How can i switch the gpu of an external monitor?

[Aperturr]

I just bought a 165hz monitor and got pretty scared that i can only use 120hz and its connected to the Intel hd graphics instead of NVidia gpu. It worked like a year ago but now its broken. My cousin has the same laptop and monitor and doesnt have this issue. I don't have any mini display ports or usb-c in my laptop. How can i fix this? Please halp

[Radium_Angel]

What, exactly, are you trying to say?

If the monitor is connected to the laptop, and the laptop is using the Intel vide card, you need a software switch in the laptop to switch tot he nVidia card.

But without detailed specs of your system, we cannot help

[Aperturr]

2 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

What, exactly, are you trying to say?

If the monitor is connected to the laptop, and the laptop is using the Intel vide card, you need a software switch in the laptop to switch tot he nVidia card.

But without detailed specs of your system, we cannot help

i have an intel i7-7700HQ and a gtx 1050 and the monitor is Gigabyte G24F

[Radium_Angel]

50 minutes ago, Aperturr said:

i have an intel i7-7700HQ and a gtx 1050 and the monitor is Gigabyte G24F

This is in a laptop, which model?

[Aperturr]

7 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

This is in a laptop, which model?

Dell Inspiron 15 5577

[Radium_Angel]

2 hours ago, Aperturr said:

Dell Inspiron 15 5577

Ok, now we are getting somewhere.

In order to use the nVidia graphics card built in, you typically use the nVidia software control panel under Windows to switch to that.

There are third party software packages that Dell might use to switch cards, but the nVidia one should do just fine

[Aperturr]

6 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

Ok, now we are getting somewhere.

In order to use the nVidia graphics card built in, you typically use the nVidia software control panel under Windows to switch to that.

There are third party software packages that Dell might use to switch cards, but the nVidia one should do just fine

I already tried to switch to the nvidia one in global settings but it still doesnt work. Are there any more fixes I can try?

[Radium_Angel]

I'd need more detail and/or screenshots of the failure to switch to the nVidia GPU.

If your laptop is identical to your sibling as you have mentioned, and theirs is working right, perhaps you can get them to fix your settings, or tell you how they did it?

Perhaps bring it to a local computer repair shop and have then do it?

[Aperturr]

29 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

I'd need more detail and/or screenshots of the failure to switch to the nVidia GPU.

If your laptop is identical to your sibling as you have mentioned, and theirs is working right, perhaps you can get them to fix your settings, or tell you how they did it?

Perhaps bring it to a local computer repair shop and have then do it?

He didnt do anything, it just works, and i also thought about just getting it to a repair shop. I think that the whole hdmi port switched to igpu, can this be reversed to dgpu?

[Radium_Angel]

5 minutes ago, Aperturr said:

I think that the whole hdmi port switched to igpu, can this be reversed to dgpu?

Typically though the nVidia control panel....

[Aperturr]

1 minute ago, Radium_Angel said:

Typically though the nVidia control panel....

But am I supposed to just switch it in the global settings like this?

[Radium_Angel]

2 minutes ago, Aperturr said:

But am I supposed to just switch it in the global settings like this?

Yes. Here are somemore details

https://helpdeskgeek.com/how-to/how-to-switch-between-dedicated-gpu-and-integrated-graphics/

 

[Aperturr]

2 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Yes. Here are somemore details

https://helpdeskgeek.com/how-to/how-to-switch-between-dedicated-gpu-and-integrated-graphics/

 

Well, guess my laptops retarded thanks for help!

[Radium_Angel]

Just now, Aperturr said:

Well, guess my laptops retarded thanks for help!

It's not working?

[Aperturr]

1 hour ago, Radium_Angel said:

It's not working?

Sorry for not responding, yeah i have this turned on all the time

[Radium_Angel]

Just now, Aperturr said:

Sorry for not responding, yeah i have this turned on all the time

Ok, then the laptop is set to use the nVidia GPU. This of course can be tested by any video game.

So going back then to the question, what is actually not working correctly?

[Aperturr]

9 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

Ok, then the laptop is set to use the nVidia GPU. This of course can be tested by any video game.

So going back then to the question, what is actually not working correctly?

The monitor is being operated by the processor and not the gpu like its supposed to, it worked normally but i had to reset my laptop a few times due to technical reasons and now its operated by the processor

[Radium_Angel]

Just now, Aperturr said:

The monitor is being operated by the processor and not the gpu like its supposed to, it worked normally but i had to reset my laptop a few times due to technical reasons and now its operated by the processor

If the video card is set to nvidia, how do you know the Intel GPU is involved?

[Aperturr]

From the settings

[Radium_Angel]

It's possible it's showing the default GPU for informational purposes only. Aside from that screen, does the system run fine and perform like you'd expect it to using the nVidia card?

[Aperturr]

37 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

It's possible it's showing the default GPU for informational purposes only. Aside from that screen, does the system run fine and perform like you'd expect it to using the nVidia card?

No it doesnt, i cant switch from 120hz to 165hz and theres no fps boost

[Radium_Angel]

1 minute ago, Aperturr said:

No it doesnt, i cant switch from 120hz to 165hz and theres no fps boost

what FPS are you getting? The GPU may not be able to take advantage of the extra refresh rate

[Aperturr]

Just now, Radium_Angel said:

what FPS are you getting? The GPU may not be able to take advantage of the extra refresh rate

Also heres proof that its not ran by the dgpu

[Radium_Angel]

1 minute ago, Aperturr said:

Also heres proof that its not ran by the dgpu

What games, what FPS are you getting?

[Aperturr]

Just now, Radium_Angel said:

What games, what FPS are you getting?

for example in cs go i have 130 while i should have about 180