Laptop GPU Help

chrismscotland · 3 Aug 2009 at 11:06

I'm throwing this out there but I'm not sure it actually exists, is there a laptop with a powerful graphics card but also an integrated graphics chip so where the seperate GPU can be turned off if its not needed to conserve battery life?

Dr Who · 3 Aug 2009 at 11:18

Any laptop with Hybrid SLi should do the trick.

Toshiba Qosmio uses this system, Dell XPS, Alienware etc etc

beermonster · 3 Aug 2009 at 11:22

yes some the higher end sony ultra portables have this feature, you probably talking the wrong side of £1k for one of these though.

uv · 3 Aug 2009 at 11:36

Pretty much every laptop with discreet graphics will run the GPU at a much lower clock in 2D mode to conserve battery.

Whilst it's not what you're asking for, it saves a lot of battery.