Can someone direct me to the drivers/catalyst settings I should have installed on my system? I have a Sager/Clevo NP9170 with an i7 and HD7970. I've been trying to run skyrim/shogun2, and they just don't seem to pick up my dedicated card and only recognize the integrated one. 

I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling different drivers, all of my settings are set to high performance in both catalyst and my power settings. I'm just pretty much stumped.

No...I'm stumped. You need to read the sticky in the laptop forum "how to update mobility drivers".

http://www.clevo.com.tw/en/e-services/download.asp

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