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    What do APUs do with their gfx cores when discrete nVidia gfx in use?

    Pretty damning, although that was a solid two and a half years ago. (Crimson was supposedly a big step forward in functionality right?) I'm very interested to see how things play out when I get my hands on the new card.
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    What do APUs do with their gfx cores when discrete nVidia gfx in use?

    Yeah, that's what I'm going for. Already on order though... Re: types of gaming... I don't really know about casual vs moderate or anything, but I'm used to playing things on low spec. Currently w/ the CPU upgrade and the GT 730 it's a pretty huge bump from before, I think because switching...
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    What do APUs do with their gfx cores when discrete nVidia gfx in use?

    The more I think about it, the more dumb I feel for ever buying an nVidia card for this mobo. Back when I first got it I guess I had thought the APU thing was more of an advertising gimmick. Pretty sure I'll be springing for this guy...
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    What do APUs do with their gfx cores when discrete nVidia gfx in use?

    Thanks for the tip. I was actually wondering about this. I don't expect to be upgrading the graphics card any time soon (having just bought the CPU and now I probably need to drop another ~$40 on a powerful low profile FM2+ socket cooler, since the stock one doesn't even fit in my mini-ITX...
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    What do APUs do with their gfx cores when discrete nVidia gfx in use?

    This has been asked before on various forums but there always seems to be disagreement about the correct answer. (see: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2414741) Also, since APUs are relatively new and evolving, I'm wondering if the answer has changed. Context: I have a mid-ish...