Hardware model: Lenovo Legion Y7000K
System version: Windows 11
Graphics card brand: nvidia
nVidia Optimus isNVIDIA's computer GPU switching technology will seamlessly switch between two graphics adapters within a computer system, depending on the load of resources generated by the client software application, to provide the maximum performance or minimum power consumption of the system's graphics rendering hardware.
NVIDIA Advanced Optimus is an evolution of NVIDIA Optimus. NVIDIA Advanced Optimus improves on the legacy by introducing a hardware-based Dynamic Display Switch (DDS) that allows the GeForce GPU to control the display directly instead of routing it through IGP. Bypassing integrated graphics improves gaming performance, reduces system lag while gaming, and improves the user experience by enabling the use of G-Sync variable refresh rate displays.
With NVIDIA Advanced Optimus, the bottleneck between GPU and display can be partially eliminated, reducing latency for popular esports games by up to 22%.
Typical platforms include Intel AMD's low-performance integrated graphics and NVIDIA's high-performance integrated graphics. Optimus saves battery life by automatically powering off the standalone graphics processing unit (GPU) when it's not needed and turning it on when it's needed again.
Dynamic display switching can be enabled by opening the NVIDIA Control Panel, then going to [Manage Display Modes] in [3D Settings], and applying [Auto Selection] in [Display Mode].