Nvidia Optimus

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Nvidia optimus. Optimus programming guide last updated july 2012. This document describes the methods that can be used by applications to enable and expose an nvidia high performance graphics processor for rendering in an optimus configuration. Above information might be partly or entirely quoted from exterior websites or sources. Optimus examined see what the press are saying about the latest optimus notebooks.

A key feature of optimus configurations is to support rendering applications using nvidia high performance graphics while displaying on monitors connected to the integrated graphics. Updating your graphics drivers may solve problems with optimus some laptops may have an led that lights up when the nvidia graphics is in use so you can see whether the battery draining nvidia graphics is running. Using nvidia s optimus technology when the discrete gpu is handling all the rendering duties the final image output to the display is still handled by the intel integrated graphics processor igp. The binary nvidia driver added partial optimus support may 3 2013 in the 319 17.

It requires some additional setup. Laptops and netbooks thinkpad w series laptops w530 laptop thinkpad w530 laptop thinkpad product home. As of may 2013 power management for discrete card is not supported which means it cannot save battery by turning off nvidia graphic card completely. In effect the igp is only being used as a simple display controller.

Nvidia s optimus technology has come a long way in the last few years and is very polished.