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    Turning off NVIDIA card

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by mghokie7, Sep 16, 2008.

  1. mghokie7

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    My R61 came with a NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M, and i really thik it is causing my to loose some serious battery life. Im only getting around 2.5-3 hours on a balanced power setting, low screen brightness, and a 6 cell battery. Is there any way that i can turn off the graphics card because I do not play any games at all?

    Also, ive read people are improving their picture quality by calibrating their screens. How would i calibrate my screen?
     
    mghokie7, Sep 16, 2008
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    Turn off the GPU? I'm not sure if thats possible thought it would be cool and blind. However, if you have a NVIDIA Control Panel you can probably set it to power saving settings (less performance, less quality).
     
    I♥RAM, Sep 16, 2008
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    You can't disable the video card.
     
    Bog, Sep 16, 2008
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    So I currently have the NVIDIA control panel page opened on my screen to the adjust 3D settings. I really never play any games or use any type of designing software, so will changing the setting from highest quality to best performance improve my battery life, or even better, reduce any heat? Currently the setting is set all the way to the right, and I am talking about moving it all the way to the left.
     
    mghokie7, Sep 17, 2008
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    1) You can't turn off the dedicated videocard in the R61. This can only be done in the newer T400 / T500 / etc. series

    2) With a calibration device like the Spyder 3 you can create a color profile what will be loaded into the videocard driver.
     
    jcvjcvjcvjcv, Sep 17, 2008
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  7. mghokie7

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    But will reducing the performance of my graphics card allow me to achieve better battery life?
     
    mghokie7, Sep 18, 2008
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    You could use something like Ntune to run graphics applications in a low-quality mode; you could also disable Aero to save a meager 4-5% of battery life.
     
    Bog, Sep 18, 2008
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    1) undervolting (there's a guide somewhere on these forums)
    2) turn off aero
    3) use RM clock to enable Super LFM
    4) optimize your power settings in windows and lenovo power manager
    5) enable battery strech in lenovo power manager

    I can squeeze out at around 4 to 4.5 hours on a 7cell and 3 to 3.5 hours on a 6 cell

    (typing, websurfing, wifi on, screen dimmed to min)
     
    batman5315, Sep 18, 2008
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    download RivaTuner and underclock your GPU :)

    I did the opposite, but I want performance, lol
     
    miro_gt, Sep 19, 2008
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