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    Switchable graphics How does this work?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by nyankee, Nov 1, 2011.

  1. nyankee

    nyankee Notebook Enthusiast

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    I bought a new hp envy beats with the switchable graphics. How does one know which card is being used by the laptop. IN device manager i see both cards active, but how do you switch between them? DO i disable one or something?
     
    nyankee, Nov 1, 2011
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  2. ironman

    ironman Notebook Evangelist

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    device manager just tells you what hardware is in the computer.

    right click desktop and click switchable graphics.

    you can also set up keyboard shortcut to switch with key combination:
    1. make sure you are on high performance gpu
    2. open catalyst control center and click preferences in top right corner
    3. and then you can set keyboard shortcuts
     
    ironman, Nov 1, 2011
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  3. ranmasaotome510

    ranmasaotome510 Notebook Guru

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    or just right click your desktop, and select "Configure Switchable Graphics". Which opens a prompt showing you whats currently active. and the ability to switch to which ever GPU you wanna use.

    --edit, what he said lol. Didnt see that.
     
    ranmasaotome510, Nov 4, 2011
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