How to manually set graphics card as active?

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[Solved] Need help with getting my gpu working and volume shortcuts working

I found an app called optimus-manager and it has a companion app for the system tray so you can change what graphics profile you're using through there, and so far it seems to be working pretty well, I probably have some more things to set up with it, but I'll probably do that later