On-board GPU + plug-in GPU = boost mode?

[Solarstrike]

On my PC i have an integrated GPU, Intel HD Graphics 530. However, i have the integrated GPU disabled (not uninstalled) because i use a PCI-based GPU. Since the integrated GPU is sitting and not doing anything, is there a way to utilize it's power/resources while still using the main GPU? Sort of like SLI, but not really. More or less a "boost" or a "kick" per performance, etc.

Here's some statistics regarding the HD 530"
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/skylake-intel-core-i7-6700k-core-i5-6600k,4252-9.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z6jivgihvs

It's not too bad for an on-board. Could probably add a few extra fps somewhere!

[zombie cat]

not possible..laptops however do take advantage of igpu if they have a dedicated gpu and use the igpu for low resource tasks like youtube or general computer use but for desktops its all the main gpu.

[vadim]

Originally posted by Solarstrike:

Since the integrated GPU is sitting and not doing anything, is there a way to utilize it's power/resources while still using the main GPU?

Short answer - no. Long answer is somewhat more complicated. You can plug second monitor in your IGP or you can use it for simple GPGPU computations or for video coding/decoding if you use Intel Quick Sync (this is NOT kind of GPGPU). But all of above are useless - IGP has too low processing power.

[CursedPanther]

Only the red team has ever actualized this concept and called it Hybrid CrossFire. Don't know if that's still the case with the latest gen hardware.

[Big Boom Boom]

Originally posted by CursedPanther:

Only the red team has ever actualized this concept and called it Hybrid CrossFire. Don't know if that's still the case with the latest gen hardware.

DirectX 12 multi GPU. Its glorious and the only game to use it has nobody playing.

But it kept being pulled up in every benchmark like it's a very popular game.

[CursedPanther]

Originally posted by Big Boom Boom:

Originally posted by CursedPanther:

Only the red team has ever actualized this concept and called it Hybrid CrossFire. Don't know if that's still the case with the latest gen hardware.

DirectX 12 multi GPU. Its glorious and the only game to use it has nobody playing.

But it kept being pulled up in every benchmark like it's a very popular game.

True, and ironically DX12 'optimization' also happens to be one of the major selling points for the red team's line of GPUs too, which still no one gives a damn enough over a year later.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Originally posted by CursedPanther:

Originally posted by Big Boom Boom:

DirectX 12 multi GPU. Its glorious and the only game to use it has nobody playing.

But it kept being pulled up in every benchmark like it's a very popular game.

True, and ironically DX12 'optimization' also happens to be one of the major selling points for the red team's line of GPUs too, which still no one gives a damn enough over a year later.

*A guy that was far far far away yelling towards you that sounded like a faint whisper, that you could barely hear him, said I care! But no one cared.*

[Squirrell]

Originally posted by CursedPanther:

Originally posted by Big Boom Boom:

DirectX 12 multi GPU. Its glorious and the only game to use it has nobody playing.

But it kept being pulled up in every benchmark like it's a very popular game.

True, and ironically DX12 'optimization' also happens to be one of the major selling points for the red team's line of GPUs too, which still no one gives a damn enough over a year later.

Maybe because the red team wants to keep shtum because the game I'm thinking of runs much better on the blue team's cpu's.

[Big Boom Boom]

Originally posted by Squirrell:

Originally posted by CursedPanther:

True, and ironically DX12 'optimization' also happens to be one of the major selling points for the red team's line of GPUs too, which still no one gives a damn enough over a year later.

Maybe because the red team wants to keep shtum because the game I'm thinking of runs much better on the blue team's cpu's.

Maybe because they were waitting for Vega?

[vadim]

Originally posted by Big Boom Boom:

Maybe because they were waitting for Vega?

Everything is much simpler: both Dx12 and Vulkan have nearly no Multi-GPU support, it extremely difficut to properly implement and usully when you try to use it you will get less FPS then without it. So, it simply not worth to be implemented.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Originally posted by vadim:

Originally posted by Big Boom Boom:

Maybe because they were waitting for Vega?

Everything is much simpler: both Dx12 and Vulkan have nearly no Multi-GPU support, it extremely difficut to properly implement and usully when you try to use it you will get less FPS then without it. So, it simply not worth to be implemented.

Actually Vulkan better than Dx12, and depending how lazy the devs are, this is correct what you're saying.

[pasa]

ASUS boards have a virtu-GMP utility that claims to add the power of the unused integrated GPU to the computations. In theory CUDA and other APIs can utilize all computing resources in the box.

however I don't know if it actually works in practice.

Hm, it seems got renamed in the meantime to LucidLogix virtu MVP. Some info here: https://www.facebook.com/notes/gigabyte/lucid-virtu-mvp-what-it-is-and-why-youll-want-it-on-your-motherboard/10150643214844446/

[vadim]

Originally posted by pasa:

In theory CUDA and other APIs can utilize all computing resources in the box.

CUDA is Nvidia computing language which can be used only with Nvidia GPUs.

[pasa]

Originally posted by vadim:

CUDA is Nvidia computing language which can be used only with Nvidia GPUs.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30820064/can-i-run-cuda-or-opencl-on-intel-processor-graphics-i7-3rd-or-4rd-genration implies there are tools to overcome even that. I meant all the CUDA-like frameworks, say OpenCL has intel support. (And really SHAME on nvidia for lack of progress in the last years.)

[Solarstrike]

Wow thanks for all the replies! So i gather from reading that it IS possible to syphon resources from an integrated video card, although it's still in it's infancy regarding the mechanism in how it can be done efficiently. Well, hopefully someone can come up with something logical with haste, before the idea is patented and sold to the end user by Nvidia or AMD.

This article from 2015, which i had no idea existed. Seems the idea was thrown around for DX12. Is THIS what Microsoft "Game Mode" really is? Smh

http://www.pcgamer.com/directx-12-will-be-able-to-use-your-integrated-gpu-to-improve-performance/

"Previously, for a system to utilize multiple graphics cards, those GPUs needed to be linked either via Nvidia's SLI or AMD's Crossfire technology—both of which typically required the same GPU series to be compatible. Multiadapter, on the other hand, will allow individual GPUs to be addressed separately, send unique commands, and store unique data in memory."..