Nvidia Optimus Enabled

The objective is to enable nvidia gpu of an optimus based laptop all the time and use it for every single activity.

Nvidia optimus enabled. You won t need this guide. Nvidia has made signed drivers available with the modifications outlined here although it s been said you ll have to get them from third party vendors distributing them like they do with notebook gpu drivers. Nvidia optimus technology intelligently optimizes your notebook pc providing the outstanding graphics performance you need when you need it all the while extending battery life for longer enjoyment. I demand that nvidia provides an option for me to use my gtx 680m for everything without exception.

Before installing the display drivers check the windows device manager and verify that both gpus appear on the list of hardware devices and they are enabled as shown in the screenshot below. I use drivers bundled with the razer core enclosure. The 60hz using optimus is mediocre to me. This route takes longer and therefore it wouldn t work with gsync.

Please do not use this guide if you want to render your desktop using the integrated gpu and specifically select applications to be rendered using the nvidia gpu. For optimus to work the display needs to connected to the igpu directly and physically. Uname r sudo apt get install linux headers uname r sudo apt get autoremove sudo apt get install build essential now insert vitualbox guest iso from devices and to install manually. So in this case the signal goes from the nvidia gpu to the igpu first and then to the display.

Enabling optimus support for your desktop gpu. However if the application or the optimus driver are configured to use the nvidia high performance graphics hardware through one of the methods listed in enabling nvidia high performance graphics rendering on optimus systems then information about the nvidia high performance graphics hardware and its corresponding capabilities is made available to the application. If optimus is so dumb or even if it worked fine i the user should have the option to simply disable this nonsense and use the better video card for which i paid a pile of money. How do i enable nvidia optimus if you buy the system for gaming i suggest you get the 60 hz g sync one or better 120hz g sync.