Nvidia Optimus Allows 'Hot' Removal of GPU

[Marcus Yam]

Nvidia yanks GPU from live-running computer system.

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[vant]

Makes sense.

 

[jay236]

Wouldn't this shorten the lifespan of the GPU because of the added cooling/heating cycles?

 

[maxsp33d]

I wonder if we'll ever reach a point when we can do this with any part of the system (i know SATA hdds are hot-swappable)

 

[IzzyCraft]

[citation][nom]jay236[/nom]Wouldn't this shorten the lifespan of the GPU because of the added cooling/heating cycles?[/citation]
depends how hot the chip gets if the temp variance is small it wouldn't matter too much.

 

[eklipz330]

ATi's megatron is gonna be pretty pissed about this...

 

[darthvidor]

maybe soon we'll see a PCI-e video daughter-card with multiple GPU sockets for SLI on demand

 

[festerovic]

Optimus was the brand name of shitty products from Radio Shack back in the day...

 

[NapoleonDK]

Very cool.

 

[mindless728]

pretty cool

 

[haunted one]

I'd love it if this technology could be applied to allow GPU upgrades on notebooks.

 

[tipoo]

Then they should have called it OFFtimus.


Ha! Get it? Get it?! See, I...Oh forget it.

 

[jojesa]

[citation][nom]eklipz330[/nom]ATi's megatron is gonna be pretty pissed about this...[/citation]

ROFLMAOWTIME

 

[echdskech]

does anyone know if/when they will apply the tech to desktops?

 

[Shadow703793]

Kudos for nVidia for this, HOWEVER WHERE is ME FERMI!?!?!?

 

[Guest]

Isn't dynamic clocking almost the same(only for the saving energy part)? I think it will delay for a second or half a second to start rendering something.
Although this is great when you would have 4 seperate GPU's and 3 of them aren't in use. I am not sure how stable it will be for overclockers though...

 

[maigo]

[citation][nom]maxsp33d[/nom]I wonder if we'll ever reach a point when we can do this with any part of the system (i know SATA hdds are hot-swappable)[/citation]
Some server boards can hot swap cpus/ram

 

[ohim]

another BS to put as a sticker on your video card when you buy it, i see no reason at all to remove my video card when my PC is running.

 

[overclockingrocks]

that's pretty neat to watch. when this hits notebooks I can imagine it'll make for great battery life no matter what you're doing

 

[saint19]

[citation][nom]maigo[/nom]Some server boards can hot swap cpus/ram[/citation]

Yeah, that's true, but only server mobos, not home mobos.

 

[bin1127]

TH must be loving this tech when doing your benchmarks.

 

[Judguh]

That's cool that you could take out the GPU with the system running, but what practical use could that be used for?

 

[Shadow703793]

[citation][nom]Judguh[/nom]That's cool that you could take out the GPU with the system running, but what practical use could that be used for?[/citation]
Imo, you DON'T need to remove the GPU, however, I think nVidia is just making the point of showing odd the difference between idle mode and completely off mode.

 

[jrharbort]

[citation][nom]Judguh[/nom]That's cool that you could take out the GPU with the system running, but what practical use could that be used for?[/citation]
It was just an example on how the technology completely shuts off the GPU, rendering it "disabled" to the system's eyes.

What's great about this technology is that it's mostly software based. As long as you have an Nvidia GPU, and an Intel IGP, this technology could even be implemented on the desktop platform to help achieve lower idle power usage.

 

[nukemaster]

[citation][nom]Judguh[/nom]That's cool that you could take out the GPU with the system running, but what practical use could that be used for?[/citation]They are showing it is fully off, not just clocked down to save power its fully off. so you have Onboard power levels and dedicated performance(and power draw) when needed.