Patent ID: 8207977

Claim:
A method, comprising: identifying an aspect of hardware of a display system including an indication of use of which of a plurality of hardware components of a hardware graphics processor is being used, the hardware components of the hardware graphics processor including a first hardware component of the hardware graphics processor and a second hardware component of the hardware graphics processor; and changing a refresh rate of the display system based on the identified aspect including the indication of use of which of the plurality of hardware components of the hardware graphics processor is being used, the hardware components of the hardware graphics processor including the first hardware component of the hardware graphics processor and the second hardware component of the hardware a graphics processor, such that: the refresh rate of the display system is changed to a first refresh rate in response to the identified aspect including an indication that the first hardware component of the hardware graphics processor is being used, and the refresh rate of the display system is changed to a second refresh rate in response to the identified aspect including an indication that the second hardware component of the hardware graphics processor is being used.