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    Optimus for M11x R1?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by MasivB, Nov 25, 2010.

  1. MasivB

    MasivB Guest

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    I came across this on LV2G and thought some of you R1 users may be tired of hybrid and want optimus.

    THE FOLLOWING IS A QUOTE FROM 'Nautis1100':

     
    MasivB, Nov 25, 2010
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  2. litlbty

    litlbty Notebook Enthusiast

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    To be honest, I'd rather do it myself, I like this about my R1.
     
    litlbty, Nov 25, 2010
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  3. TalonH

    TalonH Notebook Evangelist

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    Haha, no thanks. There's nothing wrong with taking 2 seconds and switching cards.
     
    TalonH, Nov 25, 2010
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    GallardosEggrollshop Notebook Evangelist

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    Definitely a cool idea but I do prefer to switch it myself. Don't want it to turn on the GPU while I'm watching an HD video because the integrated card can handle that just fine.
     
    GallardosEggrollshop, Nov 26, 2010
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  5. DrGoodvibes

    DrGoodvibes Notebook Deity

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    Haven't looked into it, but if I get bored on one of my many trips around the Sun I may look at it more closely.

    Having the ability to press a button gives me a since of empowerment.

    In fact I may press the bu
     
    DrGoodvibes, Nov 26, 2010
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    Shoruken Notebook Enthusiast

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    Has anyone actually done this on the M11X R1 yet?
     
    Shoruken, Jan 22, 2011
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  7. drsqueggy

    drsqueggy Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm quite interesting in this but will refrain from installing them until the bugs are ironed out. If anyone does get this to work, could you do some testing of the drivers?

    Does everything seem to work ok?
    Do the drivers offer any performance increase over the stock alienware ones?
    Are the Intel drivers better than the stock alienware ones? (I suffer stuttering issues with HD flash based content with my intel card with the standard alienware drivers)
     
    drsqueggy, Jan 22, 2011
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