is this a power saving feature?

[Wolly9102]

hi

 

My new laptop uses my IGPU over the DGPU no matter what i set it to in the nividia control panel. when i start playing games the laptop swichtes over to the DGPU both for video and netflix it uses the IGPU no matter if i choose i want to use the DGPU instead. So is this a power saving feature or is it's something the manufacutre put in the bios (MSI)

[Cyracus]

yeah, sounds like a power saving feature, might be able to change it in power options in the advanced options menu

[Wolly9102]

Ok thx. I will look into it.

[AlexTheGreatish]

Yeah this is called Optimus and is used for power savings.  I think you can disable it but I'm not sure why you'd want to, I've used a couple of laptops that don't have it and they can't muster 1hr of battery life.

[kirashi]

17 minutes ago, Arjan W said:

hi

 

My new laptop uses my IGPU over the DGPU no matter what i set it to in the nividia control panel. when i start playing games the laptop swichtes over to the DGPU both for video and netflix it uses the IGPU no matter if i choose i want to use the DGPU instead. So is this a power saving feature or is it's something the manufacutre put in the bios (MSI)

So it sounds like it's working normally? For streaming video, like Netflix and YouTube, there's no benefit to using a DGPU anyway, especially since UHD content is artificially locked to requiring 7th gen or newer Intel CPUs because screw consumers. You could force it, but I'm not sure why you'd want worse battery life on a laptop...

[Wolly9102]

9 hours ago, kirashi said:

So it sounds like it's working normally? For streaming video, like Netflix and YouTube, there's no benefit to using a DGPU anyway, especially since UHD content is artificially locked to requiring 7th gen or newer Intel CPUs because screw consumers. You could force it, but I'm not sure why you'd want worse battery life on a laptop...

Yes it's working fine. It was Just a question

[ErrystioT]

It's Nvidia Optimus. Basically with it, it regulates which GPU should the laptop use depending on the apps it is running. When it requires power, dGPU will come in play, when it doesn't need that much power, iGPU kicks in. Also the Optimus helps with battery life a bit.