Near the end of last year I bought a new laptop that had a 640m and Intel HD 3000 Nvidia Optimus graphics setup. At the time there were no problems and everything ran great. A few months after that some games started breaking, and now the list of games that don't work is longer than the list of games that do work.
The error I get is pretty much the same every time. The games cannot launch because a problem with directx 9. The error is usually something along the lines of "Failed to create D3D9 Device" or "Could not find D3D9 Device". However this error is only when the game is running on the nvidia graphics and not the Intel integrated. If I launch the game with the integrated graphics the game will work, and I can change the settings to windowed or borderless if it exists within that game, and then relaunch on the nvidia dedicated graphics. All of the games will run in windowed mode and the problem only seems to happen in fullscreen. In GuildWars 2, the first game this happened in, after getting it into borderless and running it on the dedicated graphics I tried to change it back to fullscreen to see what would happen. I got an error saying "Graphics option not supported by your drivers"
If anyone else has had this problem and has found a solution or has not but can provide some insight would be appreciated.
Games that don't work
Guild Wars 2
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Blacklight: Retribution
Halo: Combat Evolved
APB: Reloaded
Games that work
Team Fortress 2
Garry's Mod
My only idea of what this could be caused by is a USB powered portable monitor that I started using before this started.
The error I get is pretty much the same every time. The games cannot launch because a problem with directx 9. The error is usually something along the lines of "Failed to create D3D9 Device" or "Could not find D3D9 Device". However this error is only when the game is running on the nvidia graphics and not the Intel integrated. If I launch the game with the integrated graphics the game will work, and I can change the settings to windowed or borderless if it exists within that game, and then relaunch on the nvidia dedicated graphics. All of the games will run in windowed mode and the problem only seems to happen in fullscreen. In GuildWars 2, the first game this happened in, after getting it into borderless and running it on the dedicated graphics I tried to change it back to fullscreen to see what would happen. I got an error saying "Graphics option not supported by your drivers"
If anyone else has had this problem and has found a solution or has not but can provide some insight would be appreciated.
Games that don't work
Guild Wars 2
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Blacklight: Retribution
Halo: Combat Evolved
APB: Reloaded
Games that work
Team Fortress 2
Garry's Mod
My only idea of what this could be caused by is a USB powered portable monitor that I started using before this started.
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