Asus & Virtu MVP

[corfe83]

EDIT: OK, apparently I missed a couple of examples of motherboards that had it. I was just looking at the feature advertisement, and failed to look at the actual spec sheets. Still, I'm surprised several expensive boards don't have it. Changing the nature of my post due to that.

Is Virtu MVP as beneficial as anand's article makes it sound like it could be? I'm thinking of getting a nice Asus board, and surprisingly, several of their $200+ Z77 boards lack the feature. Would you prioritize it as a "must-have" feature in a new Ivy Bridge motherboard?

Anyone tried out the feature, and noticed the difference?

 

[Don Karnage]

Only really works with 3DMark11 and Heaven. Useless in BF3 and BC2

 

[chimaxi83]

Only really works with 3DMark11 and Heaven. Useless in BF3 and BC2

In other words, absolutely useless in it's current form.

 

[Don Karnage]

In other words, absolutely useless in it's current form.

Pretty much

 

[corfe83]

Heheh BF3 and BC2 are exactly what I play.

I read that they support about 100 games, and they're working on BF3 support. I found that encouraging. I guess it isn't that important though. Thanks for the input guys.

 

[Don Karnage]

Heheh BF3 and BC2 are exactly what I play.

I read that they support about 100 games, and they're working on BF3 support. I found that encouraging. I guess it isn't that important though. Thanks for the input guys.

If Lucid could develop it more it will indeed be amazing

 

[beefgyorki]

Is the Lucid tech needed if you want to be able to take advantage of Quick Sync while having a discrete GPU?

 

[aman74]

Is the Lucid tech needed if you want to be able to take advantage of Quick Sync while having a discrete GPU?

Yes, I thought that was also one of the main benefits? Or can you easily switch between IGP and GPU some other way?

 

[aaksheytalwar]

All their z77 boards have it, which doesn't? I have deluxe and it has it

 

[TidusZ]

I can't even get it to install, "integrated graphics device not found"

I enabled integrated graphics in bios, so I duno.

 

[KentState]

My biggest questions is will this allow me to run 3 monitors? I would do the main off my dedicated GPU and the other two off the iGPU if possible.