AMD A10-5750M Dual Graphics?

[scirto]

I just recently replaced my laptop with an HP ENVY m6. I believe the model is an "HP m6-n010dx," to be specific. It's the m6 model with an A10-5750M APU and AMD Radeon HD 8650G graphics.

I am typically an Intel guy, so some of AMD's features are foreign to me. I haven't been able to find a straight answer so far, so I'm biting the bullet and throwing my question out to the forums.

I originally thought that I would be able to enable AMD dual graphics to boost graphics performance. Looking at AMD's website, it looks like only some APU+GPU combinations allow dual graphics.

So I'm looking for a straight answer as to whether this is possible with this configuration. If it is, I am struggling finding out how to configure it properly. It looks like it's supposed to be a setting within Catalyst Control Center, but it's not an option for me at the moment.

As I'm typing this, I'm updating my APU and GPU drivers... But I figure I may as well get the ball rolling on some help in the meantime.

Let me know if you need any more information. Hopefully there's something simple I'm missing, or it's simply just not possible.

Thanks!

 

[Suztera]

The AMD Radeon HD 8650G is the integrated graphics on the APU. You don't have a dedicated graphic card. See it as a HD Intel 4000 but better.

 

[ingtar33]

The AMD Radeon HD 8650G is the integrated graphics on the APU. You don't have a dedicated graphic card. See it as a HD Intel 4000 but better.

it's significantly better the intel HD 4000, but yes. your post is right on target.

 

[scirto]

The AMD Radeon HD 8650G is the integrated graphics on the APU. You don't have a dedicated graphic card. See it as a HD Intel 4000 but better.

Appreciate the quick response!

Clearly I'm missing a couple pieces to the puzzle, here. I know the draw of the APU is that many of its cores are dedicated to graphics processing. Are those dedicated cores what make up the 8650G? Or does the integrated 8650G override the APU graphics cores? I thought those cores were supposed to supplement whatever other graphics processing present in the system (or have the ability to).

 

[Suztera]

The AMD Radeon HD 8650G is the integrated graphics on the APU. You don't have a dedicated graphic card. See it as a HD Intel 4000 but better.

Appreciate the quick response!

Clearly I'm missing a couple pieces to the puzzle, here. I know the draw of the APU is that many of its cores are dedicated to graphics processing. Are those dedicated cores what make up the 8650G? Or does the integrated 8650G override the APU graphics cores? I thought those cores were supposed to supplement whatever other graphics processing present in the system (or have the ability to).

It is the dedicated cores on the APU hence it is an APU (an AMD cpu with integrated graphics).