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    [w520]

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Sccrfreak, Jul 8, 2011.

  1. Sccrfreak

    Sccrfreak Notebook Enthusiast

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    How do I turn on my graphics card?
     
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    The normal way to turn your GPU on and off is to go to your BIOS, turn your W520 off and press F1 in the boot screen to toggle the BIOS Menu and look for Display then graphics in one of the tabs. If you have Nvidia Optimus enabled, you can set which programs to use the GPU in the Nvidia Control Panel.
     
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