Patent ID: 8514215
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: G06F,G09G

Abstract:
1. A method of dynamically managing power consumption of a computer, the computer comprising two or more graphics adapters, each graphics adapter configured to process graphics for display on a computer display, the computer having a plurality of graphics adapter configurations, each graphics adapter configuration comprising one or more of the graphics adapters, the method comprising: monitoring, by a graphics driver, operation of a current graphics adapter configuration, the monitored operation characterized by a graphics processing load; determining, by the graphics driver in dependence upon the graphics processing load of the current graphics adapter configuration, whether operation of the current graphics adapter configuration conforms to predefined graphics processing criteria, the predefined graphics processing criteria having graphics adapter configurations that are each associated with particular graphics processing loads; if operation of the current graphics adapter configuration conforms to the predefined graphics processing criteria, processing graphics, by the graphics adapter, for display with the one or more graphics adapters of the current graphics adapter configuration; and if operation of the current graphics adapter configuration does not conform to the predefined graphics processing criteria, processing graphics, by the graphics adapter, for display with the one or more graphics adapters of another graphics adapter configuration.