I've not heard of both iGPU and dGPU being referred to as hydrid. I don't get how it's hybrid.
any nvidia dGPU).
No AMD GPU?
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Usually, you'd only have one GPU working on a display. However many laptops come with the ability to leverage two GPUs on one display. On such setups, these typically involve the iGPU, which is weaker but less power hungry, and the dGPU, which is more powerful but comes at an additional power cost.
Hybrid mode is when the iGPU is doing the typical GUI stuff and the dGPU kicks in for more GPU intense stuff like games.
They didn't mention it but I assume the dGPUs that shipped with 6000 series CPUs are supported. Definitely need to confirm it.
The Idea is, that the integrated CPU is a lot more efficient. So if you're only browsing or having the desktop open, only the internal one is working, while the dGPU can be powered off completly, increasing battery life. But Games can still use the full power of a diskrete GPU.
Supported windows 11 versions:
Windows (SV1) Build 22000.1817 or later Windows (SV2) Build 22621.1413 or later
WDDM Driver Model:AMD 3.1 or later, Intel 3.0 or later
Huh, that's neat. Alleviates the need for MUX switch it seems.
This actually sounds like a really cool feature.
It sounds more like they finally unfucked their own display subsystem.
Possibly. It also suggest you'd get all these benefits by just disabling one of the GPUs, because unless battery life is a concern for your gaming laptop the difference in power draw on the desktop will be fairly minor.