nvidia-smi commands and behaviours in low fps
Posted: 05 Sep 2024, 19:24
Hi everyone,
I noticed a strange behavior with nvidia-smi commands and wanted to share CapFrameX results in order to have a better grasp and possibly a good explanation on what's happening here.
So this result is with nvidia-smi -lgc 2100 (since my 3080ti goes up to 2040mhz/2050mhz, you can just put -lgc 99999 and it will go to it's own max it seems)
And this result is with a nvidia-smi command that i didn't knew it existed
nvidia-smi -lgc tdp
Which is clearly and noticeably feels better in-game, but here's the catch
with -lgc 2100 sits around 2040mhz remember? But with -lgc tdp goes up til 1365mhz and stays there...
The question is, why i have better results with lower mhz?
Is it an engine drawback or could something with my GPU?
I honestly doubt it because I applied thermal paste and thermal pads like 2 months ago,
so basically i can discard a GPU problem (i checked temps multiple times and stays below 40c/50c)
Or maybe something else, what do you guys think?
PS: The game is Quake Live.
Thanks!
I noticed a strange behavior with nvidia-smi commands and wanted to share CapFrameX results in order to have a better grasp and possibly a good explanation on what's happening here.
So this result is with nvidia-smi -lgc 2100 (since my 3080ti goes up to 2040mhz/2050mhz, you can just put -lgc 99999 and it will go to it's own max it seems)
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nvidia-smi -lgc tdp
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with -lgc 2100 sits around 2040mhz remember? But with -lgc tdp goes up til 1365mhz and stays there...
The question is, why i have better results with lower mhz?
Is it an engine drawback or could something with my GPU?
I honestly doubt it because I applied thermal paste and thermal pads like 2 months ago,
so basically i can discard a GPU problem (i checked temps multiple times and stays below 40c/50c)
Or maybe something else, what do you guys think?
PS: The game is Quake Live.
Thanks!