Video Features
You can switch display devices, and configure display op-
tions as long as the appropriate video driver is installed.
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NVIDIA
Optimus
™
(Model B Only)
NVIDIA® Optimus™ technology is a seamless technolo-
gy designed to get best performance from the graphics
system while allowing longer battery life, without having
to manually change settings. The computer will automati-
cally and seemlessly switch between the integrated UMA
(Unified Memory Architecture) GPU (iGPU) and the dis-
crete GPU (dGPU) when required by the applications in
use.
To access the Display control panel in Windows:
1. Go to the Control Panel.
2. Click Display (icon) - in the Appearances and
Personalization category.
3. Click Adjust Screen Resolution/Adjust resolution.
OR
4. Right-click the desktop (use the Windows Logo Key
key combination to access the desktop) and select Screen
resolution.
5. Use the dropbox to select the screen resolution.
6. Click Advanced settings.
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To access the Intel® HD Graphics Control Panel:
1. Click the icon (Intel® HD Graphics Control Panel) on the
Start screen.
OR
2.
Right-click the desktop (use the Windows Logo Key
key combination to access the desktop) and select Graphics
Properties from the menu.
OR
3.
Click the icon
in the notification area of the Desktop
taskbar and select Graphics Properties from the menu.
To access the NVIDIA Control Panel (Model B Only):
1. Go to the Control Panel.
2.
Click NVIDIA Control Panel (icon) - in the Appearances and
Personalization category.
OR
3. Right-click the desktop (use the Windows Logo Key
key combination to access the desktop) and select NVIDIA
Control Panel from the menu.
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