Hi guys,
I recently purchased a OcUK Limited Edition P170EM with a 7970m and have had endless problems getting the switchable graphics to work. Totally at a loose end now and could use any advice you can offer.
The problem -
Certain games are not swapping from the intel graphics to the 7970m.
Crysis 1 and 2, Deus Ex and Hitman Absolution are examples of games which are running fine, really well actually!.
Tomb Raider, Guild Wars 2 and Tera are examples of games which are not switching, struggling to get above 12fps on Tomb Raider.
What seems to be happening is everytime I set a game to high performance in the switchable graphics option, as soon as I'm on the loading screen for the game the screen will flash - apparently switching back to the intel card and when the game has loaded up the performance is unplayable. When I then exit the game and check the switchable graphic option it has returned back to 'not assigned' ... every single damn time!!
What I have done so far -
Initially I tried to update the driver from the AMD website - when I use the autodetect tool it will error 'this driver is incompatible with your system - please use the driver from your manufacturer'.
Additionally I tried a direct download to the driver which installed - but everytime on bootup it will say 'catalyst control center has stopped responding' - I have tried this with a few installs and versions of the driver and it will crash upon start up every time.
I have tried to use the driver from the Clevo website - this also is not saving the graphic options - some games work - others don't.
Someone also suggested disabling the intel graphics card in the bios - it's not possible on a Clevo P170EM. You can disable the intel card on the device manager but it causes so many problems - really not an option.
Any advice would be very very much appreciated! I bought this machine in the illusion it would be a bit of beast. I wasn't fully aware of the switchable graphics system and deeply regret it.
I recently purchased a OcUK Limited Edition P170EM with a 7970m and have had endless problems getting the switchable graphics to work. Totally at a loose end now and could use any advice you can offer.
The problem -
Certain games are not swapping from the intel graphics to the 7970m.
Crysis 1 and 2, Deus Ex and Hitman Absolution are examples of games which are running fine, really well actually!.
Tomb Raider, Guild Wars 2 and Tera are examples of games which are not switching, struggling to get above 12fps on Tomb Raider.
What seems to be happening is everytime I set a game to high performance in the switchable graphics option, as soon as I'm on the loading screen for the game the screen will flash - apparently switching back to the intel card and when the game has loaded up the performance is unplayable. When I then exit the game and check the switchable graphic option it has returned back to 'not assigned' ... every single damn time!!
What I have done so far -
Initially I tried to update the driver from the AMD website - when I use the autodetect tool it will error 'this driver is incompatible with your system - please use the driver from your manufacturer'.
Additionally I tried a direct download to the driver which installed - but everytime on bootup it will say 'catalyst control center has stopped responding' - I have tried this with a few installs and versions of the driver and it will crash upon start up every time.
I have tried to use the driver from the Clevo website - this also is not saving the graphic options - some games work - others don't.
Someone also suggested disabling the intel graphics card in the bios - it's not possible on a Clevo P170EM. You can disable the intel card on the device manager but it causes so many problems - really not an option.
Any advice would be very very much appreciated! I bought this machine in the illusion it would be a bit of beast. I wasn't fully aware of the switchable graphics system and deeply regret it.
