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    CPU-Z and Optimus

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by revo1059, Apr 7, 2011.

  1. revo1059

    revo1059 Newbie

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    I ran CPU-Z and when I ran it I right clicked and told it to run with the Nvidia GPU and not the Intel, yet CPU-Z is reporting the Intel and not the Nvidia. How can I tell anything is actually using the Nvidia GPU?
     
    revo1059, Apr 7, 2011
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  2. bavman

    bavman Notebook Evangelist

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    Oh you will definitely see the difference in games lol. Have you tried whitelisting cpuz from the nvidia control panel to force it to use discrete?
     
    bavman, Apr 7, 2011
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Can't CPU-z see both GPUs? I can't say for the R2, but I guess you can on the R1.
     
    namaiki, Apr 7, 2011
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  4. thegh0sts

    thegh0sts Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    yes, it can!
     
    thegh0sts, Apr 7, 2011
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