problem with nvidia gpu

Hello

Yesterday I bought a Lenovo IdeaPad Z500 5937-2862 with NVIDIA gt740m gpu.

I have notcied that as a defect of the laptop uses the integrated intel hd4000, I searched the forum and confirmed that bios switchable option is enabled and I also changed the settings in the nvidia Control Panel to always use the nvidia gpu.

How will I know when I start a game that its really switched to nvidia gpu?

Thanks in advance.

There is a way.

Open NVIDIA Control Panel-> click on "Desktop" in the menu bar-> turn on "display GPU activity icon in Notification area".

Now, whenever your computer does not use dGPU there will be gray a rectangular icon in the Notification area, and it will turn color when dGPU is in use. When you click on it, a list of applications using dGPU opens.

BTW the GPU from Intel works well for anything but modern (say that after 2006) games. It's OK to use, because it saves energy, thus reducing heat and... increased autonomy and is more 'green '.

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