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    How do you make youtube use integrated GPU

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Naudan, Aug 22, 2010.

  1. Naudan

    Naudan Notebook Enthusiast

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    I know this has been posted, but I cant find the thread anywhere. What program do you have to edit in the optimus whitelist in order for it to stop using the Nvidia card and use the integrated instead.
     
    Naudan, Aug 22, 2010
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    right click the video, click settings. Then disable hardware acceleration.


    +1 rep if i helped!
     
    kiwidaniel, Aug 22, 2010
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    tk112190 Notebook Consultant

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    WOW.. I love you.... that worked for me. DANG!

    +50 rep if i coulddddddddd omggg
     
    tk112190, Aug 23, 2010
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  4. ACHlLLES

    ACHlLLES Notebook Virtuoso

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    This used to not work, but now it does!!
     
    ACHlLLES, Aug 23, 2010
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  5. kiwidaniel

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    glad to help many people! :D
     
    kiwidaniel, Aug 23, 2010
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    THIS ONLY MADE IT WORSE>....YOUR THE MOST HORRIBLE PERSON ON THE WORLD KIWIDANIEL....
    Just Joking, this worked as well :D
    Thanks! + Rep
     
    Noah14, Aug 23, 2010
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  7. MaxGeek

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    Doesn't this use the CPU instead of the Integrated GPU since your disabling hardware acceleration (GPU)?
     
    MaxGeek, Aug 23, 2010
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    When I force google chrome to use the IGP and then use the nvidia GPU tool and play flash even at 1080p it says the nvidia GPU is off.

    This is with hardware acceleration ON.. so i think hardware acceleration uses the IGP if you blacklist your browser under the nvidia control panel.
     
    tassadar898, Aug 23, 2010
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  9. slickie88

    slickie88 Master of Puppets

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    Yes, that's how it works. You probably always want acceleration turned on, just not the 335 in 9.7 out of 10 situations.
     
    slickie88, Aug 23, 2010
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    I just set my optimus to use IGP for firefox, nvidia never kicked in ever no matter what I watch.
     
    danyune, Aug 23, 2010
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  11. corwinicre

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    ^same thing works with Chrome with the 258.xx drivers

    Doubling down on what's been said, don't stop gpu acceleration because putting it on the cpu means more 'turbo boosting' which translates to lower battery life.
     
    corwinicre, Aug 23, 2010
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    but having a geforce 335m uses MORE battery.... lol.. so it's worth it
     
    tk112190, Aug 23, 2010
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    corwinicre, Aug 23, 2010
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  14. Duffking

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    Heh, that fixes the video problem with the R1 on overclock.
     
    Duffking, Aug 23, 2010
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