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    Intergrated Graphics Card Question

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Xenon345, Apr 5, 2008.

  1. Xenon345

    Xenon345 Notebook Consultant

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    I know that you turn it on by pressing Fn+F7 but how do you turn it off? and turn on the normal card ?
     
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    I cant/dont know how to turn it off
     
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    fn+f7 should work for you to switch back.
     
    tacomenace21, Apr 5, 2008
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    Ok awesome thanks, it didnt work for me the first time but now its good. I am so happy of my m15x. Thanks for the great community and suppot here! :D
     
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    no problem glad to help. O by the way is that font working for you?
     
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    Yup its working awesome, thanks for that too. your sig looks awesome BTW
     
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    thanks believe it or not I made that in power point.
     
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    Yeah, i did it in CS3
     
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    hmm. i find it interesting that there are options both to switch to integrated graphics, and to downlock the GPU with stealth mode. is there an energy benefit for one over the other?
     
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    You can turn on the integrated one so it uses a lot less power then the regular GPU. Stealth mode only downclocks it and (from what ive learned) slows down the cpu a little bit.
     
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    stealth mode also helps consume less power. if you want the most battery life out of the m15x you would go into power saver mode in energy management, get on the integrated card and then go into stealth mode.
     
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    stealth mode downclocks the CPU a lot not just a little bit. Stealth mode is great for saving battery and cruising the web i personally think that was a good idea on Alienware's part.
     
    tacomenace21, Apr 5, 2008
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