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    Enabling Low-Power GPU on battery?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by cr0t3x, Apr 20, 2011.

  1. cr0t3x

    cr0t3x Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys,

    I have an M17xR3 with the 6970. I was wondering if there was a way to configure the switchable graphics to automatically switch to the Intel GFX card when I am on battery?

    I tried looking in the "Configure Switchable graphics" properties, but I don't see how to set this up. So far the only way I have been able to do this is by manually hitting Fn+F7. Have you guys found any other way?

    Best,
    cr0
     
    cr0t3x, Apr 20, 2011
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  2. Juanderful

    Juanderful Notebook Consultant

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    There might be a way to do that with some sort of bios/software mod, but as of now there's no way of automatically switching GPU's with AMD cards, as only Nvidia cards have the feature (Optimus).

    I actually prefer the manually switching though, because as I've seen, Optimus still has some bugs to work out.
     
    Juanderful, Apr 20, 2011
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