06-22-2014 10:57 PM - last edited 3 weeks ago by ROGBot
06-23-2014 12:02 AM
06-23-2014 12:42 AM
06-23-2014 01:19 AM
06-23-2014 01:33 AM
Theodore wrote:
So if i understand well... If i start a game on Nvidia GPU and then i will minimalize it so i´ll be on the desktop, i´ll be still running Nvidia GPU because of the game running in the background, do i? There will be no change frorm Nvidia GPU to Intel GPU...
Understand i well?
I´m asking because the main proces explorer.exe is working on a Intel GPU, that is the reason why i want to know if there will be GPU change or not... And what i have read there is no way how to change it to run on Nvidia GPU...
06-23-2014 01:43 AM
06-23-2014 02:04 AM
Theodore wrote:
That is not my problem...
I just want to know when i minimalize the game and then left the PC alone for a couple hours... Will the game run in a background on Nvidia GPU or it will run on Intel GPU because of the fact the game will be minimalized and i´ll be on the "desktop / screen"?
That is the question and i need to know the answer, because i dont want to overheat my system with running game in the background on Intel GPU when i leave my PC with minimalized game for some time ...
06-23-2014 02:16 AM
hmscott wrote:
So, it's ok to keep running on the Nvidia GPU all day, burning electricity heating up your Nvidia GPU, but you don't want to have it switch to your Intel GPU and run all day on it? 🙂
How about you save your place in the game, and quit it. Because letting a game run all day in the background isn't a good idea on either GPU. It's a waste of power, sleep your laptop.
theclaw37 wrote:
Yes Theodore, the game will still run on the Nvidia GPU. As a matter of fact, you will use the Intel to render your desktop and the Nvidia will probably enter a low power state, as there will be nothing to render on screen (if it's alt-tabbed). From your Nvidia control panel, you can set an option to show a notification that when you click, will display exactly what your NV is tasked with. It looks like this: and when clicked, it will look like this: .
It would also be absurd to switch GPUs while running something because in order for a program to use one it must first set up parameters, load up the VRAM etc. and switching from one GPU to another while processing has already been done on one of them would be very complicated, and sometimes even impossible due to hardware particularities.
06-23-2014 01:59 AM