Problem with The Graphic Card...

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General Information:
Computer: HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook PC
Product Number: LX264EA
OS: Windows 7 Premium 64bit (Norwegian)
Processor: Intel (R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU @2.00 GHz
RAM: 8GB (2 x Samsung 4gb 1333 MHz)
Graphics: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family Radeon (TM) HD 6770M (2GB dedicated RAM)
The computer specs are listed below, although in Norwegian. I'm unsure whether or not it's sold in other countries (Cannot be found on HP/en anyways)
http://www.komplett.no/k/ki.aspx?sku=742726#extra...

Hi, I recently decided to buy Battlefield 3, and checked http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/ on beforehand. My computer passes at every point except Video Card. It sais that the required Dedicated Video RAM is 512MB and that I have 0MB. The webpage I bought the computer at sais it's got 2GB dedicated Video RAM. And if I go to Screen Resolution --> Advanced Settings on my computer, it sais the following:
Total Video Ram: 6373
Dedicated Video Ram: 2560
System video Ram: 0MB
Shared system RAM: 3813
Now, my computer is only a year old and it was advertised as a Gaming Computer. Pretty expensive too. Yet, it has never been able to do any Gaming. On World of Warcraft I get around 20 FPS with medium Graphic Quality (My friend is sitting beside me on his Macbook Pro and playing with 61fps with Highest quality). My computer can't handle Minecraft at all, lags out until the program crashes. (My 5 year old acer, a computer that was also cheaper, does better on all accounts).
So I finally figure, something must be wrong.
I thought it might be a driver problem, but when I look up the driver on either AMD's or HP's website and download it, it fails to install after extracting all the files. I get the following message: "This system doesn't meet the minimum requirements to install this software." (Translated from Norwegian) HP's drivers for my exact computer model gives me something very simular.
If I go to HP Recovery Manager and attempt to install the Graphic Driver listed there, it also fails.
Any help would be deeply appreciated!
Thanks
 
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Looks like that model has switchable graphics on it. Not sure how that all works, but I know someone else does. Just wait for them to respond. On some models you have to flip a switch, others do it automatically when needed. You still have the owners manual?
 
I've never even heard of it o.O, Guess, I'm a newbie when it comes to this.

I do not believe I have any bit of information of what came along with the computer.

I just installed Battle Field 3, and it doesn't work. Halts at initializing. I see that it's a common problem, and that a fix might be to update your GUI driver (lol).

Again, a solution would be hugely appreciated.
 
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Okay, so I definitely have switchable graphics. Under Display Adapters the following shows up:
Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
Radeon (TM) HD 6770M

"Using the Fixed Mode drivers on a notebook that supports Dynamic Mode will not work. Using Dynamic Mode drivers on a notebook that supports Fixed Mode switchable graphics will not work."
- This can't be my problem, right? In which case both AMD and HP's webpages have listed the wrong drivers....
 
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