GeForce Game Ready driver v511.65 with default settingsĪ German user commented, that there is a WhatsApp rule in the energy saving settings of the Geforce driver, that could be responsible for this behavior. Once youve opened the webpage or installed and run the desktop app, you should see a QR code on your computer. GeForce Studio driver v511.09 with default settings How to set up and use WhatsApp Web or the desktop app. 1531 MHz (=Base Clock, no matter if OC, Silent or Gaming Mode is set).īut there was no feedback related to the observation.
With WhatsApp Desktop (about 1 minute after starting the app and when a chat history is highlighted). I am using BOINC / World Community Grid and sometimes get Covid-19 WorkUnits for the GPU. Namely, WhatsApp Desktop seems to throttle my dGPU (GV-N1060IXOC-6GD). Hello Community, I noticed something strange earlier. Dirk first made the observation about a month ago and put the case up for discussion on German site Dr. So far, the reader has not noticed this behavior with any other app (e.g.
This can be repeated/reproduced, according to him – I cannot test anything due to the lack of WhatsApp. 1531 MHz is the default clock that GPU-Z shows me.ĭirk writes that the frequency immediately jumps back from 1531 MHz to ~1950 MHz as soon as he closes the WhatsApp desktop app. GPU-Z shows PerfCap Reason = Idle, so there is actually no reason for throttling. I run scientific calculations from time to time, and both Boinc / World Community Grid and always cause my graphics card to throttle from ~1950 MHz to 1531 MHz after a few seconds after starting the WhatsApp Desktop App.
Today I noticed again that the WhatsApp desktop app throttles the performance (frequency) of my Nvidia GTX 1060 (GV-N1060IXOC-6GD) graphics card. It was a short email from blog reader Dirk F.