Closed michaldybczak closed 5 years ago
eadwu
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5 years ago 
Askannz
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5 years ago I stumbled upon this article:
and it hit me, it could be also added to optimus-manager.
There is no new switching method behind this app, it's just a frontend for prime-select on Ubuntu-based distros, nothing more. If you want something similar for optimus-manager, I'd recommend optimus-manager-qt.
Currently, there are many reasons why we should not switch to 435 series like:
* nvidia is not fully powered down so it uses more battery
The new power management in 435 is completely optional, whatever power switching method you currently use in optimus-manager will still work.
and because of that I still am on 430 drivers.
I don't understand your reasoning here. The new 435 driver did not remove any feature, you can just install it and anything optimus-manager currently does will still work. You'll just have the offloading feature available if you want to use it. optimus-manager now offers a "hybrid" mode for that purpose.
At this point, you're better off using windows instead of Linux. Linux isn't still a full on replacement for games on the desktop so if you automatic offloading just goto Windows.
I disagree, I've been running Linux-only for years and I play a lot of games. I have to use Linux for dev stuff anyways, so even if the gaming experience isn't on par with Windows it's still many times more convenient than maintaining a dual-boot. But that's an off-topic discussion anyways.
michaldybczak
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5 years ago Ah, I treat optimus-manager-qt as a while with optimus-manager so I forgot I should post it there. If this hybrid approach is already implemented then it is exactly what I was asking about.
Nice to ask for a feature and to find out it's already there.
OK, thanks for the clarification. Closing.
I stumbled upon this article:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/the-handy-nvidia-optimus-gpu-switcher-just-added-support-for-more-linux-desktops.14985
and it hit me, it could be also added to optimus-manager.
Currently, there are many reasons why we should not switch to 435 series like:
and because of that I still am on 430 drivers.
However, with that in mind, splitting modes into more than one seems to be an interesting idea although I'm not sure how it would work if I had added a launch parameter and then switched to only nvidia mode?
Anyway, just wanted to pass the idea since some future driver releases will have this off-loading feature anyway. So optimus-manager could detect if we have a proper driver version and if so, offer more GPU mods.
This is only an idea. You can close it after the reading unless you think it's a valid feature. And oh, adding Nvidia settings to the menu also seems like a nice touch.