jemm :
IInuyasha74 :
jemm :
It seems that both cards are working in my system -- the HD 4000 as the main card, and the GT 625M for PhysX. I haven´t set it like that -- perhaps a default configuration?
I think you are miss reading what its doing
Thank you for your responses to my inquire!
I didn´t get what you mean by "you are miss reading what its doing".
Both cards are probably fully functional, but its doubtful you have the Intel HD 4000 doing the graphics rendering and the Nvidia chip doing PhysX. I do think there is a way to configure Nvidia's graphics settings to do this, but by default most games should be set to run using the Nvidia graphics as the primary card.
Again, it is possible your system is doing this, but there are also only a handful of games relatively speaking that use PhysX and because of that there isn't much reason to run in this setup.
If you are running in this setup, you should change it immediately. The Nvidia graphics will give around twice the performance of the Intel graphics. Its likely if you are playing a game from around 2010 that use PhysX that your performance would be something like this:
Medium Quality settings 1366x768
Intel PhsyX off: 25FPS
Intel PhsyX on: 25FPS (Using the Nvidia to run PhysX would avoid a performance hit)
Nvidia PhsyX off: 50FPS
Nvidia PhsyX on: 35-40FPS
So really no matter what game you are playing or your settings the Nvidia graphics will beat the Intel graphics, even if the Nvidia card is assisting it with PhsyX. Even then, with both running your battery will be drained faster. The only time you should use the Intel graphics for gaming, is if you want to play as long as possible on battery, non-gaming tasks, or rather old games likely around 2006 or older that don't require better graphics to max the game out.