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    can I switch to IGP with GT780DXR?

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by Captain Razer, Sep 9, 2011.

  1. Captain Razer

    Captain Razer Notebook Evangelist

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    hi!

    just wondering if I could switch to IGP manually to save the battery life? since MSI does not support switchable graphics...officially?
     
    Captain Razer, Sep 9, 2011
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    Internal graphics is not wired up so of course not.

    No optimus = no wires going from the ports to the integrated GPU.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Sep 9, 2011
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