AlienWare m14x Graphics card help

[MattLCPDFR]

Hello i am getting bad frameshy and i finally discoverd why.... It is using interagated graphics. How do i change it. I tired nvidia control panel but it keeps switich back to auto select. Here is specs

 

OS Name Microsoft Windows 8

Version 6.2.9200 Build 9200

Other OS Description Not Available

OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

System Name MATTLCPDFR

System Manufacturer Alienware

System Model M14xR2

System Type x64-based PC

System SKU xxx123x#ABA

Processor Intel® Core i7-3610QM CPU @ 2.30GHz, 2301 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)

BIOS Version/Date Alienware A09, 6/29/2012

SMBIOS Version 2.7

Embedded Controller Version 1.01

BIOS Mode Legacy

BaseBoard Manufacturer Alienware

BaseBoard Model Not Available

BaseBoard Name Base Board

Platform Role Mobile

Secure Boot State Unsupported

PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible

Windows Directory C:\Windows

System Directory C:\Windows\system32

Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1

Locale United States

Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.2.9200.16384"

User Name Mattlcpdfr\Matt

Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time

Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB

Total Physical Memory 7.88 GB

Available Physical Memory 6.03 GB

Total Virtual Memory 15.9 GB

Available Virtual Memory 13.9 GB

Page File Space 8.00 GB

Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes

Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes

Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes

Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes

 

[Guest Kloaked]

Update your video drivers.

[dragoon20005]

 

Hello i am getting bad frameshy and i finally discoverd why.... It is using interagated graphics. How do i change it. I tired nvidia control panel but it keeps switich back to auto select. Here is specs

 

OS Name Microsoft Windows 8

Version 6.2.9200 Build 9200

Other OS Description Not Available

OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

System Name MATTLCPDFR

System Manufacturer Alienware

System Model M14xR2

System Type x64-based PC

System SKU xxx123x#ABA

Processor Intel® Core i7-3610QM CPU @ 2.30GHz, 2301 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)

BIOS Version/Date Alienware A09, 6/29/2012

SMBIOS Version 2.7

Embedded Controller Version 1.01

BIOS Mode Legacy

BaseBoard Manufacturer Alienware

BaseBoard Model Not Available

BaseBoard Name Base Board

Platform Role Mobile

Secure Boot State Unsupported

PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible

Windows Directory C:\Windows

System Directory C:\Windows\system32

Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1

Locale United States

Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.2.9200.16384"

User Name Mattlcpdfr\Matt

Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time

Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB

Total Physical Memory 7.88 GB

Available Physical Memory 6.03 GB

Total Virtual Memory 15.9 GB

Available Virtual Memory 13.9 GB

Page File Space 8.00 GB

Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes

Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes

Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes

Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes

 

check power settings

 

make sure you are plugged in and set to high performance

[Sonefiler]

Are you sure it actually came with one

I wouldnt be sure considering its AlienWare

[Polyvalent]

Are you sure it actually came with one

I wouldnt be sure considering its AlienWare

 

Look up the model number, it comes with a discrete GPU.

[dragoon20005]

Are you sure it actually came with one

I wouldnt be sure considering its AlienWare

it has a weak GPU

 

Nvidia GeForce GT 650M  :mellow:

[MattLCPDFR]

check power settings

 

make sure you are plugged in and set to high performance

I made a custom setting and made everything hight performance. Still cant

[MattLCPDFR]

Update your video drivers.

Used geforece expeirnce video driver up to date. Another problem is my battery is broken so i need my charger plugged in for it to work

[Syntaxvgm]

If there is a button labeled "i/d gfx" like my alienware, try that. Otherwise this is a driver issue. Look around notebookreview.com forums, they have a lot of alienware laptop experts there. 

[MattLCPDFR]

If there is a button labeled "i/d gfx" like my alienware, try that. Otherwise this is a driver issue. Look around notebookreview.com forums, they have a lot of alienware laptop experts there. 

Button Like on keyboard?