NVIDIA To Launch Desktop Version of Optimus at COMPUTEX

VR-Zone is reporting that NVIDIA will be launching a desktop version of Optimus at COMPUTEX called Synergy. NVidia developed Optimus to save battery life by automatically switching the power of the discrete GPU off when it is not needed and switching it on when needed again. In Synergy, NVidia is doing the same thing. Synergy allows you to switch between the integrated GPU on an integrated GPU, like a Sandy Bridge processor from Intel, and a discrete GPU. The idea is not to save power, instead it is to use the Sandy Bridge Quick Sync technology for performing video transcoding jobs. COMPUTEX is held in Taiwan from May 31 through June 4.

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