Game is using Integrated GPU instead of Dedicated GPU

Post » Sat Mar 15, 2014 1:45 pm

So I've had a beta key for a long while now, but only just started playing the beta this week. As the title says, I can't get the game to use my dedicated graphics card instead of my integrated graphics. Is there a way to fix this? I'm willing to provide any information that's necessary.

Quick info:

Laptop

OS: Windows 8.1 64 bit

Processor: i7-3740QM @ 2.70 GHz

Graphics: (Integrated) Intel HD Graphics 4000 + (Dedicated) AMD Radeon HD 7970m

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Roy Harris
 
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Post » Sat Mar 15, 2014 4:07 am

Go into your bios and disable the automatic graphics switching. On Lenovo laptops I know that the dedicated card mode (ie the AMD or Nvidia) is called "discrete" in the options.

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Sophie Miller
 
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Post » Sat Mar 15, 2014 6:08 am

Try right clicking on your desktop and look for "Configure Switchable Graphics."

Otherwise, I think you can switch it in your radeon control center.
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ashleigh bryden
 
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Post » Sat Mar 15, 2014 8:18 am

On my laptop the Intel integrated chip is used by default for the desktop and various applications. Most games automatically use the Geforce 720m instead, but with some I need to go into the Nvidia control panel, add a profile for the game and set it to use the Nvidia GPU instead of the Intel.

I assume it's similar with AMD?

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