NVIDIA Laptop Drivers

geon106

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I've brought a cheap laptop which i'm dual booting Windows 8 RP and Ubuntu 12.04 Linux.

Most of the drivers with only a few excemptions have installed fine but it hasn't allowed me to use the built in GT540M graphics card.

The option to install additional prorprietry drivers didn't show up and under Additional Drivers nothing shows.

I think it may be because the laptop uses the onboard Intel HD 3000 card on the desktop but when requested will use the 1GB 540M card.

I've downloaded NVIDIA drivers etc but still no luck.

Any help would be appreciated :)
 
OhEsEcks said:
Does the laptop use Optimus graphics switching?
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I'm honestly not sure. It didn't come with a manual. It just has the 2 cards but in Windows only certain applications in the NVIDIA control panel turn the NVIDIA chipset on

So i'm guessing chance are it does?
 
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