New type of SLi

[Pinnacle]

NVIDIA is working on a new kind of SLI technology for notebook designs. Instead of pairing two identical GPUs for increased performance, NVIDIA is going for a pairing of integrated and discrete GPUs for a balance of power and performance.

The concept of pairing up a low-power integrated GPU with a high-power discrete GPU is nothing new. Sony has already treaded through these waters with its VAIO SZ lineup which features Intel GMA950 and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 GPUs. This setup requires an external switch to make the transition and also requires a system reboot. NVIDIA's "SLI Power" on the other hand will be done through a combination of hardware and software, but will not require a reboot of the machine to take place.




http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3392

[BlackX]

Is it so hard to reboot a notebook?..

[PkG.1337]

Intel GMA950 + NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 = Go 7600
SLi with Intel is a smart choice

[WeStSiDePLaYa]

Is it so hard to reboot a notebook?..


when your running on battery and need all the up time you can get, yes

[Thorry]

when your running on battery and need all the up time you can get, yes

Sure, the reboot is going to kill you when running 3D games on a discrete GPU :stick:

With 90% of all the notebooks out there battery time whilst seriously gaming is 1 hour or less (or you have one of those huge DTR notebooks with small nuclear powerplants for batteries), the reboot will only take off about 1 maybe 2 minutes of battery time.

And it's a good thing to reboot before and after playing a game to clear the memory (maybe even a other user profile with less crap). Running Acrobat Reader in the background (which it does) can easily cost you 2-3 FPS on a not so powerfull PC.

[$a1Ty]

why cant they just scale the gpu like they do with notebook cpu's

just turn of uneeded shaders and slow the core down and lower the voltage