nVidia Optimus Question

So far nVidia Optimus hasn't been problematic for me as far as performance. But the way it handles manual configuration of files to use dedicated or integrated has been a little bit of a challenge in a few instances. I'm hoping there's a way to fix/change this.

My concern is that you choose an .exe manually it automatically assigns a game to that .exe if there is a game for that exe that already exists. As an example (and my latest issue), Windows Home Server Launchpad program is launchpad.exe. I had to manually choose it because it was using my dedicated GPU and I want it running at all times so want it to use integrated graphics. Well when I chose the launchpad.exe executable it automatically assumed it was Planetside 2 which is also launchpad.exe.

Well even though I set it to integrated, it still was using dedicated. There is no way that I can tell to disassociate launchpad.exe with Planetside 2 or at the very least force it to see this launchpad.exe as a separate program.

Only way I've found to change it, is to rename the .exe of the WHS launchpad.exe to something else, but that's not the best case because in certain instances WHS looks for that launchpad.exe and it won't launch properly.

Anyone found any alternate solution?

 

Have you tried targetting 'PlanetSide2.exe' instead of the launcher?

I hated that it uses just a name of the exe, I wish there is an addition option to include the path to resolve the name issue.

However, the automatic option seem to get it "right" for me, so far.

 

I don't have Planetside 2.

 

Ouch ... fail read on my end

 

Although I should download it and try that and see what happens. But my thought is that it will still think it's Planetside 2 just in a different directory.

 

any chance renaming planetside's launchpad.exe to planetside.exe and see if it'll work? (just shooting blanks here hehehe)

 

I'm beginning to suspect the same thing too.

 

I don't have Planetside 2 installed...

Although posted this on the nVidia forum and got a decent response: https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/527504/geforce-drivers/nvidia-optimus-issue

You can delete pre-existing profiles using nVidia Inspector. Once I deleted the Planetside 2 one, it then loaded up DC Universe online which also uses launchpad.exe. So don't ask me how it figures out which one to use. But I deleted that one and works fine now.