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    New HP dv5t supports Nvidia HybridPower SLI?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by purecash123, Jun 11, 2008.

  1. purecash123

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    According to Nvidia the 9600M series will support their new Hybrid SLI technology which is the one where you can toggle between integrated and discrete graphics for maximum performance/battery life when needed.

    Now, PC Mag's review claims an 8600M GT, the same one in the Dell XPS m1530.

    And Lap Mag claims the 9600M otherwise.

    Naturally I hope HP offers the 9 series for the benefit of the better battery life when not gaming. Can anyone else find further information to reveal the fact?
     
    purecash123, Jun 11, 2008
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  2. miner

    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Hybrid SLI requires the use of supported Nvidia chipsets. Since HP is using Intel chipsets, that feature wont be supported. Although it should still be capable of switching between integrated and dedicated GPU's but only if HP decides to support it.
     
    miner, Jun 11, 2008
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    Besides, two video cards wouldn't physically fit in the dv5t.
     
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    Hybrid SLI uses the integrated GPU together with the dedicated GPU. Integrated in the northbridge, dedicated... elsewhere, maybe on a card.

    AMD/ATI's equivalent is Hybrid Crossfire, which HP's Puma platform notebooks do support. Unfortunately it looks like HP will only use the low-end Radeon 3450 GPUs...?
     
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    hp wont do that that they cant even put decent cards in the 9000 series
     
    dondadah88, Jun 11, 2008
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    Okay that makes sense, sorry, i thought it was an actual sli set-up.
     
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  7. purecash123

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    brianstretch where did you hear it will use the HD3450?
     
    purecash123, Jun 11, 2008
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    It's good to hear that HP is putting graphic cards besides their 8600 GS in laptops because now gaming will be much better
     
    GaMeRxD, Jun 11, 2008
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    yep they make these desision after i purchase there laptop
     
    dondadah88, Jun 11, 2008
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    Other posts here, other websites, nothing official yet so maybe there's hope?
     
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    I hope so, having the ability to turn on GPU performance when gaming and off when surfing , doing papers/school work is the clincher for me. :)
     
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    I wouldn't hold your breathe. HP's track record of putting performance cards into their 15.4" consumer notebooks isn't very good. The last time this was done was 3 years ago with the dv4000 with the ATI x700. And even at that, it was short lived as that option was discontinued due to overheating issues.
     
    admlam, Jun 11, 2008
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