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    Help Finding NVIDIA GT540M Card on Laptop?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by newmsilaptopuser, Aug 19, 2011.

  1. newmsilaptopuser

    newmsilaptopuser Newbie

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    I just purchased a new MSI X460DX laptop which supposedly comes with a 1GB NVIDIA Geoforce GT540M video card. I tried playing BFBC2 on medium, but it came out really choppy, so I tried locating the options for the NVIDIA card. No results came up when I searched my computer for NVIDIA or any other option to configure a discrete graphics card. How can I tell if this laptop does have the 540M like it says?
     
    newmsilaptopuser, Aug 19, 2011
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  2. Kuril

    Kuril Notebook Geek

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    You can compare your performance on games/benchmark with this suite of benchmarks on a real 540M. You can also download and run GPU-Z (a free program) to identify and give stats on your video card.
     
    Kuril, Aug 19, 2011
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    Morpheus1 Notebook Consultant

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    or go to run and type dxdiag and look on the display tab
     
    Morpheus1, Aug 19, 2011
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    408Cali Notebook Consultant

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    My 540m doesn't show up on dxdiag. But it runs well in games. There honestly should be SOMETHING in your computer that says NVIDIA... Are you sure you spelled it right? Try downloading your computer's drivers especially the NVIDIA video drivers. That should install the NVIDIA control panel which there you can set your card to run on which applications you want it to. Also, try changing your computer from power save to high performance.
     
    408Cali, Aug 19, 2011
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  5. DEagleson

    DEagleson Gamer extraordinaire

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    I guess its probably using Optimus. :(
     
    DEagleson, Aug 19, 2011
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    newmsilaptopuser Newbie

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    Thanks for all the help! I did what 408Cali mentioned actually, download the NVIDIA GT540M driver. I'm just wondering why MSI would include the graphics card but not pre-install the drivers...
     
    newmsilaptopuser, Aug 19, 2011
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  7. D3vo

    D3vo Notebook Geek

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    Now that you have the video driver sorted out, can you please make a review of the laptop?


    A lot of people have been looking for one for a long time.
     
    D3vo, Aug 19, 2011
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