Recording with AMF shows 100% encoder activity
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rockbottom
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Perhaps the setting can't be changed to 8-bit? I don't know the exact model you have but Lenovo makes many laptops that have an HDR monitor. Here's an example.
rockbottom
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Yep, I think your stuck @ 10-bit. According to the "Features" list, that model's display supports Dolby Vision/HDR. With that in mind, it's probably best to run the 3050 as the primary GPU for best performance.
Tony359
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I know the 3050 is vastly superior but the "switchable graphics" implementation is just very very poor. I was about to swap the laptop with another one as it was so sluggish and slow in waking up and generally dealing with "sleep" which is something I am using a lot as I use the laptop "as a laptop" often closing and opening the lid.
I tried so many things over time, drivers, settings etc.
Since I disabled the 3050 from the BIOS, it's like having a different laptop. I open the lid and I am on the Desktop in 2 seconds, no waits, no delays, no "I'm going to freeze for 15 seconds while I am reflecting on the purpose of life". It works so much better so I'm not going to enable it again.
I guess it's kind of inevitable when you have an extra player to deal with?
Windows was set to only use AMD graphics, the 3050 was literally just for OBS. Yet, I guess the OS has to deal with the HW, drivers, decide which GPU to use etc.
I'm happy with the settings recommended and I know I have a 3050 I can turn on (manually) if I ever needed to. Thanks for all your help!
I tried so many things over time, drivers, settings etc.
Since I disabled the 3050 from the BIOS, it's like having a different laptop. I open the lid and I am on the Desktop in 2 seconds, no waits, no delays, no "I'm going to freeze for 15 seconds while I am reflecting on the purpose of life". It works so much better so I'm not going to enable it again.
I guess it's kind of inevitable when you have an extra player to deal with?
Windows was set to only use AMD graphics, the 3050 was literally just for OBS. Yet, I guess the OS has to deal with the HW, drivers, decide which GPU to use etc.
I'm happy with the settings recommended and I know I have a 3050 I can turn on (manually) if I ever needed to. Thanks for all your help!
rockbottom
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Yep, I get it as I have Sleep set to never & it's been that way since the day I finished the build. I'm not sure if OBS/Sleep is even viable? Seems that may cause issues but honestly never had a need to test it.
I run a desktop & use both my 3090 & iGPU concurrently but my limited understanding with laptops, it's either the one or the other.
YW!
In case you do switch back, this should come in handy. Nvidia updates it from time to time but this is the latest.
docs.nvidia.com
I run a desktop & use both my 3090 & iGPU concurrently but my limited understanding with laptops, it's either the one or the other.
YW!
In case you do switch back, this should come in handy. Nvidia updates it from time to time but this is the latest.
NVIDIA Video Codec SDK v13.0
Tony359
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My desktop is also set to never sleep but I use the laptop for work... as a laptop I literally use it while walking around then I close the lid and re-open it 5 minutes later etc.
Before I disabled the 3050 it was a disaster. Always sluggish, always waiting, always "freezing" for many seconds waiting for not sure what.
This has nothing to do with OBS, I don't use OBS at work.
A few weeks ago I was chatting with a friend who has a 5000 series AMD laptop (no discrete GPU) and he said his laptop was fine. I opened it from sleep and... it was on windows desktop after literally 1.5 seconds. That shocked me!
So I disabled the 3050 from the BIOS on my laptop and I got the same snappiness.
For those who might read this post: disabling the 3050 from device manager is not the same thing and in fact will INCREASE the power consumption of the system as the 3050 will stay in a "limbo" mode and won't go to power saving. The only two options are 1) keep it enabled and deal with the disaster 2) disable it FROM THE BIOS, at that point it doesn't exist and doesn't draw any power.
Another advantage of not having the 3050 is that the cooling of the laptop is designed to "deal" with the 3050 as well: if it's not there in the first place, the laptop runs MUCH quieter
I digress.
Thanks for the link!
Before I disabled the 3050 it was a disaster. Always sluggish, always waiting, always "freezing" for many seconds waiting for not sure what.
This has nothing to do with OBS, I don't use OBS at work.
A few weeks ago I was chatting with a friend who has a 5000 series AMD laptop (no discrete GPU) and he said his laptop was fine. I opened it from sleep and... it was on windows desktop after literally 1.5 seconds. That shocked me!
So I disabled the 3050 from the BIOS on my laptop and I got the same snappiness.
For those who might read this post: disabling the 3050 from device manager is not the same thing and in fact will INCREASE the power consumption of the system as the 3050 will stay in a "limbo" mode and won't go to power saving. The only two options are 1) keep it enabled and deal with the disaster 2) disable it FROM THE BIOS, at that point it doesn't exist and doesn't draw any power.
Another advantage of not having the 3050 is that the cooling of the laptop is designed to "deal" with the 3050 as well: if it's not there in the first place, the laptop runs MUCH quieter
I digress.
Thanks for the link!