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Chief Blur Buster wrote:

crun wrote:Is there any simple, light weight program with which I could switch between 120HZ/144HZ via global keybind?

PowerStrip has long been used for this. MultiRes is a utility that can do it easily via mouse. Both are available at http://www.entechtaiwan.com ... However, these tools are gradually getting dated, and we need modernized versions of similar tools.

Thanks a lot!

Kinda late reply, but was too lazy to test it out and I was running 144hz all the time recently.

MultiRes is outdated and couldn't recognize frequency above 120hz.

But PowerStrip works perfectly on W8.1. Now I can change 121hz/144hz using a simple keyboard shortcut.

Reading this thread made me do some testing and since I didn't thoroughly read the FP I assumed this would be the case even with one monitor so I started using GPU-Z and a wattage meter that goes in the wall outlet and to my surprise my GPU was always at a 100%, though when I closed Chrome, the low usage kicked in!
Disabling GPU acceleration solved it for me, now my system uses 50W less than before! Just add --disable-gpu to the Chrome shortcut and you will save a bit of money, while not losing anything! Just a small tip from my end.

I am happy I hastily read the FP, otherwise I would never have investigated my power usage.

That will cause you to lose WebGL, a technology increasingly used by several sites including the non-Flash Google Street View, as well as make motion more jerky on some sites such as www.testufo.com

I use 120Hz strobed, so I do not get that extra power even when keeping GPU acceleration turned on, except when there is lots of on-screen activity.

That said, a 50 watt idle savings is huge for a 24/7 computer just sitting there.

So with 120Hz strobed your GPU does not constantly run at 100% clock speed on Chrome with GPU acceleration enabled? Do you have any idea why? When I use 120Hz with lightboost on or off, or lower even, I still get 100% GPU usage with my VG248QE, no matter what.
I tried the ufo page, with no problems to be honest, so I am personally keeping it this way.