In laptops, a component consuming more than it needs means less battery life, but especially if we’re talking about a gaming model, then thermal throttling can occur if the two parts are very close to each other. Not to mention the problems of increased consumption. He NVIDIA driver error This may sound trivial, but it really isn’t. So let’s see what it’s all about.
Hardware component drivers are programs which, although not used directly by the user, are used by the various applications and these should be lightweight, in the sense that they should not assume even a burden on the system and its overall performance. Whether a graphics driver, whether from NVIDIA, Intel or AMD, has
Due to an error, NVIDIA drivers consume up to 15% CPU
Well yes, there is an error in the new NVIDIA driver, which among other things increases CPU usage by 10% on average and would even mean a 15% load without increasing performance in games. Also, 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 means that its power consumption increases and with it the temperature of the processor.
Of course, the thing does not stop there, but the driver is still active and consumes the necessary power even after closing the game and the GPU work profile is lower. And no, this is not an issue with certain games on a specific graphics card model, but it is rather general. Any solution? Well, NVIDIA is expected to fix it itself in its next driver update, which should be out soon.
How do I know if I have the problem?
To find out if this problem concerns you, all you have to do is go to the Windows task manager and look in the list of processes. If you come across one called NVIDIA Container
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 or non-Spanish ISO keyboard, then DEL is DEL.
- From the menu that appears, select Task Manager.
With this, you will have access and you will be able if the problem arises. Try to do this without any games on or an application that uses the graphics card a lot, because in the middle of a game it is normal for the NVIDIA container to mark quite high usage. In any case, we hope they at least fix the driver.
