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Changing default graphics card (Oculus Rift DK2 related)

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  • Default
  • Games
  • Graphics
  • Aspire
  • GPUs
  • Graphics Cards
  • Oculus
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September 4, 2014 4:41:22 AM

I have Acer Aspire V3-531G. Usually everything works as intended, computer switches between dedicated video card and the integrated one depending on the load. But every time I try to run any game with Oculus Rift DK2 my integrated graphics card happily takes over, which creates a huge impact on performance.

I've already set my GPU as preferred graphics processor in nVidia control panel, but that didn't seem to change much.

I've tried both disabling and uninstalling the integrated graphics processor through device manager, but that prevents nVidia GPU from functioning normally as well, its control panel doesn't even start. Dxdiag, depending on the mood, shows either some VGA card or n/a as my only display device.

There's no way to disable integrated GPU through BIOS, among very limited options there's only Graphics processor (or something like that) --> Switchable/Integrated.

Is there any way to force anything Oculus Rift related to use dedicated GPU? Or to disable the integrated GPU entirely without killing the dedicated one as well?

My specs:
CPU: Intel Pentium B970 2.3GHz
Ram: 8Gb
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GT630M
Storage: 500GB HDD
Operating system: Windows 7 Ultimate

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September 4, 2014 4:47:34 AM

Since you are on a laptop, try changing the battery options to a custom setting and allowing the highest performance possible. Should fix it. Also in future state you are using a laptop and what model to help everyone solve it faster.
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September 4, 2014 5:04:41 AM

I have tried that already, didn't change much unfortunately.
Um.... I'm pretty sure my first sentence tells the model of my laptop.
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September 4, 2014 5:16:29 AM

Woops, yeah i noticed by the GPU, anyways does the dk2 support the graphics chip you are running? might not since its an 630M, then it will use the motherboard onboard. It should but look into it's requirements.
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September 4, 2014 5:50:18 AM

I can't really find any minimum GPU requrements apart from "GPU with HDMI or DVI-D graphics output.
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September 4, 2014 5:55:09 AM

Does the GTM have a direct output for a video display. it might be the motherboards and will then not use the GTM.
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September 4, 2014 6:48:02 AM

Well,.....I'm not sure. Is there any way to check without disassembling the laptop?
And, if it turns out HDMI does go through motherboard, can anything be done in that case?
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September 4, 2014 6:51:56 AM

It sounds like it will be using the on board and im guessing there wont be a way because it will be linked to the motherboard and not the GPU chip, think of a PC, to use a different graphics card, you have to plug it directly in, if this helped mark a solution :) 
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September 4, 2014 7:09:11 AM

Lame
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