I've read through several threads about this issue, but I haven't actually seen anyone get an answer that worked. I know I've tried just about everything personally and it just won't make any difference. I've upped the IR, I've changed the texture cache all the way to safe, as well as in the middle, and I've gone into Nvidia Control Panel and set Dolphin to only use my graphics card. However, regardless of all these attempts, Nvidia Inspector is still reading idle speeds on Dolphin, and the Taskbar item still reads, "Nvidia GPU activity: None." I've tried DirectX9, DirectX11, and OpenGL, and none of them will read anything from my GPU.
So I was wondering if anyone has actually figured this out.
Thanks, and have a nice day!
Are you reading no activity on the graphics card during a game, or just with the dolphin window open? (Just looking to clarify this)
Also, which games are you trying to run?
(12-17-2013, 05:07 AM)KHg8m3r Wrote: [ -> ]Are you reading no activity on the graphics card during a game, or just with the dolphin window open? (Just looking to clarify this)
Also, which games are you trying to run?
It's reading no activity during a game. I've been trying to run Melee, Brawl, Windwaker, and Mario Kart Double Dash. All of these games worked about a month ago, but since then I encountered some serious malware and reinstalled my OS and all of my drivers.
Also sorry, (I'm so new it burns) but I recreated this thread here
https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-idle-clock-speed-for-nvidia-gpu--33405 because I wasn't sure which location was more appropriate.
Alright, lets see what we can do. First, you say your drivers are up to date. Thats good. Next, get the latest version of Visual c++ and directx web updater. Those are commonly missed parts of a fresh install.
Also, its possible that your GPU isn't kicking into high performance mode even though you set it to. Switch your backend to OpenGL and enable the vertex streaming hack to start (its under graphics > hacks, and only visible for OpenGL)
Make sure you're using the latest dev build.
Its common forum etiquette to not double post under two different threads. If it isn't in the right thread, the admins will move it. So I would suggest that you delete that other thread, and the post under the Laptop performance guide.
I just double checked Visual C++ and the DirectX webinstaller on Microsoft's website, and it looks like I'm good to go there.
I enabled OpenGL and the Vertex Streaming hack and tried running Windwaker. I still didn't read any activity from my GPU. I'm not entirely sure what you mean by the latest dev build, but I'm running Dolphin 4.0 and not 4.0.2. Should that affect this? I'll try to download 4.0.2 as well.
And I didn't exactly mean to double post.. I can't seem to figure out how to delete a thread.
Edit: I deleted the other thread.
Go to the first post you made in your thread, click full edit. Then look for an option called "Delete post" or reply (or whatever it say). That´s all.
By dev build, I mean when you go to the downloads page, scroll a little past the latest stable release and you'll see some other versions to download (the latest is the one at the top)
(12-17-2013, 06:13 AM)KHg8m3r Wrote: [ -> ]By dev build, I mean when you go to the downloads page, scroll a little past the latest stable release and you'll see some other versions to download (the latest is the one at the top)
Alright, I've got 4.0.2 running, I set it up to prefer my gpu on NVCP, and I've got it set to OpenGL and Vertex Streaming Hack, but I'm still not reading any activity.
Thanks again for helping out.
In 4.0.2, try enabling openCL, as it can sometimes kick the GPU into high performance (although it was removed in a dev build because some people don't see the use of it)
If that doesn't work, the latest current dev build as of this writing is 4.0-539. Try downloading that one.
When you right-click on dolphin.exe, does it give you the option "run with graphics card...." ?
(12-18-2013, 01:25 AM)KHg8m3r Wrote: [ -> ]In 4.0.2, try enabling openCL, as it can sometimes kick the GPU into high performance (although it was removed in a dev build because some people don't see the use of it)
If that doesn't work, the latest current dev build as of this writing is 4.0-539. Try downloading that one.
When you right-click on dolphin.exe, does it give you the option "run with graphics card...." ?
I enabled openCL, and it still didn't read anything. And I usually start it by right clicking and selecting, "Run with graphics processor > High-performance NVIDIA processor (Default)" Neither of these actions made it read any activity. I'm so confused.. It works like a charm on any normal PC game, and even on Project64. I'm going to give 4.0- 539 a whirl. I might not have access to reliable internet for a while over the holidays, though. Thanks for the help.