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Optimus™ customization options, Optimus, Customization options – Eurocom M3 User Manual

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Optimus

Customization Options

One of the most important aspects of

Nvidia

®

Optimus

technology is that it will

switch between the integrated GPU and discrete GPU seamlessly and automatically,
and does not require any input from the user. However customization options are of-
fered for users who prefer to set their own parameters for GPU usage.

Context Menu

One of the quickest ways to choose which GPU to use for a particular application is
by using the “

Run with graphics processor” in the context menu.

1.

Go to the NVIDIA Control Panel (see page

C - 26

).

2.

Click Desktop from the top menu and select Add “Run with graphics
processor” to Context Menu
(it should have a tick alongside it).

Display GPU
Activity Icon

Click to enable Dis-
play GPU Activity
Icon in the Notifica-
tion Area
to quickly
access the GPU Activ-
ity monitor from the
taskbar.

Figure C - 23

NVIDIA Control

Panel - Desktop