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nVidia Kills HybridPower on the Desktop
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... kill off HybridPower in future desktops according to the TechReport. In an article TechReport says that HybridPower (which was released with the 780a SLI) is not supported on the GTX 285 and 295. TR Asked Sean Cleveland about this and he replied saying that it will indeeded be pulled but due to the latest cards ability to use much less power at idle. I am not sure if I buy the claim that nVidias current crop of GPUs idle so low that HybridPower is not a help anymore. Read more here Unfortunately, it seems that HybridPower has no future on the desktop. The new GeForce GTX ...
NVIDIA HybridPower Has No Future On Desktop
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... will the new desktop GPUs that Nvidia has in the pipeline. According to Senior Technical Marketing Manager Sean Cleveland, HybridPower has been dropped from desktop parts because, thanks to the improved idle power consumption of Nvidia's latest graphics parts, it no longer "substantially improves the user's experience." HybridPower will live on in Nvidia's mobile platforms, where the company still sees merit in the technology's ability to reduce heat output and prolong battery life. http://techreport.com/discussions.x/16604
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No future for NVIDIA HybridPower on desktop PCs
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... The Tech Report points out that NVIDIA's HybridPower technology is as good as dead on the desktop PC. NVIDIA claims the latest high-end GeForce cards don't support HybridPower because they already have significantly lower idle power consumption: ...
