Nvidia MX and Windows 11


Hazel123

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Just wondering what people think. There are quite a few used models of 8th to 10th gen laptops that originally had Windows 10 and will run Windows 11, but also have Nvidia MX graphics. Just wondering if they are worth having today as Nvidia no longer support MX graphics. So presumably you'd be stuck with the last available graphics driver from the laptop manufacturer? Dell seem to have a later one but would that work for HP? I'm guessing it would work ok now, but as Windows 11 evolves and updates...............

Still looking at used laptops for a spare :-)

There are a few 13" HP Envy's available, which are nice. But the i5 ones only have 8gb onboard ram. The i7 ones have 16gb onboard ram but also come with nvidia mx graphics.

Seems a shame that perfectly good laptops end up being potentially knobbled because Nvidia stopped supporting MX! Or can you just disable the Nvidia graphics and use the onboard graphics solely? Or doesn't it work like that?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion 14-ce3514sa
    CPU
    Core i5
    Memory
    16gb
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 970 evo plus 2TB
    Cooling
    Could be better
    Internet Speed
    200mbps Starlink
    Browser
    Firefox
    Other Info
    Originally installed with a 500gb H10 Optane ssd
Or can you just disable the Nvidia graphics and use the onboard graphics solely? Or doesn't it work like that?
Yes, you can disable the Nvidia card using only the discrete one.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro/All Channels
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Nitro ANV15-51
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS 3200-4500 Mhz 8 cores x 2
    Motherboard
    Sportage_RBH
    Memory
    32 GB DDR5
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon Graphic / NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB GDDR6
    Sound Card
    AMD/Realtek(R) Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Integrated Monitor (15.3"vis)
    Screen Resolution
    FHD 1920X1080 16:9 144Hz
    Hard Drives
    Kingston OM8SEP4512Q 500 GB
    WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500.1 GB
    PSU
    19V DC 6.32 A 120 W
    Cooling
    Dual Fans
    Mouse
    MS Bluetooth
    Internet Speed
    Fiber 1GB Cox -us & IGB Orange-fr
    Browser
    Edge Canary- Firefox Nightly-Chrome Dev-Chrome Dev
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    VMs of Windows 11 stable/Beta/Dev/Canary
    VM of XeroLinux- Arch based & Debian 13 (Trixie)
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Insider Canary
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS X751BP
    CPU
    AMD Dual Core A6-9220
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    AMD Radeon R5 M420
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3
    Screen Resolution
    1600X900 16:9
    Hard Drives
    1TB 5400RPM
Thanks. So it's still a full integrated graphics even without the Nvidia?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion 14-ce3514sa
    CPU
    Core i5
    Memory
    16gb
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 970 evo plus 2TB
    Cooling
    Could be better
    Internet Speed
    200mbps Starlink
    Browser
    Firefox
    Other Info
    Originally installed with a 500gb H10 Optane ssd
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