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    Using nVidia Battery Boost on AC?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by hfm, Jun 3, 2014.

  1. hfm

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    Is it possible? It looks like it only kicks in while on battery, i'd actually like to turn it on while on AC as well.
     
    hfm, Jun 3, 2014
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    The only thing that battery boost does is limit the FPS of the game. You can do this with nVidia Inspector. I've been doing this for years with laptops, keeps the power and thermals in check. I set it to 60FPS for BF4 and drops CPU temps by 12C and GPU by 8C compared to left unlocked.
     
    HTWingNut, Jun 4, 2014
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    How do you do that with nVidia Inspector? I've checked and I can't seem to find the option anywhere. Either I'm blind or dumb ( or a combo of both ) .
     
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    Nice, I knew what it did I just wanted it to work on AC without another tool. Thanks for the nv inspector tip!
     
    hfm, Jun 4, 2014
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    Yeah I'd like to have it on when my wife is nearby, and I can just leave it off when she's not. :) best of both worlds.
     
    hfm, Jun 5, 2014
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    It doesn't appear that nvidiainspector setting fps cap is working in arkham city. I heard there was a situation where it doesn't work with vsync in some cases on newer drivers. I'll try some other things tomorrow.
     
    hfm, Jun 10, 2014
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    I disable vsync always when limiting FPS. As long as FPS is below your LCD refresh rate, it should be fine. You might want to fuss with Intel XTU as well and downclock your CPU and udnervolt and use that in conjunction. I can play BF4 on battery at 720p medium settings at 40FPS for over two hours on my Clevo with CPU set at 2GHz, balanced profile, and GPU underclocked.
     
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    So I just tested some games with nvidia inspector finally and downloaded fraps to watch FPS. I set nvidia inspector to cap at 30 FPS globally.

    Dark Souls: Works. Capped to 30 FPS, though perhaps DS is just capped to 30 FPS? (EDIT: YES.. I read it is..)

    Arkham City: Whether I have VSYNC on or off in game it doesn't matter. FPS cap setting doesn't work and it renders as fast as it can. It does honor vsync though, vsync off is a mess of tearing.

    Wasteland 2: it has it's own built in limiter to set target frame rate in the options if you turn off vsync, seems to work but makes nvinspector moot.

    Alan Wake: doesn't work, vsync - 60 FPS, vsync off: 200+ fps..

    Tomb Raider Anniversary: didn't work.


    So .. I think in a nutshell. nvidia inspector's FPS cap setting doesn't work, at least with the latest nvidia drivers. It would be nice if nVidia just made it so you could use "Battery Boost" on AC as well.
     
    hfm, Jun 14, 2014
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    I get Tomb Raider to work fine with it. I don't play the other ones though so can't speak to it...

    And don't set it globally, set it by each game, otherwise it won't work on 90% of games.
     
    HTWingNut, Jun 14, 2014
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    Ahh.. that makes sense I guess. I'll try that. Why even bother with a global setting then. Makes it kind of a pain to work with.
     
    hfm, Jun 14, 2014
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    Why not use the RTSS FPS limiter? It's always been flawless unlike Nvidia Inspector.
     
    octiceps, Jun 14, 2014
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