My New Genesis IV

[Makinami]

I regret NOT posting this sooner. But I have spent the last week getting to know my new toy:wub:

First I'd like to give thanks to the following people at PC Specialist, for the work they did in building my laptop.
Built By Tom Davies
Tested/QC'd By Ben Alderson
Packed By Adnaan Marban

Guy's, It arrived in perfect condition and working order. BIG THANK YOU to the three of you!

Specs:

Chassis & Display
Genesis IV: 15.6" Matte HD LED 16:9 Widescreen (1366x768)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5 Dual Core Mobile Processor i5-3210M (2.50GHz) 3MB
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (1 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 635M - 1GB DDR3 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader
Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® ADVANCED-N 6235 (300Mbps) + BLUETOOTH
Operating System
Genuine Windows 8 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence

The one thing I don't understand is, the graphics card. It's listed in games and benchmarks as 'Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000'...Is this normal for a GT 635M?
And I'm not going to bother listing all the other specs.....not as important as the one's above

 

[Corfate]

Have you got a switch to turn it off the integrated and onto the GPU?

 

[Makinami]

Have you got a switch to turn it off the integrated and onto the GPU?

Well I can't see any switches on the laptop itself. Is there a trick to doing it in windows? Fn+Number? -->The device manager shows BOTH Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 AND GT 635M<--
I don't want to change any settings until I find a guide/video that show's how to....incase I loose my screen altogether

 

[0o0o0ok]

The one thing I don't understand is, the graphics card. It's listed in games and benchmarks as 'Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000'...Is this normal for a GT 635M?

Yeah my Optimus shows the same - it doesn't matter though, the nVidia card kicks in when the game is started. I think it's just because when the nVidia card isn't doing anything, the game can't detect it.
To make sure your game is running with the right card, right click it and choose "Run with graphics processor" - have a look at the default and if it's not the one you want, go to the nVidia control panel, manage 3D settings or something of the sort, and there you can force programs to run with the graphics processor you choose.