In laptops, the fact that a component consumes more than it needs means less battery life, but especially if we are talking about a gaming model, then thermal throttling can occur if both parts are very close to each other. . Not to mention the problems of increased consumption. He NVIDIA driver error It may seem banal, but it really isn’t. So let’s see what it is about.
The drivers of the hardware components are programs that, although they are not used directly by the user, are used by the different applications and these must be light, in the sense that they do not have to suppose for themselves a burden on the system and its overall performance. The fact that a graphics driver, whether from NVIDIA, Intel or AMD, has
Due to an error, NVIDIA drivers spend up to 15% of CPU
Well yes, there is an error in the new NVIDIA driver, which among other things causes the use of the processor to increase by 10% on average and would even mean a load of 15% without increasing performance in games. What’s more, if our CPU is light enough with a game we will not notice the overload. Of course, this has a very simple problem and that is that, as you well know, a point is reached where if the workload on the CPU is very high, then it can go into Boost speed and go into stress, which It means that its energy consumption rises and with it the temperature of the processor.
Of course, the thing does not end there, but the driver is still active and consuming the necessary power even after we have closed the game and the GPU’s work profile is lower. And no, it is not a problem with some games on a specific graphics card model, but rather it is general. Any solution? Well, it is expected that NVIDIA itself will fix it in the next update of its drivers, which should not take long to appear.
How do I know if I have the problem?
To find out if this problem affects you, then you just have to go to the Windows task manager and look in the list of processes. If you come across one called NVIDIA Container that consumes between 10 and 15% then you have the problem. What’s more, one of the company’s engineers has shared an image for reference.
To access the task manager, in case you don’t know, just follow the steps below:
- Press the CTRL, ALT and DEL keys at the same time, if you have an ANSI keyboard or a non-Spanish ISO, then DEL is DEL.
- In the menu that appears select task manager.
With this you will have access and you can if the problem occurs. Try to do it without any game on or an application that has a high use of the graphics card, since in the middle of a game it is normal for the NVIDIA Container to mark a fairly high use in use. In any case, we hope that they at least correct the driver.