Lenovo G770 Lenovo G770 Userguide V1.0 - Page 25

Switching between Mode 1 and Mode 2, Graphics Processing Unit - switchable graphics

Get Lenovo G770 PDF manuals and user guides View all Lenovo G770 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 25 highlights

Chapter 2. Learning the basics 4 On the Switchable Graphics page, the currently active GPU is displayed under the current active graphics processing unit. You can click High-performance GPU or Power-Saving GPU under Choose a Graphics Processing Unit to switch the graphics processor. Switching between Mode 1 and Mode 2 Switch between the two modes as follows: 1 Start your computer under the Windows 7 operating system. 2 Click Start → All Programs → Catalyst Control Center, and run the CCC. 3 On the Catalyst Control Center setting page, click Power → Switchable Graphics Method, choose Select the graphics processor manually or based on power source, and click Apply. 4 On the Switchable Graphics dialog box that appears, click Change to switch between the two modes. 5 On the contrary, you can switch back to Mode 1 from Mode 2. Note: It may take several seconds to switch between Mode 1 and Mode 2. Prior to switching between the two modes or manual switching between the two GPUs, it is recommended that you close any running applications. Under the Windows XP or Windows Vista operating system, none of the configurations supports switching between graphics processors, and they can work only under the mode of integrated GPU. 21

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
Chapter 2. Learning the basics
21
4
On the
Switchable Graphics
page, the currently active GPU is displayed
under the
current active graphics processing unit
. You can click
High-performance GPU
or
Power-Saving GPU
under
Choose a
Graphics Processing Unit
to switch the graphics processor.
Switching between Mode 1 and Mode 2
Switch between the two modes as follows:
1
Start your computer under the Windows 7 operating system.
2
Click
Start
→
All Programs
→
Catalyst Control Center
, and run the CCC.
3
On the
Catalyst Control Center
setting page, click
Power
→
Switchable
Graphics Method
, choose
Select the graphics processor manually or
based on power source
, and click
Apply
.
4
On the
Switchable Graphics
dialog box that appears, click
Change
to
switch between the two modes.
5
On the contrary, you can switch back to Mode 1 from Mode 2.
Note:
It may take several seconds to switch between Mode 1 and Mode 2.
Prior to switching between the two modes or manual switching between the two
GPUs, it is recommended that you close any running applications.
Under the Windows XP or Windows Vista operating system, none of the
configurations supports switching between graphics processors, and they can work
only under the mode of integrated GPU.