Comments on: Create Video Card Profiles To Save Power And Reduce Noise http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/05/create-video-card-profiles-to-save-power-and-reduce-noise/ A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:06:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Zeke http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/05/create-video-card-profiles-to-save-power-and-reduce-noise/#comment-886023 Zeke Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:56:16 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=8078#comment-886023 I've been using something similar, only the trigger in my setup was temp rather than framerate. Keeps the card quiet when in the desktop and ramps it up as the card heats up during gaming. I’ve been using something similar, only the trigger in my setup was temp rather than framerate.

Keeps the card quiet when in the desktop and ramps it up as the card heats up during gaming.

]]> By: Stefan http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/05/create-video-card-profiles-to-save-power-and-reduce-noise/#comment-884683 Stefan Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:24:20 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=8078#comment-884683 Thank you, it really works! Thank you, it really works!

]]> By: Gottaquestion http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/05/create-video-card-profiles-to-save-power-and-reduce-noise/#comment-843742 Gottaquestion Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:53:48 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=8078#comment-843742 Are there problems when playing a movie in 2D mode ? Are there problems when playing a movie in 2D mode ?

]]> By: 7 Computer Energy Saving Tips http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/05/create-video-card-profiles-to-save-power-and-reduce-noise/#comment-806952 7 Computer Energy Saving Tips Fri, 29 May 2009 07:25:52 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=8078#comment-806952 [...] definitely not needed in most other situations. Underclocking the video card will save energy (read create video card profiles to save power) The same is true for [...] [...] definitely not needed in most other situations. Underclocking the video card will save energy (read create video card profiles to save power) The same is true for [...]

]]> By: Computer Power Management Software Edison http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/05/create-video-card-profiles-to-save-power-and-reduce-noise/#comment-805909 Computer Power Management Software Edison Thu, 28 May 2009 16:34:34 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=8078#comment-805909 [...] source and computer. They might also be interested in the articles: Saving Energy With All Off, Create Video Card Profiles To Save Power And Reduce Noise and 80 Plus Power Supply [...] [...] source and computer. They might also be interested in the articles: Saving Energy With All Off, Create Video Card Profiles To Save Power And Reduce Noise and 80 Plus Power Supply [...]

]]> By: Acer Aspire One Fan Control http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/05/create-video-card-profiles-to-save-power-and-reduce-noise/#comment-786058 Acer Aspire One Fan Control Tue, 12 May 2009 11:16:24 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=8078#comment-786058 [...] reduce the noise their computer makes might want to read articles like Hard Drive Noise Reduction, Create Video Card Profiles To Save Power And Reduce Noise or Lower Video Card noise by reducing the fan [...] [...] reduce the noise their computer makes might want to read articles like Hard Drive Noise Reduction, Create Video Card Profiles To Save Power And Reduce Noise or Lower Video Card noise by reducing the fan [...]

]]> By: Black Rat http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/05/create-video-card-profiles-to-save-power-and-reduce-noise/#comment-708427 Black Rat Fri, 03 Apr 2009 06:12:01 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=8078#comment-708427 This guide helped me much but caused also two prolblems: 1. In the screenshot you see "Hardware acceleration / OGL", which only works for OpenGL apllication/games. The correct would be simple "Hardware accelaration" which is for all DirctX and OpenGL. 2. In the comments the author recommends to use framerate monitoring instead. This works for switching to 3D prifile, but not back to 2D, so this tip is worthless. The reaseon for this is, that if no 3D application/game detected the framerate is not 0, it has no value instead. So the trigger, checking if frame rate is 0 won't work! This guide helped me much but caused also two prolblems:

1. In the screenshot you see “Hardware acceleration / OGL”, which only works for OpenGL apllication/games. The correct would be simple “Hardware accelaration” which is for all DirctX and OpenGL.

2. In the comments the author recommends to use framerate monitoring instead. This works for switching to 3D prifile, but not back to 2D, so this tip is worthless. The reaseon for this is, that if no 3D application/game detected the framerate is not 0, it has no value instead. So the trigger, checking if frame rate is 0 won’t work!

]]> By: McColley.net » Blog Archive » RivaTuner Scales Your Graphics Card for 2D/3D Efficiency [Featured Windows Download] http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/05/create-video-card-profiles-to-save-power-and-reduce-noise/#comment-534177 McColley.net » Blog Archive » RivaTuner Scales Your Graphics Card for 2D/3D Efficiency [Featured Windows Download] Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:46:41 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=8078#comment-534177 [...] About us RivaTuner Scales Your Graphics Card for 2D/3D Efficiency [Featured Windows Download] Thursday, November 6th, 2008 @ 3:30 pm | Author: admin Windows only: Free 3D graphics card tuner RivaTuner gives you all kinds of nuts-and-bolts access to your NVIDIA or ATI graphics card, including the ability to manually set fan speeds and overclock your processor for better performance. What makes it useful to the non-hardcore-gaming set, however, is the ability to set up hardware profiles and have them activate whenever certain applications are launched. So if you understand that your 256MB GeForce chip doesn’t need to be running full-steam for Word 2007, but you’d like it to really kick in for Fallout 3, RivaTuner is right up your alley. It’s not exactly friendly to newcomers, and you’ll definitely want to save a working profile for safety, but hit the via link below for gHacks’ step-by-step walkthrough on setting up two example profiles. RivaTuner is a free download for Windows systems only. RivaTuner [Guru3D via gHacks] [...] [...] About us RivaTuner Scales Your Graphics Card for 2D/3D Efficiency [Featured Windows Download] Thursday, November 6th, 2008 @ 3:30 pm | Author: admin Windows only: Free 3D graphics card tuner RivaTuner gives you all kinds of nuts-and-bolts access to your NVIDIA or ATI graphics card, including the ability to manually set fan speeds and overclock your processor for better performance. What makes it useful to the non-hardcore-gaming set, however, is the ability to set up hardware profiles and have them activate whenever certain applications are launched. So if you understand that your 256MB GeForce chip doesn’t need to be running full-steam for Word 2007, but you’d like it to really kick in for Fallout 3, RivaTuner is right up your alley. It’s not exactly friendly to newcomers, and you’ll definitely want to save a working profile for safety, but hit the via link below for gHacks’ step-by-step walkthrough on setting up two example profiles. RivaTuner is a free download for Windows systems only. RivaTuner [Guru3D via gHacks] [...]

]]> By: Lifehacker » Архив » Разгон графических карт с помощью RivaTuner http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/05/create-video-card-profiles-to-save-power-and-reduce-noise/#comment-533433 Lifehacker » Архив » Разгон графических карт с помощью RivaTuner Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:22:19 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=8078#comment-533433 [...] Windows. Подробное описание настройки вы можете найти на английском. Если вам что-то при этом будет непонятно, я с [...] [...] Windows. Подробное описание настройки вы можете найти на английском. Если вам что-то при этом будет непонятно, я с [...]

]]> By: RivaTuner Scales Your Graphics Card for 2D/3D Efficiency [Featured Windows Download] | Kroezer http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/05/create-video-card-profiles-to-save-power-and-reduce-noise/#comment-531882 RivaTuner Scales Your Graphics Card for 2D/3D Efficiency [Featured Windows Download] | Kroezer Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:21:44 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=8078#comment-531882 [...] Windows only: Free 3D graphics card tuner RivaTuner gives you all kinds of nuts-and-bolts access to your NVIDIA or ATI graphics card, including the ability to manually set fan speeds and overclock your processor for better performance. What makes it useful to the non-hardcore-gaming set, however, is the ability to set up hardware profiles and have them activate whenever certain applications are launched. So if you understand that your 256MB GeForce chip doesn’t need to be running full-steam for Word 2007, but you’d like it to really kick in for Fallout 3, RivaTuner is right up your alley. It’s not exactly friendly to newcomers, and you’ll definitely want to save a working profile for safety, but hit the via link below for gHacks’ step-by-step walkthrough on setting up two example profiles. RivaTuner is a free download for Windows systems only. RivaTuner [Guru3D via gHacks] [...] [...] Windows only: Free 3D graphics card tuner RivaTuner gives you all kinds of nuts-and-bolts access to your NVIDIA or ATI graphics card, including the ability to manually set fan speeds and overclock your processor for better performance. What makes it useful to the non-hardcore-gaming set, however, is the ability to set up hardware profiles and have them activate whenever certain applications are launched. So if you understand that your 256MB GeForce chip doesn’t need to be running full-steam for Word 2007, but you’d like it to really kick in for Fallout 3, RivaTuner is right up your alley. It’s not exactly friendly to newcomers, and you’ll definitely want to save a working profile for safety, but hit the via link below for gHacks’ step-by-step walkthrough on setting up two example profiles. RivaTuner is a free download for Windows systems only. RivaTuner [Guru3D via gHacks] [...]

]]> By: Cameron Cook http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/05/create-video-card-profiles-to-save-power-and-reduce-noise/#comment-531687 Cameron Cook Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:41:14 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=8078#comment-531687 no go on Vista 64 yet.... no go on Vista 64 yet….

]]> By: RivaTuner Scales Your Graphics Card for 2D/3D Efficiency [Featured Windows Download] - Softsaurus.org http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/05/create-video-card-profiles-to-save-power-and-reduce-noise/#comment-531009 RivaTuner Scales Your Graphics Card for 2D/3D Efficiency [Featured Windows Download] - Softsaurus.org Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:08:52 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=8078#comment-531009 [...] Windows only: Free 3D graphics card tuner RivaTuner gives you all kinds of nuts-and-bolts access to your NVIDIA or ATI graphics card, including the ability to manually set fan speeds and overclock your processor for better performance. What makes it useful to the non-hardcore-gaming set, however, is the ability to set up hardware profiles and have them activate whenever certain applications are launched. So if you understand that your 256MB GeForce chip doesn’t need to be running full-steam for Word 2007, but you’d like it to really kick in for Fallout 3, RivaTuner is right up your alley. It’s not exactly friendly to newcomers, and you’ll definitely want to save a working profile for safety, but hit the via link below for gHacks’ step-by-step walkthrough on setting up two example profiles. RivaTuner is a free download for Windows systems only. RivaTuner [Guru3D via gHacks] [...] [...] Windows only: Free 3D graphics card tuner RivaTuner gives you all kinds of nuts-and-bolts access to your NVIDIA or ATI graphics card, including the ability to manually set fan speeds and overclock your processor for better performance. What makes it useful to the non-hardcore-gaming set, however, is the ability to set up hardware profiles and have them activate whenever certain applications are launched. So if you understand that your 256MB GeForce chip doesn’t need to be running full-steam for Word 2007, but you’d like it to really kick in for Fallout 3, RivaTuner is right up your alley. It’s not exactly friendly to newcomers, and you’ll definitely want to save a working profile for safety, but hit the via link below for gHacks’ step-by-step walkthrough on setting up two example profiles. RivaTuner is a free download for Windows systems only. RivaTuner [Guru3D via gHacks] [...]

]]> By: Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/05/create-video-card-profiles-to-save-power-and-reduce-noise/#comment-530984 Martin Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:09:35 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=8078#comment-530984 Brian I have not tried it in Windows Vista. What you might need to do if Aero is using hardware acceleration is to switch from that to the framerate monitoring instead and set 2D mode whenever the framerate is 0 to 0 and 3D if the framerate is higher than 0. Brian I have not tried it in Windows Vista. What you might need to do if Aero is using hardware acceleration is to switch from that to the framerate monitoring instead and set 2D mode whenever the framerate is 0 to 0 and 3D if the framerate is higher than 0.

]]> By: Brian http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/05/create-video-card-profiles-to-save-power-and-reduce-noise/#comment-530965 Brian Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:41:11 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=8078#comment-530965 How does this cope with the fact that Aero is considered "3D" in Vista? Will this run at full speed all the time in Vista because of that? How does this cope with the fact that Aero is considered “3D” in Vista? Will this run at full speed all the time in Vista because of that?

]]> By: McColley.net » Blog Archive » RivaTuner Scales Your Graphics Card for 2D/3D Efficiency [Featured Windows Download] http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/05/create-video-card-profiles-to-save-power-and-reduce-noise/#comment-530962 McColley.net » Blog Archive » RivaTuner Scales Your Graphics Card for 2D/3D Efficiency [Featured Windows Download] Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:34:42 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=8078#comment-530962 [...] About us RivaTuner Scales Your Graphics Card for 2D/3D Efficiency [Featured Windows Download] Thursday, November 6th, 2008 @ 8:30 am | Author: admin Windows only: Free 3D graphics card tuner RivaTuner gives you all kinds of nuts-and-bolts access to your NVIDIA or ATI graphics card, including the ability to manually set fan speeds and overclock your processor for better performance. What makes it useful to the non-hardcore-gaming set, however, is the ability to set up hardware profiles and have them activate whenever certain applications are launched. So if you understand that your 256MB GeForce chip doesn’t need to be running full-steam for Word 2007, but you’d like it to really kick in for Fallout 3, RivaTuner is right up your alley. It’s not exactly friendly to newcomers, and you’ll definitely want to save a working profile for safety, but hit the via link below for gHacks’ step-by-step walkthrough on setting up two example profiles. RivaTuner is a free download for Windows systems only. RivaTuner [Guru3D via gHacks] [...] [...] About us RivaTuner Scales Your Graphics Card for 2D/3D Efficiency [Featured Windows Download] Thursday, November 6th, 2008 @ 8:30 am | Author: admin Windows only: Free 3D graphics card tuner RivaTuner gives you all kinds of nuts-and-bolts access to your NVIDIA or ATI graphics card, including the ability to manually set fan speeds and overclock your processor for better performance. What makes it useful to the non-hardcore-gaming set, however, is the ability to set up hardware profiles and have them activate whenever certain applications are launched. So if you understand that your 256MB GeForce chip doesn’t need to be running full-steam for Word 2007, but you’d like it to really kick in for Fallout 3, RivaTuner is right up your alley. It’s not exactly friendly to newcomers, and you’ll definitely want to save a working profile for safety, but hit the via link below for gHacks’ step-by-step walkthrough on setting up two example profiles. RivaTuner is a free download for Windows systems only. RivaTuner [Guru3D via gHacks] [...]

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