Macbook pro dedicated graphics

So I am completely new to Mac, and I have just purchased a new Macbook Pro with the dGPU. The system has been delivered today, however I am struggling to find the actual dGPU on here, I have gone on to 'about this mac' and it just states the Intel Graphics, it mentions nothing about the Nvidia 750m, I have read that there should be a drop down menu, however I cannot find this.
Any help appreciated.

Hi , welcome to the Apple forums!
The discrete graphics chip kicks in once your MacBook Pro needs more power automatically, you don't need to worry about it...
However, if you want to know when it kicks in you can install "gfx" from: http://gfx.io
If you want to see it in the list of hardware go to: Apple logo >About this Mac>more info...>system report>Hardware>Graphics/Displays

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