Setup hotkey for Nvidia Optimus gfx processor switch

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Hey guys :)

Okay so after a lot of issues with a previous laptop I finally got a new one (MSI GE60 0ND). Bought from iShopOnline for R13 000 incl courier, highest level of service I have gotten in years!

My question is this: this laptop runs dual graphics (Intel HD4000 and Nvidia GTX660M), and using the Nvidia Optimus software, one can manually override which one is used. I want to know, is there a way I can assign a hotkey (or keyboard shortcut) to switch between these two graphics cards? The reason I want to do this is because I don't trust the software when it comes to automatic switching. There is a hotkey on the laptop that can be user set to run any exe, is there a way I might be able to utilize this?

EDIT: By the way,yes I have Googled this, and read through the Nvidia help file, can't find anything. I think the only solution would probably be to write a small program that executes a command to switch cards, and then use the hotkey to run that exe. But how would I go about doing this? I know some c++.

Thank you very much :)
 
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Go into Nvida control center and to this:


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It should have another option for non 3D.



Or Simply right click on the app/game icon and hover your pointer over "Run with graphics processor". You could choose from the options as "integrated graphics" and "High performance Nvidia Graphics". That works on windows 7
 
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Thank you for the reply and screenshot :)

The thing is, I know how to change the global and application specific settings, but I want to be able to do this with a hotkey or shortcut, without having to open the Nvidia control panel.
 
sitnet said:
Thank you for the reply and screenshot :)

The thing is, I know how to change the global and application specific settings, but I want to be able to do this with a hotkey or shortcut, without having to open the Nvidia control panel.
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You just have to do it once...
 
I know, but I don't want to use the GTX660 permanently, I want to be able to quickly switch between the HD4000 and GTX660 while in applications.

To be honest I know this is quite unlikely to be able to do, but this is why I asked here, the combined knowledge of the MyBroadband forum members is more than most large companies' IT departments :p
 
Pada said:
For less power consumption of course! That will also result in longer battery life and tiny bit smaller electricity bill at the end of the month!
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when you are at home or at the office, remove the battery and run directly off AC power, also ive been leaving my monster pc on for about 9 months now and there is hardly a change in the bill.
 
The switching, unless explicitly overridden by user settings, is load based. It works fine. Really. As long as you're not trying to run Linux on it.
 
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