Hybrid Sli Technology - Zotac GeForce 9300-ITX User Manual

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Hybrid SLI Technology

Built upon NVIDIA SLI ® technology, Hybrid SLI ® enables NVIDIA ® discrete GPUs
and NVIDIA motherboard GPUs to work together to deliver multi-GPU benefits. Hybrid
SLI provides significant performance scaling through GeForce ® Boost and compelling
power and noise reduction benefits through HybridPower™.
Hybrid SLI
SLI technology enables two discrete GPUs to work together and provide increased
graphics performance. Hybrid SLI technology is similar to SLI technology in that it
enables a motherboard GPU (mGPU) to work with a discrete GPU (dGPU) to provide
two key benefits to the user.
q GeForce Boost
The GeForce Boost feature enables the motherboard GPU to work collaboratively
with the discrete GPU to increase the performance of the discrete GPU. When
GeForce Boost is enabled, the mGPU and dGPU share the rendering load by
rendering different frames of an image. Thus the graphics processing power of the
mGPU is harnessed to enhance the processing power of the dGPU.
q HybridPower
The HybridPower feature enables the user to switch off the dGPU when the maxi-
mum performance of the dGPU is not required and use the mGPU for non-inten-
sive graphics applications, such as high definition DVD playback, Web surfing,
and office productivity applications. Switching off the dGPU not only lowers the
total system power consumption but also lowers total system noise and heat.
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