NVIDIA Intel Based IG board

[Trog16]

Hello all,

I have done a decent amount of research on line and just can't seem to get an answer. I am looking to upgrade my graphics card in my gaming machine and building a new music recording/file server/having friends over to LAN game machine. I currently have a 9800gtx that I am going to replace with a g280. I would love to use a board with the hybrid power feature as I am really only going to use the 9800 occasionally and will mainly be recording music and digital file storage with the machine and like the idea of less power draw. All I can find are AMD boards with the 8200mGPU which is what I need to make hybrid power work. As far as I can tell. I would love to get an Intel board so I can use it as an excuse to buy a new 8500 at the new lower price and move my 8400 over the the music machine. Also I just can't get behind AMD these days, even after loving them for all of early 2000s.

Not sure what to do if I can't get an Intel based mobo with hybrid power. Maybe just get any old IG mobo and when I have friends over pop the case and insert 9800gtx. Just seems like a bit of a ghetto hybrid power solution.

So after a bunch of statements here is the question. . .
are there any currently available hybrid power intel mobo's, and if there are what are the ones the people are liking these days?

Thanks for any responces,

 

[imported_Scoop]

Hybrid power doesn't really work as well as you think at the moment. SPCR tested an 8300 chipset board with the GTX 260 and guess how much power it saved with the power save mode on while idle. Total of 5 watts. Not quite what I would call 'turning off the discrete GPU'.

 

[Trog16]

Hmmm.

Thanks that isn't what I was hoping to hear, it sounds like such a good idea on paper and what i have read it seemed to help. Out of curiosity was the board they tested an intel board. 5 watts isn't much, but it is something, kind of.

I just read most of the article and the board seems ok, but again an AMD solution. Oh well I will read the rest of the article tonight when not at work

Thanks for the response, hopefully once the intel solution comes out they will have worked out some of the kinks and the savings will be more prominent.