How do I switch between graphic cards?

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nivswisa

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I am using Windows 8 in Laptop, dell vostro.
One card on CPU - Intell graphics card.
Seconed card - Radeon
I have checked the properties in Dxdiag and saw that the card iam using is the Intel's.
How can I switch between them?

ty, Niv !!

 
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David Lugarov
See, OP, I told you, usually it changes when it detects a game. You can check by maybe running a game in windowed mode, and having GPU Z open on the side with the tab that displays GPU usage, you can download GPU Z for free, and then you can choose which of the 2 graphics cards you want to have displayed.
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getochkn

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It should switch when a DirectX game is detected, or least that's the way many of these hybrid systems work, or sometimes work is the better option. OpenGL games don't always trigger it, some DX games don't. It's a neat feature but something they should give the user a hard option to decide when it turn it on or off and not up to the PC.
 
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David Lugarov

David Lugarov

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See, OP, I told you, usually it changes when it detects a game. You can check by maybe running a game in windowed mode, and having GPU Z open on the side with the tab that displays GPU usage, you can download GPU Z for free, and then you can choose which of the 2 graphics cards you want to have displayed.
 
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A very easy way to check is download MSI Kombustor or FurMark. When running a benchmark or burn-in test, these will tell you which GPU is being used, what the core and ram speed is for that GPU, fan speed and core temperature.

Some users report FurMark has caused overheating, so personally I use Kombustor for testing.

This will make it easy for you to confirm that your PC is using the right GPU.
 
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