NVidia’s Hybrid SLI
Hey guys, Icarus here. Tonight, I’ll be talking about the basics of NVidia’s new tool, Hyrbid SLI.
Hybrid SLI basically allows you to run your GPU up to speed when you need it, and when you don’t need it, the program will automatically tune down the energy that the GPU uses for you. So, for a pro, Hybrid SLI allows you to utilize energy more efficiently, since when you just leave your computer on, Hybrid SLI will automatically reduce energy going to the GPU and you use less energy.
Another pro is the sound. As the GPU is tuned down by reducing the energy going to the GPU, the fan speed is also reduced at the same time, since the GPU core in the GPU won’t be running as hot as when it’s running at full load. This means more quiet, and noisy fans only when you need to use your GPU to its full potential. If you think that annoying GPU fan is still too loud… well, let NVidia worry about that. They’ll have to notice that all of us are annoyed by some of the stock GPU fans that come with the GPU… sooner or later(please please, be sooner).
There aren’t that many cons to Hybrid SLI, except that it may seem kind of useless considering that it all depends on which GPU you’re using. If you’re using a cheap GPU like the 8500GT, then you won’t be saving much energy. Although things get done in small steps, tuning down an 8500GT for the night won’t save much energy, or much money, if you’re money-oriented. Also, the Hybrid SLI’s advertisements tend to lean towards increased performance, which many of NVidia’s advertisements do. However, it doesn’t increase performance; if it does, it’s extremely minute. It just saves some energy. Woohoo, make the Earth become green again! One step at a time.
Well, that’s all for now. Good night everyone!
Icarus
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