How do I make my GPU constantly active on my Acer Predator Helios 300?

William_G
William_G Member Posts: 16 New User
edited March 2023 in 2017 Archives
And no, I don't care about power consumption.

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  • Skelomorph
    Skelomorph ACE Posts: 463 Pioneer
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    Did you try restarting your laptop after making the changes?

    To skip PredatorSense, RealTemp will tell you the temperature of the GPU even when its idle.

    The NVIDIA GPU is a co-processing unit when gaming, but the NVIDIA GPU is not directly connected to the screen. So, when you use the NVIDIA GPU, the processed information goes back through the integrated Intel GPU to the screen. You wont see any major performance improvements with the NVIDIA GPU enabled constantly.

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    Product: Acer Predator Helios 300
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  • Skelomorph
    Skelomorph ACE Posts: 463 Pioneer
    edited December 2017
    I posted this answer in the other thread.

    You can change the default GPU in NVIDIA Control Panel (Selecting the NVIDIA as the preferred), or use this program: https://github.com/jobeid/TrayPwrD3

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  • William_G
    William_G Member Posts: 16 New User
    Even when I do that, PredatorSense still says my GPU is idle except when in games. It doesn't even tell me the temp.
  • ven98
    ven98 ACE Posts: 4,073 Pathfinder
    There is no point of letting you know what the temperature is, when the GPU is inactive.
    Always post the following characterisitcs of the device:
    -Model number
    -Part number(not required, but helpful)
    -CPU
    -GPU
    -Operating system

    Helios 300 and Nitro 5 users DO NOT update the BIOS to version 1.22 if you don't want the keyboard's backlight to turn off after 30 seconds even when the device is plugged in.


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  • Skelomorph
    Skelomorph ACE Posts: 463 Pioneer
    Answer ✓
    Did you try restarting your laptop after making the changes?

    To skip PredatorSense, RealTemp will tell you the temperature of the GPU even when its idle.

    The NVIDIA GPU is a co-processing unit when gaming, but the NVIDIA GPU is not directly connected to the screen. So, when you use the NVIDIA GPU, the processed information goes back through the integrated Intel GPU to the screen. You wont see any major performance improvements with the NVIDIA GPU enabled constantly.

    Skelo
    Please quote me so I get a notification of your reply!
    If I helped you, like my post and/or select my post as 'Solved'.
    Please put your laptop model in your signature so we can know what device you have.
    Product: Acer Predator Helios 300
    Model: G3-571
    "Don't cry because its over, smile because it happened."
    - Dr. Seuss

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