back then, those in charge took responsibility. Adults these days act like children. Children act just as bad. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

It seems like the past decade and a half, everyone thought it was appropriate to blatently challenge the status quo and norms of society.