From: »Q« <boxcars@gmx.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Nvidia and optimus
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 22:53:10 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141217225310.2711e30b@sepulchrave.remarqs> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CAO5-k+oAcQ5r9A0=BmtEO643KgJ9Q4x2wSObfkVBb_73o30GVQ@mail.gmail.com
On Wed, 17 Dec 2014 18:49:08 +0330
behrouz khosravi <bz.khosravi@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On MS Windows, I need to:
> > 1) Start the program
> > 2) Stop the program
> > 3) Configure the driver to use the NVidia chipset for the program
> > (It doesn't
> > show in the list before I start it once)
> >
> > It seems that I was wrong about the way optimus is working in
> > Windows.
>
> I never have tried to manually select a GPU for program. I thought
> that the switching is automatic in Windows, because my games were
> smooth in Windows!
That NVidia utility automagically recognizes some games for which it
should switch the NVidia GPU on, but coverage is far from
comprehensive. In case it doesn't recognize a program, those three
steps are necessary.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-12-18 4:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-12-16 10:42 [gentoo-user] Nvidia and optimus behrouz khosravi
2014-12-16 11:08 ` J. Roeleveld
2014-12-16 11:55 ` behrouz khosravi
2014-12-16 12:54 ` J. Roeleveld
2014-12-16 18:11 ` behrouz khosravi
2014-12-16 19:49 ` J. Roeleveld
2014-12-16 20:59 ` behrouz khosravi
2014-12-16 21:29 ` J. Roeleveld
2014-12-17 9:23 ` behrouz khosravi
2014-12-17 9:50 ` J. Roeleveld
2014-12-17 15:19 ` behrouz khosravi
2014-12-18 4:53 ` »Q« [this message]
2014-12-16 21:39 ` Heiko Baums
2014-12-16 22:37 ` Sid S
2014-12-16 23:46 ` Erik Mackdanz
2014-12-17 1:40 ` Sid S
2014-12-17 6:35 ` J. Roeleveld
2014-12-17 10:45 ` Heiko Baums
2014-12-17 13:16 ` Erik Mackdanz
2014-12-17 13:59 ` J. Roeleveld
2014-12-17 9:39 ` behrouz khosravi
2014-12-17 9:53 ` J. Roeleveld
2014-12-17 10:49 ` Heiko Baums
2014-12-17 11:50 ` J. Roeleveld
2014-12-17 14:27 ` Christian Kruse
2014-12-18 5:28 ` behrouz khosravi
2014-12-18 18:40 ` Fábio Emilio Costa
2014-12-18 19:03 ` J. Roeleveld
2014-12-18 19:34 ` Heiko Baums
2014-12-19 6:48 ` Sid S
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