Laptop display connected to cpu not gpu? Det

[zindan]

Hi, why is my cpu taking care of the display here? Shouldn’t it be the gpu?

 

I installed the nvidia driver for gt 650M but still

 

[Theguywhobea]

Yeah it's called Optimus. Your GPU is essentially "piped" through the iGPU. So it always shows as being connected to the iGPU, however, it will auto detect programs that need to use the real GPU

[LionSpeck]

The iGPU is always going to be connected to the monitor of the laptop, as the dGPU can be turned off for power saving: when gaming (or doing other GPU tasks), the dGPU will be doing the processing and the video output will be essentially piped through the iGPU to the monitor

[Vishera]

Simplified: Intel iGPU>Nvidia GPU>Display

[5x5]

The iGPU is a passthrough to the discrete one. Hence why iGPU controls the display. The Nvidia card only does number crunching