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Quick Start Guide
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Video Features
NVIDIA
®
Optimus
™
Technology
NVIDIA
®
Optimus
™
Technology is a seamless technology designed to get best performance from the graphics
system while allowing longer battery life, without having to manually change settings. The computer will
auto-
matically switch between the integrated UMA (Unified Memory Architecture) GPU (iGPU) and the discrete
GPU (
dGPU) when required by the applications in use.
You can switch display devices, and configure display options, from the
Display control panel (in Appearances
and Personalization) in Windows 8 when running the Desktop app (see
“Desktop Application” on page 1 - 18
and
Appendix B
). In Windows 8 it is possible to quickly configure external displays from the
Devices menu item
in the
Charms Bar (see
“Windows 8 Charms Bar” on page 1 - 20
To Configure Displays from Devices (Charms Bar):
Figure 1 - 20 - Second Screen (Devices)
1.
Attach your display to the HDMI-Out port,
and turn it on.
2.
Go the Charms Bar and select Devices.
3.
Click Second Screen.
4.
Click on any one of the options from the
menu to select Duplicate, Extend or a Single
display