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    Can't change the display!

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by bratek, Mar 12, 2012.

  1. bratek

    bratek Newbie

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    Dear all friends,

    My laptop Asus N53S has 2 displays:
    1. NVIDA GeForce GT 540M
    2. Intel(R) HD Graphics Family

    but in win7 64x is usually displayed in the Intel(R) HD Graphics Family and I can not use the NVIDA GeForce GT 540M.


    I dont understand why like that ? and how can I display on the NVIDA GeForce GT 540M ?

    Thanks you!
     
    bratek, Mar 12, 2012
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  2. nuaron

    nuaron Notebook Consultant

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    All latest notebooks having Nvidia GPU comes with optimus technology. This technology . This technology automatically switches between the two GPU ( intel and nvidia) depending on the graphic usage of the laptop.

    If you are doing light work like ms word, playing music , browsing net, it will switch to intel GPU as it generates less heat and also incase you are using the laptop on battery, it will give longer battery life.

    But when you are doing graphic intensive work like working on adobe photoshop, playing a game, watching a blu ray movie, Optimus automatically switches to Nvidia. This will result in better performance but again, if you are on battery, it will mean shorter battery life.

    Thing about optimus is that it works automatically. It works in background and decides on it own which GPU to use. you cannot specify which GPU to use according to your wish (atleast in most of the laptops)

    But you should not be worried about it, all latest games and softwares are developed for optimus. So if you run any graphic intensive program, Nvidia will automatically switch to in background. I hope this helped?
     
    nuaron, Mar 12, 2012
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  3. bratek

    bratek Newbie

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    Thank you very much NUARON,
    But I dont know why some time I run the software is very slowly :(
    comparing with laptop the laptop i3.
    I think some problems with Nvidia GPU !
     
    bratek, Mar 13, 2012
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  4. nuaron

    nuaron Notebook Consultant

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    can you tell me which software runs slowly and under what conditions ( what exactly do you do when software starts running slow? )

    also, can you tell me the exact configuration of your laptop? that will help udnerstand your problem a little better
     
    nuaron, Mar 13, 2012
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  5. bratek

    bratek Newbie

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    Dear NUARON,
    my problem is solved :)
    I run the software that need to search the license server so it is very slowly to search on the network comparing with the other laptop running on the local license.
    Thank you very much for your helps!
     
    bratek, Mar 14, 2012
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  6. nuaron

    nuaron Notebook Consultant

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    no problem. glad to help!
     
    nuaron, Mar 14, 2012
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