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I have a laptop with nvidia graphic. How can I find if the program is running with nvidia graphics card or with the intel graphics.I searched for this query but could not find the suitable answer?

laxmi
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    In order to get a usable answer, you need to add some details to this question. Start with answering the following; What make & model of laptop is it? What OS are you using? If your laptop has Nvidia graphics, what makes you think its using Intel graphics? – CharlieRB Dec 27 '13 at 16:02
  • possible duplicate of [How do I know which of my laptop GPUs are running games?](http://superuser.com/questions/576560/how-do-i-know-which-of-my-laptop-gpus-are-running-games) – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 Dec 27 '13 at 16:17
  • http://askubuntu.com/questions/68028/how-do-i-check-if-ubuntu-is-using-my-nvidia-graphics-card – Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com Nov 01 '15 at 00:03

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The easiest way to look it up is to use System Info.

Start > Run (or Win+R) > MSINFO32

MSIFNO32

Under Components, look for Display click it, and it will give you info about what windows is using.

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MDT Guy
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    This doesnt work because it shows both the GPUs one after the other if you have nvidia optimus. This is proper official solution http://gaming.stackexchange.com/a/185036 – Mohd Abdul Mujib Mar 10 '15 at 00:08
  • determine if the nvidia card is being switched to during high load: [**Optimus State Viewer**](http://forums.laptopvideo2go.com/topic/26992-optimus-test-tools-finally-in-users-hands/) – rubo77 Aug 03 '19 at 12:26
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You are checking and asking if dedicated vs integrated being used correct? If so, try looking within your default devices and seeing which appears to be running. Also, try placing under stress (eg: benchmarking program) and seeing how well it runs. If it runs very well; how well you would expect a nvidia graphics card to work, then you are fine. If not it COULD be nvidia being used but a bottleneck. More info needed for diagnosis

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