sony vaio e series

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#155014183Saturday, January 31, 2015 4:26 PM GMT

so i've had this laptop since 2012 and it has an integrated card (intel HD graphics 2000) and since it's win 8.1 and microsoft removed advanced specifications i googled my specs and on cnet i found them so here is the question: cnet says "Multi-GPU Configuration: 1 single GPU card / integrated GPU Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon HD 7670M / Intel HD Graphics 4000 - 2 GB" does this mean my laptop has an integrated card and a physical card? my laptop even has the drivers installed for the AMD Radeon HD 7670M GPU (please say yes, that would be nice since the laptop was super expensive and integrated graphic cards suk)

GenericallyNamed

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#155014701Saturday, January 31, 2015 4:34 PM GMT

intel HD graphics 4000*

Roseart2

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#155016261Saturday, January 31, 2015 4:56 PM GMT

yes that means you have a discrete (even though it's not amazing) and an integrated chipset so, does this mean the world is hallow

GenericallyNamed

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#155016544Saturday, January 31, 2015 5:00 PM GMT

thx i find it weird since there is no way to change the GPU settings, i can only change the ones for my integrated card eh, i'll figure it out one day...

jhonny5000

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#155023856Saturday, January 31, 2015 6:24 PM GMT

what did you google cause googling vaio e series can just turn up any old gpu

GenericallyNamed

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#155035324Saturday, January 31, 2015 8:44 PM GMT

"Sony vaio e series specs i7"

jhonny5000

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#155036749Saturday, January 31, 2015 9:00 PM GMT

dont rely on google, use a program called speccy those results are very bland and are not your computer

Roseart2

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#155039091Saturday, January 31, 2015 9:30 PM GMT

@jhon or if you don't want to use speccy just run dxdiag tells you the basics chet, the fantasy football overlord here, in phoenix, america

GenericallyNamed

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#155257891Tuesday, February 03, 2015 7:18 PM GMT

"those results are very bland and are not your computer" i found results on cnet the specs were pretty accurate since the specs that i COULD find on the control panel were the same on cnet

GenericallyNamed

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#155257975Tuesday, February 03, 2015 7:20 PM GMT

this is questionable tho: "BATTERY Capacity 5300 mAh"

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#155263940Tuesday, February 03, 2015 9:22 PM GMT

You can see your specs if you look at Device Manager. Usually laptops will switch to the integrated chipset when there aren't any graphically intensive applications being used so as to save energy. On Nvidia this is called Optimus, but I'm not sure what AMD calls it.

GenericallyNamed

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#155322394Wednesday, February 04, 2015 8:56 PM GMT

It's so confusing... I have folders in windows explorer called AMD, and I have drivers for an AMD gpu, but i have no way to change settings on the AMD gpu or even check its status/whatever... i have a control panel for my dumb integrated gpu, but nothing related to the amd gpu...