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NVIDIA Optimus
™
Nvidia Optimus technology is a seamless technology
® ™
designed to get best performance from the graphics sys-
tem while allowing longer battery life, without having to
manually change settings. Thus when an application is run
that requires extra performance or quality, then the system
will run the discrete GPU (dGPU); when the system does
not require such enhanced performance it will let the inte-
grated (iGPU) handle it.
GPU Button
This computer also features a button
user to switch between Optimus Mode and UMA Mode
(Unified Memory Architecture). UMA Mode will use
only the integrated GPU; Optimus Mode will allow the
system to automatically determine whether the dGPU or
iGPU is used. Thus the user can completely control how
the graphics system operates. Press the GPU button
and the button color will indicate the current mode.
Screen Resolution for Metro Style Apps
(Windows 8)
The minimum resolution in which Metro style apps will
run is 1024x768.
The minimum resolution required to support all the fea-
tures of Windows 8 (including multitasking with snap) is
1366x768.
Technology
that allows the
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Icon Color
Green
Orange
Table 5 - GPU Button Modes
The GPU LED indicators will display which GPU is
currently in use.
Icon Color
,
Green
Orange
Table 6 - GPU LED Indicators
Description
UMA Mode Activated
The system will use the Intel inte-
grated GPU (iGPU) only
Optimus Mode Activated
Optimus technology will determine
when to use the Intel integrated GPU
(iGPU) or NVIDIA discrete GPU
(dGPU) automatically
Description
Intel Integrated GPU (iGPU) Acti-
vated
NVIDIA Discrete GPU (dGPU) Acti-
vated
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