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    R3 graphics

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by 79cj7, Oct 8, 2011.

  1. 79cj7

    79cj7 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey, so basically I was just wondering can you tell when the M11x changes graphics cards, because when I start playing games I don't notice any pauses or anything that would suggest a change in graphics cards.

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    M11x ftw Notebook Consultant

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    There shouldn't be a noticeable pause that you should see when the cards switch. You will know if the card hasnt switched if the game is extremely laggy. To make sure the game is running on the nvidia card, whitelist the .exe or just rightclick on the game .exe and choose 'run with graphics processor' then 'high-performance nvidia processor'.
     
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    Bman2309 Notebook Geek

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    another way you can do it is to open the NVIDIA control panel, then in the top near file, edit etc, go to 'desktop' and check 'display GPU activity' icon thingy. It will add another thing in your taskbar which becomes colorful when the GPU is in use and tells what is using it when you click it.
     
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    Ok great. Thanks :D
     
    79cj7, Oct 9, 2011
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