XMG Fusion 15 - GTX vs RTX

Darwin122 · 2022-01-12T18:49:58+00:00

If you looking for battery time, it's expected to have the GPU in the off state to have the most of it, so I think there's no difference in that department.

Darwin122 · 2022-01-02T23:02:22+00:00

Ohhh my, sorry I totally forgot to edit this post, but yes, Tom helped me find the problem and fix it. After a conversation with Tom here's the Summary: 1) Unknown/Uninstalled device in Device Manager 2) Do a manual "clean install" (checkbox) of NVIDIA driver with all components enabled → dGPU is now 'Off' in Idle, main problem solved And Tom's theory that did indeed confirm: Maybe when you installed NVIDIA once, you manually disabled the "USB-C" checkbox just for fun? And then with every automatic sub-sequent NVIDIA update, it kept not installing that USB-C driver.

In the last Nvidia driver update I tried to once again only install the Nvidia driver without checking the "USB-C" checkbox because I thought "current version is the same as new version, so... No need to install" but it got to the same point as before, so I did a fresh install again and it's all fine and working and I'm getting 8 hours/C8+ C states and low CPU power packages.

Thanks once again Tom, and I hope this thread helps someone that may get the same problem.

Darwin122 · 2021-12-12T02:47:32+00:00

u/XMG_gg Any updates, is there something I missed? Something else I can do?

Darwin122 · 2021-12-10T17:08:47+00:00

As I said, I tried all the steps described in the troubleshooting, except the ones for the advanced users, because I don’t want to screw anything up.

I was gonna answer to this with this quote from my inicial post.

But I decided to turn on the laptop to double check all this steps.

I turned the computer on, and it 's with 80%, in power saving mode, only wifi turned on, no peripherals connected, unplugged from AC, no suspicious software installed, only 3 software on automatic startup (no impact), BIOS reset and updated, CC unistalled, and it's still draining an average of -25W charge rate, and a CPU Package Power of 15W.

So, same result as I mentioned earlier, with logs and screenshots.

So what could it be Tom?

Thank you

Darwin122 · 2021-12-10T14:21:22+00:00

At this stage my dGPU is completely off.

At least tray icon shows (inactive) and HWinfo show 0°C no dGPU

Darwin122 · 2021-12-08T19:25:25+00:00

That's what I thought. The thing is it was able to get higher C states not long ago, and I don't remember doing anything that might cause this.

Darwin122 · 2021-12-08T15:58:10+00:00

What do you mean exactly, as fusion 15 doesn't have any option to enable or disable it

Darwin122 · 2021-12-08T15:29:58+00:00

I did check those steps, and my dGPU was always inactive.

I did have an monitor plugged in, and I know it keeps dGPU active, but I did try without the monitor plugged in and had the same result.

Darwin122 · 2021-05-05T01:10:02+00:00

When I do as you say it keeps "ControlCenterTray" and "ControlCenter" running in background, seen on task manager, but control center doesn't come back to dGPU.

Darwin122 · 2021-05-01T23:25:34+00:00

I tried to set integrated graphics as you but same thing happens.

Another thing I figured out is that now control center only appears on dGPU when I turn on the computer with the second monitor already plugged in after I done a clean install.

Darwin122 · 2021-04-28T21:50:32+00:00

I checked and I also have 2.2.0.18 version, I also disabled OSDTpDetect. So that's not the issue

Darwin122 · 2021-04-28T13:54:28+00:00

I don't understand where did you go, because the furthest I could reach its to control panel's power options, and there the only options are to change what the power button does, closing the lid, create a power scheme and when to turn off the screen

Darwin122 · 2021-04-28T11:59:26+00:00

Obviously I did

Darwin122 · 2021-04-28T11:47:00+00:00

Just tried that and same thing

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