Asus's optimus notification

Hi I just got an asus u43jc-x1 and I'm trying to find out how the nvidia optimus thing works. I really want to know which graphics card is being used. I looked up vidoes about it online:
The NVIDIA Blog - Take a Look: New Optimus Interface

and for some reason my user interface doesn't have the options to show the notification under the view tab. Do I need to update the drive or something?? I believe I have the newest update and nvidia driver.

 

i too have the newest driver available (for the UL80JT, but it's the same graphics card)... and i don't have an option for notifications either... i guess i'm not alone.

 

is there anyway to determine which graphics card is currently being used (btw intel and nvidia) ??

 

Give this a try. It's been working for me without problems. I just wish I could pin this to the system tray instead of running it in windowed mode.

Download Nvidia Optimus Test Tools GPU State Viewer Graphic for Windows 7 [32/64Bi] | Drivers Software, Tutorials and Tech

 

I am using the 258.96 driver and it has the menu item described in the video (download direct from NVidia, not the Asus site)... works great

 

I'm using the 257.37 driver. How did you update the driver from Nvidia? It doesn't let me do it, it tells me that i have update it from Asus site.

 

Go to NVidia site, select 'download drivers'. In the pull down menu's, select: GeForce, GeForce 300M Series (notebook), GeForce 310M, Windows 7 64 Bit (assuming that is what you are using) and click on Search. This will bring up the latest driver (currently 258.96)... download, install, and enjoy!

 

Doesn't work. When I try to install it, a pop up shows up and says that Nvidia setup program cannot locate any driver compatible with your current hardware.