This

also the fact that optimus causes more harm than good in most operating systems outside of windows

Wat

Its just an fps limiter

That also downclocks the GPU to save power

no that doesn't have anything to do with optimus

that's just the driver doing that

Its basically the equivalent of pressing the eco button on a car

But you need the oem one ofc

@Goz3rr actualy gpus with optimus have long history of problems relating their use on linux/mac/bsd

and even some older windows versions

But I mostly dont use the GPU at all while using the battery
Intel hd 530 does the job and If i really wanted to play fortnite I could just turn on optimus and shift

wouldn't know about that, and iirc optimus is only supported on 7 and up

not just drivers but the optimus is part of how those things are wired and how they can toggle parts unnecessary off

It's a driver that communicates with hardware property's

Its not needed but its handy

nvidia optimus includes some hardware too

since only one gpu can be in control of the video outputs

You can use the full sillicon of the GPU but turning several parts of it is left to a driver

Optimus does more good than harm just like @Goz3rr pointed out

Also
>running a modern GPU with anything older than windows 7

as there is some stubborness here

https://lambda.sx/F4u.png now that im on proper computer i can happily argue about hardware

i didnt feel the need to hilight that >has both software and hardware components

which later ones make/made(havent checked fix for it due not my problem) certain operating systems and situations broken

so gpu sitting idling and still using power vs no power to gpu == its obviously does more harm than good in our scenario where there is no use for it in "daily browsing computer"

you nvidia fanboys can argue as much as you want but optimus is(was?) broken/useless for most average users

it sounded cool in marketing speeches tho

and it somehow works if you computer has good base hardware (cpu and gpu side) where the difference is actualy larger

but average joes dont have have those computers nor setup their own parameters for gpu access

also here is the source for that whitepaper https://www.nvidia.com/object/LO_optimus_whitepapers.html

even tho it states that it >completly shuts them but several laptops have been proven just cutting the control cord

not power

there is reason why nvidia stopped shipping stuff with it after 8 series

its so large hit/miss ratio there that it aint even fun

and afaik to current date there is no way to force GPU to everything (including windows desktop idling) to prevent screen tearing on high end displays

Fuck

My Shipment still hasn't gotten here

God damnit

5PM is the cutoff date