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    Nvidia Verde 306.02-BETA driver available

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by DaCM, Aug 27, 2012.

  1. hackness

    hackness Notebook Virtuoso

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    Make sure there's no dGPU monitoring programs running as monitoring also counts as using the dGPU. Also there's no problem with Optimus on mine, dGPU turns off itself when nothing is using it.

    Steam and Adobe reader are set to use NVIDIA GPU as default, you'll need to change those to integrated in the NVIDIA panel else the dGPU won't shut down.
     
    hackness, Aug 31, 2012
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  2. Kiol

    Kiol Notebook Consultant

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    Same all normal, mine turns on and off as required

    EDIT: Scratch that, dGPU (680m) is always on straight from boot.... :confused:

    troubleshooting

    From Drivers notes:
    Exceptions:
    Notebooks supporting Hybrid Power technology with Intel chipsets are not supported (NVIDIA Optimus technology is supported).

    I don't understand that, is it supported or not??
     
    Kiol, Aug 31, 2012
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  3. Kiol

    Kiol Notebook Consultant

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    I've noticed that even some game launchers turn on the dGPU
     
    Kiol, Aug 31, 2012
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    Kiol Notebook Consultant

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    Sorry for multiple posts!

    Stuff like steam and game launchers make the dGPU go on by default, check the preferred graphics processor for each program in the NVIDIA control panel 3D settings.
     
    Kiol, Aug 31, 2012
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  5. kyyy

    kyyy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ye, it was my steam that was causing the issue. Set up to autostart with windows and cause the gpu to always be on.
     
    kyyy, Sep 1, 2012
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  6. kisetsu17

    kisetsu17 Took me long enough

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    I'm not having the Steam issue. I didn't mess with the settings though. Anyway, on my GT 650M, ~970mhz clocks score went up from P2615 to P2750. Overclocking to 1150mhz core yields P3150 now on 3dMark11. Hope this one's stable. Did you guys have problems with driver crashes on the previous (304.48) beta drivers?
     
    kisetsu17, Sep 1, 2012
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