setting the primary graphics card in notebooks

[McCloud]

I've got a HP ProBook 470, with Intel HD Graphics 4000 and AMD Radeon HD 8750M. 

Using the Switchable Graphics (and in software like 3ds Max, directly in the application) I can configure which programs use the better performing AMD card. 

However, it seems that the display driver itself is using the Intel Card. When I open AMD Catalyst control center, there are no settings for display at all (resolution, color etc.) 

 

Is there a way to change this ? Explicitly tell the display to use the AMD card ?

 

I wanted to experiment with using higher (than native) resolutions...

[ShadowCaptain]

4 minutes ago, McCloud said:

SNIP

It is designed to be that way, otherwise when you are sitting idle on the desktop the graphics card will be eating up your battery life

 

I am not sure if you can force it by disabling the onboard, but I would not recommend it 

also higer resolutions suck on the desktop and are only useful in games when you are using the dedicated GPU anyway

[McCloud]

ok, I see. Thanks. I've found a pretty handy software in the meantime... not ideal, but can be useful some times.