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    NVIDIA hybrid SLI on 1330?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Ashtounding, Mar 20, 2008.

  1. Ashtounding

    Ashtounding Notebook Enthusiast

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    While checking that SP1 had not altered my power plan settings, I noticed that I have a nvidia hybrid SLI setting under my GPU settings (under advanced settings). It's possible that this option was always there, but I'm sure I never noticed it before. I also just upgraded my NVIDIA drivers (right before installing SP1) to 174.31.

    I have the same 8400M GS that everyone else who has a discrete card in a 1330 has, and I thought this did not support hybrid SLI power savings. Am I wrong? Or am I wrong in that the option was always there and I just never noticed it? And if that's the case, does it have an impact?

    Thanks...
    -Ash
     
    Ashtounding, Mar 20, 2008
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    Ashtounding Notebook Enthusiast

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    Oh...forgot to mention that the 174.31 driver increases my windows experience score for both graphics and gaming graphics by 0.1. Yeah...easy to see why I forgot that bombshell...
     
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    jeopardy2k8 Notebook Consultant

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    this is the 174.31 drivers, NOT SP1.

    and the 1330 doesn't actually have Hybrid SLi at all. maybe it's something for other laptops (1530/1730) that use the same driver?? meh.
     
    jeopardy2k8, Mar 22, 2008
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    Ashtounding Notebook Enthusiast

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    That's what I figured...I'm just worried about a conflict with the driver attempting to stick the 8400 in a non-existent powersave mode.

    Thanks for the info.
     
    Ashtounding, Mar 22, 2008
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    i presume it does go into some power-saving mode, but that definitely doesn't mean it'll switch all the graphics processing to the mobo GPU as err... there isn't one.
     
    jeopardy2k8, Mar 22, 2008
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