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On 16 December 2014 19:11:43 CET, behrouz khosravi <bz.khosravi@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> The idea of Optimus is to use the lower-spec GPU for the general |
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>activities |
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>> and only enable the higher-spec GPU (NVidia) for processes requiring |
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>the |
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>> extra |
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>> processing power (generally 3D games or rendering). |
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>> Using bumblebee, you can start an application using "optirun |
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>> <application>". |
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>> The application then can use the Nvidia-chip. Other applications will |
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>still |
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>> use the lower-spec GPU. |
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>Well actually I dont play games on linux, but I like to see how it is |
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>performing. |
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>What is interesting for is using a set up that does the offloading |
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>automatically. |
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>However it seems that the optimus support for linux is not good at all, |
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>and |
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>I hope it get better eventually. |
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>I am beginning to thinks that maybe Linus was right NVIDIA!! |
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The Optimus support on Linux is similar to how it's done on ms windows. (I dual boot for a flight sim) |
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Performance wise, it depends on the GPU. |
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The lowspec one I have is an Intel embedded one. The higher spec is an NVidia GT750. |
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Using glxgears: |
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Without (Intel): 60fps |
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With (NVidia): 90-95 fps |
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