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summit69

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Registered: 2016-12-13

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[SOLVED] NVIDIA or NVIDIA Optimus?

Hi all,

I have a Acer Aspire E14 and I have a fresh arch install. I'm now working on installing NVIDIA, then I found out about this thing about having 2 GPUs, and when I checked my laptop it kind of have 2 but I can't be sure because I'm not that well versed with graphics stuff. I tried reading online but I'm not that confident which of the 2 guides I should follow.

NVIDIA
NVIDIA Optimus

Output of lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)":

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 5500 (rev 09)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 096a
	Kernel driver in use: i915
--
04:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK208M [GeForce 920M] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Device 096b
	Kernel driver in use: nouveau

Thank you.

Last edited by summit69 (2016-12-30 17:07:22)

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

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Re: [SOLVED] NVIDIA or NVIDIA Optimus?

Two GPU's one being an nvidia mobile part follow the optimus guide.

summit69

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Registered: 2016-12-13

Posts: 12

Re: [SOLVED] NVIDIA or NVIDIA Optimus?

Ok, thanks. Sorry if that might have sounded like a funny question.

Cheers.

loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] NVIDIA or NVIDIA Optimus?

If you consider the issue solved please mark the thread as solved by editing your first post and prepending [SOLVED] to the title.

summit69

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Registered: 2016-12-13

Posts: 12

Re: [SOLVED] NVIDIA or NVIDIA Optimus?

If you consider the issue solved please mark the thread as solved by editing your first post and prepending [SOLVED] to the title.

Thanks.