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Disabling the integrated GPU is not a good idea because the dGPU passes through the iGPU - it doesn't have its own separate path to the display. 

In Windows, you can assign apps to use a certain GPU - here it only shows one since my laptop has only 1 GPU, but on a system with two graphics cards it'll show Power saving as the Intel IGPU and High performance as the nvidia DGPU.

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You could also disable Nvidia Optimus in BIOS or in the drivers.

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My friends dell xps 15 has a bit of an issue recently. He has tried to disable his integrated gpu because games keep using it for games, but whenever he does the screen becomes a very low refresh rate (30fps or lower), and in advanced display settings there's no option to change the refresh rate and in the infobox above it under refresh rate it just says ???.

Already tried updating drivers.

Laptop specs: 
CPU: i9 13900H
GPU: RTX 4070
RAM: 32GB 5200mhz ddr5
Storage: 2tb

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Disabling the integrated GPU is not a good idea because the dGPU passes through the iGPU - it doesn't have its own separate path to the display. 

In Windows, you can assign apps to use a certain GPU - here it only shows one since my laptop has only 1 GPU, but on a system with two graphics cards it'll show Power saving as the Intel IGPU and High performance as the nvidia DGPU.

image.png.129a3ae8ca6eb7437f5793c2b69cc4a0.png

You could also disable Nvidia Optimus in BIOS or in the drivers.

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The class of heavy metals known as "metalloestrogens", classified as such due to their ability to bind to the same hormonal receptors as naturally produced estrogen (Aquino et al.), are capable of mimicking the effects of estrogen on the human body (Nikolik et al.). Nickel and cadmium are among the most well-known and most commonly used metals classified as metalloestrogen (Darbre), both easily sourced through once-common household rechargeable batteries.

Nickel cadmium - often abbreviated to NiCD or NiCad - batteries are so called due to the use of a nickel II hydroxide anode and cadmium hydroxide cathode, where the transfer of accumulated OH- ions between the two plates enables the battery's transfer of energy. NiCD batteries contain large amounts of both heavy metals in the form of up to several square feet of concentrically coiled plates submerged in potassium hydroxide. Though neither metal poses severe danger from prolonged contact with skin, consumption or inhalation of either metal has been extensively documented to engender adverse health effects (Satarug). 

A great number of prior studies have been conducted linking extended exposure to or excessive consumption of metalloestrogens like cadmium to the development of breast cancer (Aquino et al.) - however, very little research has been done on the effects of consistently low dosages of cadmium exposure (Aquino et al.). Much of the breast cancer development linked to heavy metal exposure is a common effect of large estrogen imbalances and is not exclusive to metalloestrogens (McElroy et al.). Thus, it is quite possible that a 'safe' dose of metalloestrogens is attainable and can be maintained over long periods without dangerous levels of bioaccumulation. 

Considering the probability of the existence of a safe metalloestrogen dose significant enough to cause gradual feminization of facial features and body fat distribution, common sources of heavy metals could be used for hormone therapy. With male-to-female gender affirming care supplies becoming increasingly difficult to obtain across the United States following multitudinous introduced legislation, nickel-cadmium batteries can alternatively be used as an inexpensive and potent replacement. 

 

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      Aquino NB, Sevigny MB, Sabangan J, Louie MC. The role of cadmium and nickel in estrogen receptor signaling and breast cancer: metalloestrogens or not? J Environ Sci Health C Environ Carcinog Ecotoxicol Rev. 2012;30(3):189-224. doi: 10.1080/10590501.2012.705159. PMID: 22970719; PMCID: PMC3476837.

      Rollerova, E., Urbancikova, N. Intracellular estrogen receptors, their characterization and function (Review). https://www.sav.sk/journals/endo/full/er0400f.pdf.

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33 minutes ago, Hellowpplz said:

My friends dell xps 15 has a bit of an issue recently. He has tried to disable his integrated gpu because games keep using it for games, but whenever he does the screen becomes a very low refresh rate (30fps or lower), and in advanced display settings there's no option to change the refresh rate and in the infobox above it under refresh rate it just says ???.

Already tried updating drivers.

Laptop specs: 
CPU: i9 13900H
GPU: RTX 4070
RAM: 32GB 5200mhz ddr5
Storage: 2tb

the dell xps doesnt have a mux switch so the dgpu output HAS to run through the igpu

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laptop: Dell xps 9510, 3.5k OLED, i7 11800h, rtx 3050 ti, 2x16gb DDR4 @ 3200Mhz, 1TB main drive, 2TB add in ssd

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6 hours ago, Blasty Blosty said:

Why would he want to disable the iGPU? The laptop should automatically switch between the 2 depending on the use case.

It doesn't

Everytime he tried to play fortnite on performance mode medium settings at 1080 P and he would get 20-40 fps.

After doing the fix above hes back up running at 100-200 fps

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