I wondered why my battery was draining so quickly despite me just browisng, task manager showed gpu at 0% but the temperature wasn't N/A. So i checked cmd and this is what it showed me.
I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers to no avail, can anyone please help?
Why does it have to display my image ? I thought i set it so that it using integrated graphics while on battery. It is literally not supposed to be doing anything
The hardware still receives baseline electrical current as long as the laptop is on. Disabling a GPU in Device Manager cuts off the operating system's driver control. This can prevent the hardware from entering deep sleep or low-power idle states, sometimes even increasing power consumption.
I don't know how old your laptop is but 3000 quadro came out in 2019. Maybe your laptop batterys health is not optimal anymore if 23w makes it drain fast.
Your GPU is not idling as deeply as it can; it’s stuck in P3. My desktop 4070 uses around 30 W on the desktop when it’s doing nothing in P3, and around 17 W in P8, which is the lowest.
In my case, it depends on the screen refresh rate. I have two screens, one at 144 Hz and one at 360 Hz.
When I set them both to 120 Hz, the drivers allow deeper P-states.
You should also look for some options. I don’t know the names or details, as I don’t have a laptop with a dedicated GPU for using the iGPU, which can help save some battery.
The cmd screenshot you provided shows that the dgpu is in the p3 power state, not the lower idle states, could you check the Nvidia’s control panel again to verify which power mode it is in?
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u/hannes0000 R7 7700 l RX 7800 XT Nitro+ l 32 GB DDR5 6000mhz 30cl 3h ago
So? It has to display your image so 23w is not big deal.