lemmyman

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[–] lemmyman 3 points 8 months ago
[–] lemmyman 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

One more update: I checked back later and vsync was off again. I had set it to "on" in Nvidia control panel, and after some time doing other things (not a reboot) I started Balatro and it was using a lot of GPU again - Nvidia control panel reverted to the "off" setting.

There are various reports of other utilities taking over vsync and other graphics settings (a big one is f.lux but I don't have thaty installed). I think that Dell Optimizer's "Applications" settings might have reset it, so I turned that function off (that is one difference between my Dell laptop and my homebuilt desktop). So far so good.

[–] lemmyman 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Update: turning on vsync in Nvidia control panel did the trick, now gpu is at ~10% on my laptop. Strange to me that it overrides the application settings but i guess I'm just getting out of touch with tech stuff

[–] lemmyman 2 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Thanks for the tip. I just looked and I have vsync on. On my desktop machine, it uses about 10% gpu with vsync on and 40% with vsync off. On my laptop, it's about 40% regardless of the setting.

C'est la vie

[–] lemmyman 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (8 children)

Slightly OT, but my laptop sounds like a jet engine when I play Balatro. It's a 2021 Precision 5650 (lightweight CAD workstation) with a Quattro GPU and integrated graphics. Power consumption roughly doubles and both my gpus are around ~40%. I have all settings to minimum.

Same thing with many other games I'd think would be not too demanding. Thronefall, polybridge 2, etc

[–] lemmyman 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I suspect an electrical issue on the motherboard.

  • What happens if you swap the bed and hotend thermistor, and/or plug one of your reference thermistor into the bed input?
  • What is the open-circuit voltage on the signal line of the hotend and bed thermistor inputs?
  • What is the short-circuit current of the same?

If you see differences in those last two points, that is a clue that something is messing with the divider circuit that the thermistor is a part of.

[–] lemmyman 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm lacking context or something because I don't understand why that is so significant.

[–] lemmyman 8 points 9 months ago

Yes this is absurd, but it's a (serious) scientific community issue, not a search engine issue.

[–] lemmyman 19 points 9 months ago (8 children)

Can you please elaborate?

[–] lemmyman 5 points 9 months ago (7 children)

I'm one of those who doesn't know, but also is that Phil Collins?

[–] lemmyman 7 points 9 months ago

That adds up. All the spots it broke are where the filament bends pretty substantially. Thanks.

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