There's very occasional times I may need to peg my GPU to maximum, for some tests. I wonder if this works with ToastyX restart64.exe to avoid the need to reboot the computer.
Guide: Permanently lock nvidia gpu on max frequency via regedit (KBOOST)
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Re: Guide: Permanently lock nvidia gpu on max frequency via regedit (KBOOST)
It does, confirmed it with this terminal command:Chief Blur Buster wrote: ↑02 Jun 2023, 04:54There's very occasional times I may need to peg my GPU to maximum, for some tests. I wonder if this works with ToastyX restart64.exe to avoid the need to reboot the computer.
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nvidia-smi --query
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Dandy. Good to know. I can waste power for just a few minutes for some obscure test, without needing to reboot.Tiberiusmoon wrote: ↑02 Jun 2023, 05:41It does, confirmed it with this terminal command:Chief Blur Buster wrote: ↑02 Jun 2023, 04:54There's very occasional times I may need to peg my GPU to maximum, for some tests. I wonder if this works with ToastyX restart64.exe to avoid the need to reboot the computer.
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Re: Guide: Permanently lock nvidia gpu on max frequency via regedit (KBOOST)
yes, thats work with restart64 or devconChief Blur Buster wrote: ↑02 Jun 2023, 04:54There's very occasional times I may need to peg my GPU to maximum, for some tests. I wonder if this works with ToastyX restart64.exe to avoid the need to reboot the computer.
Re: Guide: Permanently lock nvidia gpu on max frequency via regedit (KBOOST)
It's possible to automate this along with the Windows powerplan for games using a batch file.
This way you can save energy and play at maximum performance.
This is what I did when I used to game.
First you need to bypass the uac prompt to add the registry key. Several ways to do it.
Then find the powerplan's strings with powercfg /l.
Create a batch file:
regedit /s or reg import nvidia-max.reg
restart64.exe /q
powercfg -s 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c (high performance)
start "" /wait "game path"
powercfg -s 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e (balanced)
regedit /s nvidia-min.reg
This way you can save energy and play at maximum performance.
This is what I did when I used to game.
First you need to bypass the uac prompt to add the registry key. Several ways to do it.
Then find the powerplan's strings with powercfg /l.
Create a batch file:
regedit /s or reg import nvidia-max.reg
restart64.exe /q
powercfg -s 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c (high performance)
start "" /wait "game path"
powercfg -s 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e (balanced)
regedit /s nvidia-min.reg
Re: Guide: Permanently lock nvidia gpu on max frequency via regedit (KBOOST)
you need to use 2nd restart64 (after apply nvidia-min.reg)MatrixQW wrote: ↑02 Jun 2023, 19:25It's possible to automate this along with the Windows powerplan for games using a batch file.
This way you can save energy and play at maximum performance.
This is what I did when I used to game.
First you need to bypass the uac prompt to add the registry key. Several ways to do it.
Then find the powerplan's strings with powercfg /l.
Create a batch file:
regedit /s or reg import nvidia-max.reg
restart64.exe /q
powercfg -s 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c (high performance)
start "" /wait "game path"
powercfg -s 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e (balanced)
regedit /s nvidia-min.reg
also you can use REGADD in batch file
+ maybe ultimate performance better then high perfomance?
Re: Guide: Permanently lock nvidia gpu on max frequency via regedit (KBOOST)
Yes, forgot to add the 2nd restart64.
Sure, ultimate performance *should* be better.
Just found an issue.
Everytime I do restart64, the monitor's audio bits/Hz setting is changed to an invalid setting.
As a result, there is no sound and VLC crashes trying to play an mkv.
I need to change it everytime.
Also noticed that when Windows boots, the cpu-z timers tool shows the RTC is slower than ACPI and QPC.
But when I run restart64 at least two times, it will be in sync with the rest.
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Re: Guide: Permanently lock nvidia gpu on max frequency via regedit (KBOOST)
try to repeat this test without nvidia driver (disable gpu in dev.man.)MatrixQW wrote: ↑03 Jun 2023, 05:21Yes, forgot to add the 2nd restart64.
Sure, ultimate performance *should* be better.
Just found an issue.
Everytime I do restart64, the monitor's audio bits/Hz setting is changed to an invalid setting.
As a result, there is no sound and VLC crashes trying to play an mkv.
I need to change it everytime.
Also noticed that when Windows boots, the cpu-z timers tool shows the RTC is slower than ACPI and QPC.
But when I run restart64 at least two times, it will be in sync with the rest.
Re: Guide: Permanently lock nvidia gpu on max frequency via regedit (KBOOST)
im need more info about RTC, broMatrixQW wrote: ↑03 Jun 2023, 05:21Yes, forgot to add the 2nd restart64.
Sure, ultimate performance *should* be better.
Just found an issue.
Everytime I do restart64, the monitor's audio bits/Hz setting is changed to an invalid setting.
As a result, there is no sound and VLC crashes trying to play an mkv.
I need to change it everytime.
Also noticed that when Windows boots, the cpu-z timers tool shows the RTC is slower than ACPI and QPC.
But when I run restart64 at least two times, it will be in sync with the rest.
always after 2 reboot or it can be good on startup without reboot, or maybe 1 reboot fix that?
Re: Guide: Permanently lock nvidia gpu on max frequency via regedit (KBOOST)
At boot, RTC will go out of sync.
Seems that even even when I run restart64 two times it sometimes goes out of sync. It behaves erratically.
I ran restart64 like 3 or 4 times and left cpu-z timers tool running for 5h and it was good.
Windows is using TSC so I think I will just forget about this or I will go crazy trying to find out what causes it.
Seems that even even when I run restart64 two times it sometimes goes out of sync. It behaves erratically.
I ran restart64 like 3 or 4 times and left cpu-z timers tool running for 5h and it was good.
Windows is using TSC so I think I will just forget about this or I will go crazy trying to find out what causes it.