7970m & Intel HD 4000

[mercilesskiller]

Hi All,

Just got the P170EM Laptop with the 7970m within. Installed Windows 8 and the latest Enduro drivers.

In device manager its showing 2 devices, the 7970m and the Intel HD one. I believe this means its operating in the basic Intel mode. If I run a game will it automatically switch to the 7970m ONLY mode? If so, how can I verify this

Thanks All!

 

[elmuzzy66.]

Disable onboard graphics in the bios and you should always use the 7970m.

 

[tribz]

This is a laptop though and you'd want the intel doing 2D stuff for battery reasons.

Run a couple of benchmarks and also run something like Afterburner. Afterburner should show the 7970m gpu clocking up in operation.

 

[thenewoc]

Would it not have virtu mvp installed?

 

[mercilesskiller]

Hey - Looked in the BIOS and doesnt look like you can disable on board graphics.

Just ran counter-strike GO on all high settings and got 5fps. Looks like the Radeon isn't getting enabled. Any ideas?

 

[Orcvader]

Was this on full screen? Is there anything in CCC (if installed) to check the Enduro settings?

 

[mercilesskiller]

I'm not sure where to look in CCC but not sure where to look. If I right click on CCC from the bottom right it just has:

1. Intel (R) HD Graphics 4000

and no other adapters. In device manager there is the Radeon adapter however.

And yes CS GO was full screen

 

[mercilesskiller]

Just installed the Enduro driver latest that came out this week. Restarted, and now it seems to be working! Odd

 

[kitkat9933]

Just installed the Enduro driver latest that came out this week. Restarted, and now it seems to be working! Odd

Good.

 

[CossackNoodle]

You should be able to right click and have switchable graphics option. Games you have already played you can pick high performance or power saving.

 

[Twirlywoos]

Hi All,

Just got the P170EM Laptop with the 7970m within. Installed Windows 8 and the latest Enduro drivers.

In device manager its showing 2 devices, the 7970m and the Intel HD one. I believe this means its operating in the basic Intel mode. If I run a game will it automatically switch to the 7970m ONLY mode? If so, how can I verify this

Thanks All!

slightly ot, but it makes me warm inside knowing the next gen consoles are most likely going to be powered by the 7970m.

 

[mercilesskiller]

Really manju??!?! That makes me warm inside too!!!

 

[mercilesskiller]

The only other problem I have is I can't get the bloody hotkey app to work so can't change the backlite to the keyboard

 

[Twirlywoos]

Really manju??!?! That makes me warm inside too!!!

yup, yup

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/df-hardware-orbis-unmasked-what-to-expect-from-next-gen-console