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AMD® Muxless ATI Switchable Graphics Technology (PowerXpress

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Chapter 2. Learning the basics AMD® Muxless ATI Switchable Graphics Technology (PowerXpress AMD PowerXpress Switchable Graphics technology is a mobile-platform feature that applies to systems equipped with a discrete graphics processor unit (dGPU) and an integrated graphics processor unit (iGPU), which allows the system to switch between GPUs (graphics processor units) in order to achieve designed performance or power savings. Notes: • PowerXpress is not supported by all operating systems. Currently, PowerXpress is supported by Windows® 7. If you are using another operating system, such as Windows® XP, it may not be possible to enable PowerXpress. • PowerXpress is not supported by all media players and video compression standards. 22

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Chapter 2. Learning the basics
AMD
®
Muxless ATI Switchable Graphics Technology
(PowerXpress)
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AMD PowerXpress Switchable Graphics technology is a mobile-platform feature that applies to
systems equipped with a discrete graphics processor unit (dGPU) and an integrated graphics
processor unit (iGPU), which allows the system to switch between GPUs (graphics processor
units) in order to achieve designed performance or power savings.
Notes:
•
PowerXpress is not supported by all operating systems. Currently, PowerXpress is supported by
Windows
®
7. If you are using another operating system, such as Windows
®
XP, it may not be possible to
enable PowerXpress.
•
PowerXpress is not supported by all media players and video compression standards.