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    Intel + AMD graphics - Switchable graphics ?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by link626, Oct 25, 2011.

  1. link626

    link626 Asus GL502VM, Lenovo Y580, Asus K53TA

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    For those who have AMD graphics,
    Do openGL apps and games run on the amd card ?

    Does it have manual switching mode?
     
    link626, Oct 25, 2011
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  2. sarge_

    sarge_ Notebook Deity

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    No switchable AMD graphics are available on Asus at the moment.
     
    sarge_, Oct 25, 2011
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  3. link626

    link626 Asus GL502VM, Lenovo Y580, Asus K53TA

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    so that means those with g73h have to play opengl games on the Intel igp ?

    if so, did owners make a big fuss about this, yet asus did not do anything about it?
     
    link626, Oct 25, 2011
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  4. tijo

    tijo Sacred Blame

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    No, the IGP on the G73s is disabled, period. Everything runs on the 5870 on the JH as is the case for the JW, SW that run everything on the 460m and even the G74SX that runs everything on the 560m.

    EDIT @satunotaku, you forgot Clevo.
     
    tijo, Oct 25, 2011
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  5. saturnotaku

    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The only high-end notebooks with switchable graphics are certain Alienware models.
     
    saturnotaku, Oct 25, 2011
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    Not only that but appearently, it's a driver nightmare when you have switchable amd/intel gfx... Or so the forum posts I've read, and my buddies personal experience...
     
    bluefalcon13, Oct 26, 2011
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    The AMD cards support OpenGL, just FYI.

    pato
     
    pato, Oct 26, 2011
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  8. sarge_

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    Why would you make such an assumption?
     
    sarge_, Oct 26, 2011
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