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Do you have add Dolphin to NVIDIA control panel? - Smiggy - 12-19-2013

So, it makes full use of the drivers? I was advised by someone else in another thread to do so.

If so, do we have to tweak any settings after adding it?


RE: Do you have add Dolphin to NVIDIA control panel? - pauldacheez - 12-19-2013

You do indeed have to put it in there under a high-performance profile. Anything more specific, I don't know – I haven't used these drivers, I just know that this is the normal procedure.


RE: Do you have add Dolphin to NVIDIA control panel? - Smiggy - 12-21-2013

(12-19-2013, 12:46 PM)pauldacheez Wrote: You do indeed have to put it in there under a high-performance profile. Anything more specific, I don't know – I haven't used these drivers, I just know that this is the normal procedure.
Hi,

Do you mean like this? See screenshot.

Can anyone else who use nVidia card to play Dolphin games state if any specific settings have to be changed in the control panel?


RE: Do you have add Dolphin to NVIDIA control panel? - MayImilae - 12-21-2013

Change "Power Management Mode" from "Adaptive" to "Prefer Maximum Performance".


RE: Do you have add Dolphin to NVIDIA control panel? - pauldacheez - 12-21-2013

FUCKING FINALLY I HAVE SOME SEMBLANCE OF UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED IN THERE


RE: Do you have add Dolphin to NVIDIA control panel? - Smiggy - 12-22-2013

(12-21-2013, 08:50 AM)MaJoR Wrote: Change "Power Management Mode" from "Adaptive" to "Prefer Maximum Performance".
Thanks, I have done that and how do you know for sure it is using the nVidia card on Windows 8.1?


RE: Do you have add Dolphin to NVIDIA control panel? - pauldacheez - 12-22-2013

Because the option obviously isn't there to control the goddamn Intel GPU's power management mode.

If you're not sure your Nvidia GPU's in use, check GPU-Z to see if it's at full clockspeed and at a non-zero amount of load when running Dolphin.


RE: Do you have add Dolphin to NVIDIA control panel? - Smiggy - 12-23-2013

(12-22-2013, 12:59 PM)pauldacheez Wrote: Because the option obviously isn't there to control the goddamn Intel GPU's power management mode.

If you're not sure your Nvidia GPU's in use, check GPU-Z to see if it's at full clockspeed and at a non-zero amount of load when running Dolphin.
Hi,

I used nVidia inspector and it was running when I ran a game for a seconds. See attachment.

Very low load though.


RE: Do you have add Dolphin to NVIDIA control panel? - pauldacheez - 12-24-2013

Low load is fine, it's zero load that's bad. I wouldn't expect much load on Metroid Prime's mostly title screen.

The reported clockspeeds seem fine (e.g. even at that low a load it's going near-full-tilt at 700 MHz anyway), so unless your shit overheats you'll have zero clockspeed-related speed issues.


RE: Do you have add Dolphin to NVIDIA control panel? - Smiggy - 12-24-2013

(12-24-2013, 05:45 AM)pauldacheez Wrote: Low load is fine, it's zero load that's bad. I wouldn't expect much load on Metroid Prime's mostly title screen.

The reported clockspeeds seem fine (e.g. even at that low a load it's going near-full-tilt at 700 MHz anyway), so unless your shit overheats you'll have zero clockspeed-related speed issues.
Thanks for all your help mate. It wasn't overheating.

Send me a PM, please.