On 16 December 2014 19:11:43 CET, behrouz khosravi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> The idea of Optimus is to use the lower-spec GPU for the general >activities >> and only enable the higher-spec GPU (NVidia) for processes requiring >the >> extra >> processing power (generally 3D games or rendering). >> >> Using bumblebee, you can start an application using "optirun >> <application>". >> The application then can use the Nvidia-chip. Other applications will >still >> use the lower-spec GPU. >> >> -- >> Joost >> >> >Well actually I dont play games on linux, but I like to see how it is >performing. >What is interesting for is using a set up that does the offloading >automatically. >However it seems that the optimus support for linux is not good at all, >and >I hope it get better eventually. >I am beginning to thinks that maybe Linus was right NVIDIA!!
The Optimus support on Linux is similar to how it's done on ms windows. (I dual boot for a flight sim) Performance wise, it depends on the GPU. The lowspec one I have is an Intel embedded one. The higher spec is an NVidia GT750. Using glxgears: Without (Intel): 60fps With (NVidia): 90-95 fps -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
