Hey all, I know that switchable graphics is a thing in laptops where there is usually a single port. But how would you go about it on desktop? Do you put your monitor in the onboard HDMI or on the dGPU port? There are other issues associated with doing it of course, but I thought it might save on power and noise if I used the iGPU as much as possible.

Only have a nvidia GPU at the moment, but hoping to get an AMD 9070 at some point

  • Matty_rOPEnglish
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    4 months ago

    In what setup? Using switchable graphics?

      • Matty_rOPEnglish
        21·
        4 months ago

        I’m pretty confused what you’re getting at to be honest.

        • kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          11·
          4 months ago

          If the monitor is plugged into the motherboard, it will exclusively use the integrated GPU. If it is plugged into the video card, it will exclusively use the discrete GPU. A standard desktop motherboard lacks the extra wiring to allow routing discrete graphics through the onboard video output or vice versa.