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Using a GPU without pluggin video in

victorluisgr
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No, you cannot. That technology is a power-saving feature called Nvidia Optimus and you'll only find it on laptops. Also, not relevant to the post, but just an interesting fact, VR Ready laptops don't have the feature as it adds latency that causes motion sickness in VR, and those ones tend to have pretty garbage battery life.

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Actually it is possible, it requires a bit of a workaround involving setting your default graphics device in windows, but you have to have integrated graphics to use it. What CPU do you have?

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6 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

Actually it is possible, it requires a bit of a workaround involving setting your default graphics device in windows, but you have to have integrated graphics to use it. What CPU do you have?

I5 4460

 

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2 minutes ago, victorluisgr said:

I5 4460

So it should be possible, unfortunately I don't have direct experience with setting the default video source but it's the same way Linus showed using those mining cards with no video ports for gaming

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

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i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 11 and Fedora Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

PSU tier list

How many watts do I need?

PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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Why not buy an HDMI or DP monitor? Seems silly to bottleneck a 1050ti with VGA.

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30 minutes ago, asand1 said:

Why not buy an HDMI or DP monitor? Seems silly to bottleneck a 1050ti with VGA.

It's not a bottleneck, VGA can do 1080p 60Hz, which the 1050 ti is great for.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 11 and Fedora Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

PSU tier list

How many watts do I need?

PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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