Comments on: How-to: Force nVidia Powermizer performance in Linux

By: Chop

Chop — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:42:17 +0000

Just my .02, but you should be able to use the settings under nvidia-settings –help and some power management rules to get the same thing. I use “nvidia-settings -a [gpu:0]/GPUPowerMizerMode=1″ at boot to always set my PowerMizer to ‘Performance.’ There’s options in there for just about everything, so you could probably use it to set up your own scaling rules and everything based on AC/battery states, etc.

By: David Cognito

David Cognito — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:12:45 +0000

Didn’t work for me – tried method in article + comment by TJ. Performance Mode stayed at ‘Maximum Performance’.

Ubuntu Jaunty / 8800GT

By: Nic

Nic — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 07:28:07 +0000

I used what TJ suggested and it worked, the PerfLevelSrc=0X3333, it changes the GPU performance dynamically, although I had to restart X.

HP dv2840se
Ubuntu 8.10 x64
Nvidia GeForce Go 7150M

By: Artem

Artem — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 01:26:22 +0000

I tried to gather all power saving info in one place – http://tutanhamon.com.ua/technovodstvo/NVIDIA-UNIX-driver/

By: TJ

TJ — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:31:10 +0000

a better option may be to have dynamic frequency control by adding Option “RegistryDwords” “PerfLevelSrc=0X3333″ to xorg.conf as it allow compiz to function at the lowest core speed and games to operate at higher core speeds without restarting X

By: Owen

Owen — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:15:25 +0000

And endless loop; is that really the best idea?

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:22:30 +0000

Hi,

I found this and it works here! i have now full performance.

#!/bin/bash
while true; do
nvidia-settings -q all > /dev/null;
sleep 20;
done

Ofcourse put this in a script en run it! :)

cheers,

Tim

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:43:20 +0000

I got a reverse problem. I have 3 states:

0 = slow
1 = normal
2 = performance

When i have my laptop dockt (AC) its always in state 1 when i do some actions its going to 2. But i want continue state 2! performance that is. Also on battery i want 2. But this hack dint work. here are the drivers:
NVIDIA Driver Version: 173.14.05
Server Vendor Version: 1.4.0.90 (10400090)
OS: Ubuntu hardy.
Nvidia Chipset (Quadro) laptop Dell D630C

Greetz,

Tim

By: Edgar

Edgar — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:34:37 +0000

Humm, I’m running Ubuntu Hardy 64bits, and It works with AC power. But I want max performance all the times, but this hack doesn’t work. I attempted to “x” issue. My driver version is 169.12 and 8400GS video card, Dell Vostro 1500.

By: beavermml

beavermml — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:25:14 +0000

hmmm. it only works in hardy when on battery..on AC.. always stay maximum performance….