LucidLogix® today announced that its Virtu™ GPU virtualization solution has been validated to work seamlessly with the new AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 Series GPUs.

Virtu for desktops, which complements AMDs Switchable Graphics technology for notebooks, allows Intel H67 and Z68 desktop systems to simultaneously take full advantage of the low-power media processing features of the 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processor graphics and the 3D gaming, multi-GPU and multi-display benefits of AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 series of discrete add-in cards.

Virtu’s GPU Virtualization technology provides desktop users with a seamless, smooth media and DirectX® 11 3D gaming and graphics experience, while also allowing the use of multiple displays with AMD Eyefinity Technology and multiple GPUs with AMD CrossFireX™. Virtu is a powerful and flexible vendor-agnostic desktop solution that enables a system’s display to be connected either to onboard graphics or to the discrete GPU.

“The AMD Radeon HD 6000 series is an excellent complement to the Intel media features such as QuickSync,” said Offir Remez, Co-founder and president of Lucid. “Pre-validating vendors HW and drivers represent another step towards a robust ultimate, no-compromise entertainment experience.”

Lucid Virtu provides an important improvement for media and gaming PC users. Until now, once a discrete GPU was attached to a desktop computer, the integrated GPU became inaccessible. Now with Lucid’s Virtu, it is possible to run one or two discrete AMD GPUs and still utilize the Intel Quick Sync performance and lower power of the Intel® HD graphics in the 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processor.

Virtu is the only solution for GPU virtualization on Intel Sandy Bridge desktops equipped with AMD discrete GPUs. To learn more about Virtu visit http://www.lucidlogix.com/product-virtu.html.

About Virtu

Lucid GPU virtualization software, Virtu, assigns tasks in real time to the best available graphics resource based on power, performance and features considerations, with no need for additional hardware or for swapping cables between boards. If graphics power is needed for applications like high-resolution 3D gaming, the system will assign the job to the discrete GPU. If not, the discrete GPU automatically goes into idle mode, while heat drops, fan speed slows down and the discrete GPU utilization goes down to zero, resulting in a green, power-efficient, long-lasting system.

Virtu works in two flexible configurations: if power and energy saving is the most critical one, the screen is connected directly to the video output on the motherboard. If utmost game performance is needed, the screen is connected directly to the discrete GPU. In both cases Virtu allows enjoying capabilities of the other GPU. Additionally, Lucid has tested hundreds of DirectX based games with Virtu software to allow a superb user experience.

About LucidLogix

Lucid Technologies has reinvented multi-core graphics with its HYDRALOGIX real-time distributed processing engine and its Virtu GPU virtualization software. A fabless SoC provider, headquartered in Kfar Netter, Israel with sales and marketing in Santa Clara, California, Lucid’s innovations are protected by more than 60 patents pending. For more information, visit the Lucid website or follow @LucidHYDRA on Twitter.

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