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In this mode the Nvidia card is only activated on demand, however a Nvidia card of the Turing generation or newer and an Intel Coffee Lake chipset is required for a complete poweroff of the Nvidia card (see [https://discourse.nixos.org/t/how-to-use-nvidia-prime-offload-to-run-the-x-server-on-the-integrated-board/9091/19?u=moritzschaefer discussion]).
In this mode the Nvidia card is only activated on demand, however a Nvidia card of the Turing generation or newer and an Intel Coffee Lake chipset is required for a complete poweroff of the Nvidia card (see [https://discourse.nixos.org/t/how-to-use-nvidia-prime-offload-to-run-the-x-server-on-the-integrated-board/9091/19?u=moritzschaefer discussion]).


when you run program(s) with specific environment variables, i.e., here's a sample script called <code>nvidia-offload</code> that you can run wrapped around your exacutable, for example <code>nvidia-offload glxgears</code>:
Offload mode is enabled by running your program(s) with specific environment variables, i.e., here's a sample script called <code>nvidia-offload</code> that you can run wrapped around your exacutable, for example <code>nvidia-offload glxgears</code>:


{{file|nvidia-offload|bash|<nowiki>
{{file|nvidia-offload|bash|<nowiki>