question about my graphics card

i read through the new owner sticky and didnt see any info

what im wanting to know is how do i know if my graphics card is running?
the fan in the system sounds the same all the time except when i first turn it on, its dead silent
as soon as im in windows the sound dosent change

i loaded up counter strike source and did the video stress test and averaged 38 fps

im not overclocked or anything, is that with the graphics card or on board?
i expected higher numbers, my old desktop with half the specs of this machine pumped out like 100fps

 

well keep in mind this laptop is a ULV

my Lenovo with a T5250 and a 9300M geforce runs games 2x better than the M11x

 

I was just curious if this is normal performance for the nvidia card in the laptop

if it is thats fine i just want to make sure everything is working fine

 

That seems pretty low to me, I get at least about 80 with my CPU overclocked and turbo on if I remember correctly

 

With everything set to max I get 79, Once I overclock I get 94.
i5, 4gb

 

What are your settings? Without them we can't compare performance.

 

is there a program to test is the nvidia gpu is running?
i remember seeing something about a program for that but i cant find it either