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Lenovo G770 Notebook User Manual

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Chapter 2. Learning the basics

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4 On the Switchable Graphics page, the currently active GPU is displayed

under the current active graphics processing unit. You can click
High-performance GPU

or Power-Saving GPU under Choose a

Graphics Processing Unit

to switch the graphics processor.

Switching between Mode 1 and Mode 2

Switch between the two modes as follows:
1 Start your computer under the Windows 7 operating system.
2 Click StartAll ProgramsCatalyst Control Center, and run the CCC.
3 On the Catalyst Control Center setting page, click PowerSwitchable

Graphics Method

, choose Select the graphics processor manually or

based on power source

, and click Apply.

4 On the Switchable Graphics dialog box that appears, click Change to

switch between the two modes.

5 On the contrary, you can switch back to Mode 1 from Mode 2.

Note:

It may take several seconds to switch between Mode 1 and Mode 2.

Prior to switching between the two modes or manual switching between the two
GPUs, it is recommended that you close any running applications.
Under the Windows XP or Windows Vista operating system, none of the

configurations supports switching between graphics processors, and they can work
only under the mode of integrated GPU.