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Quick Start Guide

Video Features

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 -

32).

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. This switch is seamless to the user (see “NVIDIA® Op-

timus™ Technology” on page C - 2).

Table 1 - 7 - GPU Mode LED Indicator

Icon Color Description

Off Integrated GPU (iGPU) Activated

Blue/White Discrete GPU (dGPU) Activated