- Jan 15, 2014
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Hi guys, I have a laptop with an built in intel graphics card and a more powerful nVidia one. Currently the intel graphics card is the default and for each program that I wish to run with the nVidia card I have to do so manually in the nVidia control panel. However, part of my job includes creating many executables and testing them for things like frame rate etc. Since these all run on the intel card, they run much more slowly than they should and I don't get the sort of results I'm looking for. I could go to the control panel to set each one to use the nVidia card but since I can on occasions make 100s a day, this is far from ideal.
I have checked online and found that the usual way to change which is the default graphics card is through the BIOS. I've checked the BIOS and it doesn't seem to have an option to change which is the default.
I've also tried the Device Manager (I'm running Windows 7 by the way) and disabling the intel card (in the hope that the nVidia card will take over. It does not. Instead the screen goes black and I have to restart in safe mode to turn the intel card back on.
If there's anyone who has a solution to this I would be incredibly grateful. Please let me know any information you still need to know to be able to answer.
Thanks in advance.
I have checked online and found that the usual way to change which is the default graphics card is through the BIOS. I've checked the BIOS and it doesn't seem to have an option to change which is the default.
I've also tried the Device Manager (I'm running Windows 7 by the way) and disabling the intel card (in the hope that the nVidia card will take over. It does not. Instead the screen goes black and I have to restart in safe mode to turn the intel card back on.
If there's anyone who has a solution to this I would be incredibly grateful. Please let me know any information you still need to know to be able to answer.
Thanks in advance.
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