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No, GPUs are more power efficient than CPUs to render graphics, so it'll save battery.
by capableweb 4y ago
No, GPUs are more power efficient than CPUs to render graphics, so it'll save battery.
- withinboredom 4y agoSo, my laptop is dumb for turning off the discrete GPU when I unplug it?
- Chai-T-Rex 4y agoThey didn't say discrete GPU, they said GPUs, which includes integrated GPUs.
- withinboredom 4y agoA game engine will tell the OS to start up the discrete GPU if it is available. This is why I asked the original question. Is there some way to turn that off?
- OvermindDL1 4y agoWhen initializing a GPU context you can specify whether you want the most efficient device, the fastest device, etc, for a GUI app then you would want to pick the most efficient, which is a single flag to pass in, or supply options and let the user pick which one they want.