Incorrect Graphics Card?

[bootsydan]

Hi

I recently purchased this laptop: http://store.apple.com/au/product/FD103X/A/refurbished-macbook-pro-23ghz-quad-core-intel-i7

which clearly says my laptop should have both Intel HD Graphics 4000 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 512MB of GDDR5 memory, however when I check "About this Mac" (system information) the only graphics card it mentions is the Intel HD Graphics 4000.

Does this mean the NVIDIA is not in there? Is there another way to check?

Thanks..

 

[yusukeaoki]

About this mac, More Info, System Report, Graphics and Displays.

By looking at the spec, I already know you have it.

 

[broad]

the reason you're seeing that is because the dedicated card is inactive at the moment. open iphoto or imovie and then check again. you should see the dedicated GPU at that point.

 

[bootsydan]

Ah, I see.

Thanks for that.

 

[Jurwin]

Or you can just change to always use the dedicated graphics card in system preferences.

 

[seveej]

Or you can just change to always use the dedicated graphics card in system preferences.

Also, there's a nice app named gfxCardStatus (http://gfx.io), which allows you to select which GPU you want to use.

RGDS,