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Chapter 2.
Using the computer
Connecting an External Display Device
Using AMD Graphics Eff ectively (optional)
For Swichable Graphics
These descriptions are for Windows 7 and for supported t
models only.
This function is not supported for Windows 7 Starter.t
If Windows XP is installed, you can only use Internal t
Graphics.
Switchable Graphics is a function that enables automatically
selecting and using the internal or external graphics chipsets
depending on the currently running software. For example, the
internal graphics chipset can be used for Internet surfi ng or word
processing to minimize battery power consumption and the high-
performance external graphics graphic chipset can be used for
gaming or video processing to deliver a more realistic experience.
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Registering programs to be executed by the external
graphics chipset
To run a program using the external graphics graphic chipset, you
have to register the program.
Some programs are pre-registered. To register more programs (e.g.
3D games, etc.), complete the following steps.
1
Right-click on the Desktop and select Confi gure Switchable
Graphics from the popup menu.
2
Click the Browse button and register the software and click
the Apply button.
3
Then, when the registered program is executed, the program
is executed by using the external graphics chipset.