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===Hybrid SLI===
Hybrid SLI is the generic name for two technologies, GeForce Boost and HybridPower.<ref name="Hybrid SLI Technology">{{cite web|title=Hybrid SLI Technology|url=http://www.nvidia.com/object/hybrid_sli.html|publisher=Nvidia|access-date=23 March 2015}}</ref>

GeForce Boost allows the rendering power of an [[Graphics processing unit#Integrated graphics|integrated graphics processor]] (IGP) and a discrete GPU to be combined in order to increase performance.<ref name="Hybrid SLI Technology"/>

HybridPower, on the other hand, is another mode that is not for performance enhancement. The setup consists of an IGP as well as a GPU on [[Mobile PCI Express Module|MXM]] module. The IGP would assist the GPU to boost performance when the laptop is plugged to a power socket while the MXM module would be shut down when the laptop was unplugged from power socket to lower overall graphics power consumption.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/06/26/NVIDIAs-hybrid-sli-attacks-amds-powerxpress | title=NVIDIA's Hybrid SLI attacks AMD's PowerXPress | publisher=[[The Inquirer]] | first=Theo | last=Valich | date=2007-06-26 | access-date=2007-09-26 | url-status=unfit | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004132036/http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/06/26/nvidias-hybrid-sli-attacks-amds-powerxpress | archive-date=2007-10-04 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/display/20070625083756.html | title=NVIDIA Readies Hybrid SLI Technology | publisher=X-bit labs | first=Anton | last=Shilov | date=2007-06-25 | access-date=2007-10-17}}</ref> Hybrid SLI is also available on desktop Motherboards and PCs with PCI-E discrete video cards. NVIDIA claims that twice the performance can be achieved with a Hybrid SLI capable IGP motherboard and a [[GeForce 8 series|GeForce 8400 GS]] video card.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2348&Itemid=1 | title=Hybrid SLI first for AMD | first=Faud | last=Abazovic | date=2007-08-08 | access-date=2007-10-17 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071114044851/http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2348&Itemid=1 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-11-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Growth Opportunities. |url=http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/11/116466/Analyst07/JenHsun.pdf |publisher=[[NVIDIA]] |page=9 |date=2007-06-20 |access-date=2007-10-17}}</ref>

HybridPower was later renamed as [[Nvidia Optimus]].