The following sections describe each of the methods. Changes to any of the settings for a given application, or set of applications will NOT apply to any running instance of an application, and will take effect only upon subsequent application executions.
The rendering device for a given application is determined when the application starts.
Global Variable NvOptimusEnablement (new in Driver Release 302).This feature is enabled using the following set of methods, listed in order from highest to lowest precedence: Enabling NVIDIA High Performance Graphics Rendering on Optimus Systems A key feature of Optimus configurations is to support rendering applications using NVIDIA High Performance Graphics while displaying on monitors connected to the Integrated Graphics.
