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+ Reply to ThreadResults 1 to 8 of 8 Thread: do i need nvidia optimus?Bookmark & Share LinkBack URL Add Thread to del.icio.usTweet this threadShare on FacebookReddit!Google+StumbleUponThread ToolsShow Printable VersionSubscribe to this Thread…Search Thread Advanced SearchToday, 12:32 PM#1Lnd27 Notebook Consultant Join Date Apr 2012Posts 118Rep Power 4 do i need nvidia optimus?

guys! i need your advice.

i must to choose ips screen or nvidia optimus;/

the question is: how much economy optimus do vs main gpu .
(the laptop most of time in idle mode)

any ideas welcome.

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Reply With Quote Today, 01:24 PM#2darkydark Notebook Consultant Join Date Mar 2010Posts 157Rep Power 9 Re: do i need nvidia optimus?

Fepends on natute od your work. If you need battery life go with optimus. If you do profesional photography go with ips screen. Apart from profesionals most people who use notebooks dont notice the difference...

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Reply With Quote Today, 02:02 PM#3Lnd27 Notebook Consultant Join Date Apr 2012Posts 118Rep Power 4 Re: do i need nvidia optimus?

Originally Posted by darkydarkFepends on natute od your work. If you need battery life go with optimus. If you do profesional photography go with ips screen. Apart from profesionals most people who use notebooks dont notice the difference...

Sent from my HUAWEI Y300-0100 using Tapatalk 2just plug my old dell u2209 and i really like ips colors more:/
hope m6600 ips has same quality=)

but still would like to found some research

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Reply With Quote Today, 02:10 PM#4Cakefish Notebook Evangelist Join Date May 2010Location UKPosts 670Rep Power 10 Re: do i need nvidia optimus?

Yeah it all comes down to what battery life you require.

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Reply With Quote Today, 03:38 PM#5be77solo pc's and planes Join Date Oct 2007Location USPosts 1,802Rep Power 22 Re: do i need nvidia optimus?

Yep, tough comparison but for my vote and usage, I love Optimus... I get 5+ hours of battery life with my GT60 and 6+ with my G46, both thanks to Optimus.

Depends really if you want to use the laptop on the go without plugging in for more than a couple hours. I drag mine along with me to jobsites all day so really enjoy the mobility and battery life, but if it sits on a desk all day plugged in then the screen would be a nice upgrade.

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Reply With Quote Today, 06:08 PM#6nipsen Notebook Deity Join Date May 2012Posts 1,083Rep Power 7 Re: do i need nvidia optimus?

..then again, since Kepler, the benefit of having optimus is pretty much gone, thanks to the fairly high power-draw the intel hd graphics chips have compared to a smaller kepler card on low clocks. ..you could end up having a lower average power-draw both when running 3d and 2d if you run only office-applications, movies, etc. With things that either don't have 3d acceleration, or apps that use hardware acceleration sparingly. Better image-quality as well, come to that..

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Reply With Quote Today, 06:19 PM#7Meaker Notebook Retailer Join Date Mar 2005Location Edinburgh, Scotland.Posts 13,529Rep Power 78 Re: do i need nvidia optimus?

The intel graphics can go down to much lower power draw at idle since it has no dedicated GDDR5 memory interface to keep active and a lower transistor count at a smaller process node.

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Reply With Quote Today, 06:27 PM#8be77solo pc's and planes Join Date Oct 2007Location USPosts 1,802Rep Power 22 Re: do i need nvidia optimus?

Originally Posted by nipsen..then again, since Kepler, the benefit of having optimus is pretty much gone, thanks to the fairly high power-draw the intel hd graphics chips have compared to a smaller kepler card on low clocks. ..you could end up having a lower average power-draw both when running 3d and 2d if you run only office-applications, movies, etc. With things that either don't have 3d acceleration, or apps that use hardware acceleration sparingly. Better image-quality as well, come to that..Hmm, both my 660m and 780m in their respective laptops get noticeably less battery life when I leave the dGPU enabled over the iGPU when doing basic web browsing, Word, etc. In my G46 (IvyBridge) it's the difference of a couple hours when I compared when I first got the laptop as it was my first Optimus machine and I was skeptical. Haven't taken the time for a full test with the 780m (Haswell) versus the 4600HD but the little Windows timer is 3ish hours remaining versus 5ish hours on a full charge. Not positive how that would compare over the full discharge however.

Maybe this is because both are powered when the dGPU is in my machines? Not sure, haven't compared similar laptops that don't offer Optimus with those that do, but battery life is very nice. But then so are IPS screens

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