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Libroru

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From: Germany

Registered: 2024-07-25

Posts: 11

Graphics Card Switching on Desktop PC

Hey everyone,

I was wondering if it's possible to use hybrid graphics on desktop PCs.

I have an NVIDIA GPU and thus often run into graphical issues (especially with hyprland, which doesn't boot at all).
I saw that optimus laptops can switch the current graphics card easily.

And now my question is, whether the same thing is possible on desktop PCs.
I want to use my integrated GPU off of my i7-12700k for rendering the GUI and low-power apps,
and then use my NVIDIA GPU for games and graphics-heavy apps.

Does anyone have experience with this?

Thanks in advance!

cryptearth

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Registered: 2024-02-03

Posts: 2,130

Re: Graphics Card Switching on Desktop PC

I somewhat struggle why people keep building systems with such features: why use a cpu with an igpu if you plan to install a dgpu anyway?
nevermind
even if you get it working (which likely is somehow possible) it's merely tinkering with the symptoms rather than curing the cause: if you know nvid and hyprland doesn't go well along eachother either don't use a nvidia gpu or don't use hyprland
frankenstein some redneck solution to just make that damn thing work may result in other issues
unfortunate I can't help much but may I recommend if you can't chamge the hardware just use different softwar

seth

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From: Won't reply 2 private help req

Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 75,428

Re: Graphics Card Switching on Desktop PC

blacklist i915

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