Hey mate, while you explain correctly how to turn the mux switch on and off on the legion 5 pro, your explanation of how it works is not completely correct. When you turn off the mux switch, the GPU is directly connected with your display, thus bypassing the CPU and using the full potential of the GPU. Just as you said. With the mux switch turned on though, the GPU is still indirectly connected to the display via the CPU as pictured in your left picture. The advantage is that you can (for example) use Nvidia optimus that can then switch between GPU and CPU depending on the program that is currently executed. If optimus detects that you're gaming, it will utilize the GPU and you'll still most likely get a good performance. The bottleneck here is that the GPU-data still has to go through the CPU, which in certain cases might be too slow. In these cases, you can turn off the mux switch and maybe the gained extra performance will be what makes the difference between playable and unplayable.
This is what I'm confused about bro.... What i want to know is "Should i play games with the hybrid mode on *OR NOT* ?? I mean, is the GPU completely disabled when we turn on the mux switch ??
@@anuragghosh2582 no, when you turn on the mux switch, nvidia optimus will decide whether the integrated Intel graphics chip is enough or whether the nvidia will do the work. But even if the dedicated gpu is doing the work, the data has to go through the processor, which will slow down performance a little bit. If you want full dedicated gpu power you should turn off the switch. Only then the gpu is directly connected to the display. But of course power consumption will be higher, too, cause the dedicated gpu will be doing all the tasks.
@@anuragghosh2582 yes, with hybrid mode turned on, it works like any other gaming laptop that does have optimus, but no mux switch. There are also (older) gaming laptops out there that don't have optimus, so if you switch between Intel gpu and nvidia gpu on such a machine, your screen flickers for a bit or turns black for a second or two.
it depends, if you dont have a mux switch an external monitor will be less taxing. If you have a mux switch it doesnt make a difference because: A mux switch basically seperates the laptop screen from the CPU and thus behaves the same as an external monitor.
but why though? so let me get this straight. the mux switch is good basically only good to prolong battery life ? im sorry but if i have a gaming laptop i don't care about the battery life at all because it is ALWAYS connected to the wall. so in my case and many other gamers case the mux switch is useless right?
I have hegion 5 pro and i can tell you. If you turn on hybrid mode, nvidia gpu is still running and drawing about 10 wats from battery. No way to turn it off. This switch only manage tasks to radeon graphics, but nvidia still running.
pls help me, I do not have such a panel, I installed the Lenovo Vantage applications on my Lenovo idepad L340 Gaming Laptop and I want to turn on the mux
No. In MUX it can turn off iGPU, and connect GPU to display directly. In hybrid mode both GPU can work like in Optimus. In non-hybrid mode, iGPU is turned off, so don't use RAM, don't process displayed images etc, can't be bottleneck. In my old laptop I have problem with QHD 144Hz monitor, GTX 660m support up to 4K@60Hz monitor, but Intel HD4000 limit bandwidth to QHD@55Hz.
@@ZizuZiomekcmiiw. Wether your laptop have mux or not, it depends on the hardware design If your laptop don't have mux, the dGPU will always pass through iGPU before reaching the display, which can cause bottle neck because iGPU isn't that powerfull to handle all the information received from dGPU If you have mux, both iGPU and dGPU are connected to the mux switch, but only 1 can be connected to it at the same time Then what is optimus, advance optimus and hybrid mode ?
Turning off this hybrid mode on my Legion Y540 causes a lot of screen tearing, even if I turn on V-Sync, does anyone know how to solve it? My laptop does not support G-Sync btw
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So basically hybrid mod off is for gaming, If turned on u can increase battery life but no gaming performance
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Hey mate, while you explain correctly how to turn the mux switch on and off on the legion 5 pro, your explanation of how it works is not completely correct. When you turn off the mux switch, the GPU is directly connected with your display, thus bypassing the CPU and using the full potential of the GPU. Just as you said.
With the mux switch turned on though, the GPU is still indirectly connected to the display via the CPU as pictured in your left picture. The advantage is that you can (for example) use Nvidia optimus that can then switch between GPU and CPU depending on the program that is currently executed. If optimus detects that you're gaming, it will utilize the GPU and you'll still most likely get a good performance. The bottleneck here is that the GPU-data still has to go through the CPU, which in certain cases might be too slow. In these cases, you can turn off the mux switch and maybe the gained extra performance will be what makes the difference between playable and unplayable.
This is what I'm confused about bro....
What i want to know is "Should i play games with the hybrid mode on *OR NOT* ??
I mean, is the GPU completely disabled when we turn on the mux switch ??
@@anuragghosh2582 no, when you turn on the mux switch, nvidia optimus will decide whether the integrated Intel graphics chip is enough or whether the nvidia will do the work.
But even if the dedicated gpu is doing the work, the data has to go through the processor, which will slow down performance a little bit.
If you want full dedicated gpu power you should turn off the switch. Only then the gpu is directly connected to the display. But of course power consumption will be higher, too, cause the dedicated gpu will be doing all the tasks.
@@StrangeHairJoe So if i turn on the hybrid mode, it works like other gaming laptops which don't have a mux switch ?
@@anuragghosh2582 yes, with hybrid mode turned on, it works like any other gaming laptop that does have optimus, but no mux switch.
There are also (older) gaming laptops out there that don't have optimus, so if you switch between Intel gpu and nvidia gpu on such a machine, your screen flickers for a bit or turns black for a second or two.
@@StrangeHairJoe Thanks buddy 👍
Really appreciate your time man !
i still didn't get it, do i need to turn the Hybrid mode on or off for better preformance
hybrid mode disables the gpu and uses the cpu for processing. So no, dont use hybrid mode if you want performance.
@@GameBos ok tnx
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Does lenovo legion 5 rtx3060 ryzen 5600h have mux switch? (82JU00EBTX)
Dumb question. I have ASUS TUF Dash F15 - Intel i7-11370H + RTX 3070. Is there a way to add a mux switxh?
No on laptops usually only ram and harddrive are upgradeable.
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I see some people are using external displays would that increase performance or just make latency worse
it depends, if you dont have a mux switch an external monitor will be less taxing.
If you have a mux switch it doesnt make a difference because:
A mux switch basically seperates the laptop screen from the CPU and thus behaves the same as an external monitor.
@@GameBos does a mux switch or external perform better or are they both the same?
but why though? so let me get this straight. the mux switch is good basically only good to prolong battery life ? im sorry but if i have a gaming laptop i don't care about the battery life at all because it is ALWAYS connected to the wall. so in my case and many other gamers case the mux switch is useless right?
Thanks for this. Why would one need a MUX switch when Nvidia etc. drivers have an AUTO option for GPU preference?
So turn on hybrid mode for better battery
And
Turn off hybrid mode for better gaming performance
Am I right mate?
Yes
Yes but who uses laptop without it being plugged in?
But the fact that you have to restart your laptop. How isn't that a con
Thank you very much for such important information. I didn't know about it. Superb video.
I have hegion 5 pro and i can tell you. If you turn on hybrid mode, nvidia gpu is still running and drawing about 10 wats from battery. No way to turn it off. This switch only manage tasks to radeon graphics, but nvidia still running.
hybrid mode is the opposite for me. I use legion 5 and with hybrid mode it will use more power then when hybrid mode is off. the irony
Sounds like something is wrong with your installation of Lenovo Vantage or your laptop drivers.
pls help me, I do not have such a panel, I installed the Lenovo Vantage applications on my Lenovo idepad L340 Gaming Laptop and I want to turn on the mux
there is no mux switch in ideapad probably
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Mux switch is the same as Optimus?
No. In MUX it can turn off iGPU, and connect GPU to display directly. In hybrid mode both GPU can work like in Optimus. In non-hybrid mode, iGPU is turned off, so don't use RAM, don't process displayed images etc, can't be bottleneck.
In my old laptop I have problem with QHD 144Hz monitor, GTX 660m support up to 4K@60Hz monitor, but Intel HD4000 limit bandwidth to QHD@55Hz.
@@ZizuZiomekcmiiw. Wether your laptop have mux or not, it depends on the hardware design
If your laptop don't have mux, the dGPU will always pass through iGPU before reaching the display, which can cause bottle neck because iGPU isn't that powerfull to handle all the information received from dGPU
If you have mux, both iGPU and dGPU are connected to the mux switch, but only 1 can be connected to it at the same time
Then what is optimus, advance optimus and hybrid mode ?
Turning off this hybrid mode on my Legion Y540 causes a lot of screen tearing, even if I turn on V-Sync, does anyone know how to solve it? My laptop does not support G-Sync btw
try to lock or unlock your fps in games. its because the gpu renders more fps than your monitor refreshrate.