I recently got a laptop with an nVidia GTX mobile graphics card. The laptop has an intel ivy bridge CPU with an intel 4000 series integrated graphics processor.
The problem with this setup is that no software actually switched to the nVidia card. Everything is always using the intel graphics. I have downloaded a little tool that tells me when my GTX card is in use and the only time the card is in use is when I have the nVidia control panel open.
I have googled this problem a lot and I still can't figure it out. In the nVidia control panel I have added all of my games to the custom setting list and chose "high performance nVidia GPU" from the drop down list but the card still wont turn on.
Here are screen shots to help show my problem.
Here is the GPU configuration and the Optimus status showing the GTX card is OFF (which is normally shows)
Here is the only time that the Optimus status shows ON (when I am looking at an nVidia 3D image)
And finally this is how I am configuring all of my games, but they are still not utilizing the GPU.
The laptop is a Sager NP9130 with a 2.7-3.7GHz i7 CPU.
I would love to completely dissable the intel graphics. But if that can't be done I would be ok with just getting the Optimus software to work properly. It seems that manly laptops have a way in BIOS to force rendering with the nVidia card, but unfortunately my laptop does not.
I have installed the latest release of the drivers from nVidia as well as Intel, even the Beta nVidia drivers, but that has not helped me use the nVidia card.
The problem with this setup is that no software actually switched to the nVidia card. Everything is always using the intel graphics. I have downloaded a little tool that tells me when my GTX card is in use and the only time the card is in use is when I have the nVidia control panel open.
I have googled this problem a lot and I still can't figure it out. In the nVidia control panel I have added all of my games to the custom setting list and chose "high performance nVidia GPU" from the drop down list but the card still wont turn on.
Here are screen shots to help show my problem.
Here is the GPU configuration and the Optimus status showing the GTX card is OFF (which is normally shows)
Here is the only time that the Optimus status shows ON (when I am looking at an nVidia 3D image)
And finally this is how I am configuring all of my games, but they are still not utilizing the GPU.
The laptop is a Sager NP9130 with a 2.7-3.7GHz i7 CPU.
I would love to completely dissable the intel graphics. But if that can't be done I would be ok with just getting the Optimus software to work properly. It seems that manly laptops have a way in BIOS to force rendering with the nVidia card, but unfortunately my laptop does not.
I have installed the latest release of the drivers from nVidia as well as Intel, even the Beta nVidia drivers, but that has not helped me use the nVidia card.