dual graphic cards

[lithium]

hello

i just bought a new laptop asus n53j xe-1 , that comes with nvidia gforce 425m

but when i check my graphic card with dxdiag i see only the intel HD graphic .

when i try to set a game with a graphic card i also get 1 option , the intel HD.

all the drivers for Nvidia are installed , but i can't use it for some reason

any ideas whats going on ? plz help

[RandyL]

WOW the Asus site sucks. Even the user manual is worthless. I'm sure there is a simple solution to this but I don't have it off hand.

 

By the way I think the model you refer to is N53Jf xe-1 not N53f xe-1. and it does come with a card.

 

I see you posted this on other sites at the same time. You should wait for replies on one site before posting all over the place.

[Dalo Harkin]

have you had a look in display options, you should have a drop down if there is more than one GPU available

[lithium]

WOW the Asus site sucks. Even the user manual is worthless. I'm sure there is a simple solution to this but I don't have it off hand.

 

By the way I think the model you refer to is N53Jf xe-1 not N53f xe-1. and it does come with a card.

 

I see you posted this on other sites at the same time. You should wait for replies on one site before posting all over the place.

i posted on this site and 1 more , not " all over the place " :) .

you right , asus website and customer service are bad , thats why im asking for help from others .

the laptop is wonderful but i just feel that it is not tuned to the highest graphic possible

i will keep searching for a solution

[greek229]

Requirements

In order to use multiple graphics cards, there is underlying hardware that is required by both ATI and NVIDIA in order to run their graphic cards solutions. ATI's graphic solution is branded CrossFire while the NVIDIA solution is named SLI. For each of these solutions, a compatible motherboard for the appropriate chipset is needed. Without one of these motherboards, having multiple cards isn't an option.

Once the consumer has a compatible motherboard, there are also restrictions upon what graphics cards can be used together. Originally, NVIDIA required that two identical cards from the same manufacturer, model type and BIOS were needed to function in SLI. They have eased these requirements since then but the same graphics chip model is still required. As for ATI, a special CrossFire master graphics board is required to connect to a second card. This card typically costs more than a non-master board. This card can be used with almost any previous generate ATI graphics board, but performance improvements will vary depending upon the second or slave board.