If anyone has looked more into the new Z68 chipset from Intel, you would have heard about the Lucid Virtu Graphics chip.
On suitable Mobos, this chip can work in d-mode or i-mode which is set from bios and by which display port the monitor is connected to.
i-mode being integrated graphics on the CPU die whilst d-mode utilises the discrete (external) graphics card. Its also worth mentioning that d-mode supports multiple GPUs whilst i-mode supports only single GPU cards.
The software allows for seamless use and switching between onboard and discrete graphics. A big plus in doing this is power saving as your external card will be sitting at idle whilst onboard graphics is being utilised, and with the new Sandybridge chips, GPU integration is miles ahead of what it used to be! Don’t quote me on this, but I am pretty sure to make use of the possible savings in power consumption, the i-mode needs to be in use. This though will mean single GPU card setups only, but since when do gamers worry about power usage?! More is better right?! 
I came across this article by David Ramsey for Benchmarkreviews.com that explains the use of the Virtu graphics on an Asus P8Z68 mobo: >CLICK HERE FOR ARTICLE< Nice article, and it also contains some performance reviews and facts about how Virtu performs in real life situations (like playing Battlefield 2 ofcourse!)
This Graphics Virtualisation software is going to be great from what I know about it so far, although its only early days and every version 1.0 has bugs!
Below is a video by Lucidlogix, the company that created Virtu graphics, explaining how it works and its features.
I hope to have hardware to run and test this software on shortly and will be sure to post pix and details. If anyone has already been using this software, I would love to hear how you found it to be! Use the comments box below….
