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    Arrandale Switchable Graphics- When??

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by fanATIc Nvidiot, Jan 27, 2010.

  1. fanATIc Nvidiot

    fanATIc Nvidiot Notebook Enthusiast

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    Has anybody actually managed to actually see a core i5 with switchable graphics in operation anywhere yet? I may be wrong here but, even at CES 2010, I dont remember Intel actually exhibiting switchable graphics in action. We were told about the feature, but nobody got to see the actual switching taking place on a notebook. My understanding was that Intel had announced that this feature would not be available initially and it might be a couple of months until Intel and the various OEM's and Nividia and AMD had sorted out all the niggles. So perhaps this is why this feature is in all the marketing literature but has just not been enabled yet on any notebooks I have seen. Then there is all this business about the pm55 chipset not supporting the feature, in addition to motherborads needing rewiring to connect their displays to two separate gpus.

    My advice is if you want an Arrandale based notebook with switchable graphics, wait until you have seen it confirmed to be working in a retail model of the notebook model you are interested in. At the moment there appears to be some confusion and I would not buy into all the promises coming from the reps and marketing literature. See it working with your own eyes first, cos right now, it seems to be a minefield out there.
     
    fanATIc Nvidiot, Jan 27, 2010
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  2. demonhotrod

    demonhotrod Notebook Evangelist

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    I was wondering about this myself only a couple of days ago
     
    demonhotrod, Jan 27, 2010
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  3. jackluo923

    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

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    There's a corei7 laptop that has switchable graphic card.
     
    jackluo923, Jan 27, 2010
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  4. tilleroftheearth

    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

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    Which one? Link? :)
     
    tilleroftheearth, Jan 27, 2010
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  5. fanATIc Nvidiot

    fanATIc Nvidiot Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was really thinking of switchable graphics on ARRANDALE, ie between the integrated arrandale gpu(core i5 and dual core i7) and a discrete gpu, rather than the older systems from nvidia etc.
     
    fanATIc Nvidiot, Jan 27, 2010
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  6. Amnesiac

    Amnesiac 404

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    Yes, I've been wondering this myself for while actually. I hope they get it sorted out soon, it's a great feature. I could have something like a Clevo X8100, yet when I'm not gaming, I could get 3 hours+ battery life on an 18.4".
     
    Amnesiac, Jan 27, 2010
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  7. Jayayess1190

    Jayayess1190 Waiting on Intel Cannonlake

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    The Sony Vaio Z does this with Core i5/i7 and Nvidia 330m, it will be out very soon. New Lenovo's also do this, and are for sale now.
     
    Jayayess1190, Jan 27, 2010
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    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Wonder what motherboard they are using... HM/QM/PM?
     
    sgogeta4, Jan 27, 2010
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    00940 Notebook Consultant

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    It might also be worth waiting for the coming Lenovo Ideapad V360/V460...
     
    00940, Jan 28, 2010
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  10. jackluo923

    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Just search for it. Asus ul30jt
    It uses corei7 620Um or 640UM and the new chipset as well.
     
    jackluo923, Jan 28, 2010
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  11. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Can't switch with PM55. Gotta be H or Q.
     
    Pitabred, Jan 28, 2010
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