The 418.56 release added an experimental environment variable, __GL_ExperimentalPerfStrategy=1, which adjusts how GPU clock boosts are handled. When enabled, this option allows the driver to more aggressively drop the GPU back to lower clocks after they are boosted by application activity. If you ar…

It looks like the changelog for drivers 430.14 doesn’t contain all the info and this exact driver version contains the fix. I can confirm that it takes approximately 14 seconds to ramp down the clocks in drivers 430.26. Hooray! By any chance, is it possible to further speed up clocks ramp down und…

Hi Birdie, Thanks again for your valuable experiments. Currently, we are able to reduce gpu clocks from ~38 secs to ~14 secs which is a good sign and will continue to investigate for further improvements.

Thank you! Looking forward to fast clock transitions like it works in Windows.

Hello After installing this driver on CentOS 7.6 I can no longer reach P0 either with persistence-mode running or not. Any way to fix?

OK on 430.26 but still at P2 Mon Jul 1 11:34:51 2019 ±----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NVIDIA-SMI 430.26 Driver Version: 430.26 CUDA Version: 10.2 | |-------------------------------±---------------------±---------------------+ | GP…

Not directly related to slow rampdown of the clocks; if you have issue where your GPU stays on max power state forever, I found a workaround to fix the issue until you either reboot, restart X server or touch your monitor settings. My Specs: Ubuntu 19.04 GTX 1080Ti two 4K monitors To temporary f…

It goes down faster but it doesn’t fix the fact that it does spike for no reason… The frequency goes up and the fans start while completely idling on the desktop for no apparent reason. The CPU and RAM aren’t moving an inch when this happens, so it doesn’t seem to be a system issue… Doesn’t happen …

Is there any progress on this issue? [image] NVIDIA driver has a habit of keeping my GPU at the highest performance level Linux same test in windows but this time, chromium with 5 tabs youtube video at 1080_60fps and also an hd video with mpv using nvenc as codec nvidia…

The first thing we recommend doing to squeeze a little performance out of an aging card is to experiment with game settings themselves. While most reviewers and gamers test titles according to presets (Low, Medium, High, etc), this is a practical time-saving necessity for the former and a matter of …

On an EVGA 3080 Ti FTW3 Ultra Hybrid, powermizer is stuck at the highest level and never drops to the lower levels when more than 2 monitors are connected. __GL_ExperimentalPerfStrategy=1 does not make any difference. With 2x1440p monitors running at 60hz, it does drop to the lowest power level. Wh…

If you have GPU clock boost problems, please try __GL_ExperimentalPerfStrategy=1

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Is there any progress on this issue?

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If you have GPU clock boost problems, please try __GL_ExperimentalPerfStrategy=1

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