AMD APU blocks AMD GPU "solved"

[The Dutch King]

Problem:

My laptop has an amd apu with integrated graphics. These integrated graphics seem to block the dedicated GPU from activating in games. Games automatically select the integrated graphics. And since the apu can't handle games from 8 years before it's manufacturing it gets quite anoying. 

 

I like to use my dedicated GPU in games instead of my APU

 

if anyone knows how to fix this i'd be so grateful

 

Specs:

- Model:            HP Pavilion 17-f084nd

- CPU:              AMD A8-6410 APU with AMD Radeon R5 Graphics*

- GPU:              AMD Radeon R5 Graphics* (APU), AMD Radeon R7 M260

- RAM:              6,00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz

- MOBO:           Hewlett-Packard 226B (P0)

- BIOS version: F.11

 

*The R5 Graphics aren't specified. It actually sais R5 graphics

http://imgur.com/a/6I3qc

 

Device manager:

http://imgur.com/a/TiRUL

 

Tried solutions:

Updating the drivers for every component, obviously.

 

Installing AMD Radeon control center

Source: https://support.serato.com/hc/en-us/articles/202305784-Changing-graphics-card-settings-to-use-your-dedicated-GPU-on-a-Windows-computer-

 

However when I did it I seemed to lack quite a few options as seen here

http://imgur.com/a/NvXwc

 

Changing settings inside the bios

Source: http://superuser.com/questions/940410/laptop-refuses-to-use-dedicated-gpu

 

And again my bios lacks the advanced section that the person in the article had. 

http://imgur.com/a/S8Mbj

 

Messing around with disabling devices and drivers. 

Disable R5 graphics ----> restart

Disable R7 graphics ----> restart

Disable R5 and R7 graphics -----> restart

Disable R5 drivers ------ Restart

Disable both drivers ------> restart

 

nothing worked

 

 

If you need any more information feel free to ask

 

[MorganO]

2 minutes ago, The Dutch King said:

Problem:

My laptop has an amd apu with integrated graphics. These integrated graphics seem to block the dedicated GPU from activating in games. Games automatically select the integrated graphics. And since the apu can't handle games from 8 years before it's manufacturing it gets quite anoying. 

 

I like to use my dedicated GPU in games instead of my APU

 

if anyone knows how to fix this i'd be so grateful

 

Specs:

- Model:            HP Pavilion 17-f084nd

- CPU:              AMD A8-6410 APU with AMD Radeon R5 Graphics*

- GPU:              AMD Radeon R5 Graphics* (APU), AMD Radeon R7 M260

- RAM:              6,00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz

- MOBO:           Hewlett-Packard 226B (P0)

- BIOS version: F.11

 

*The R5 Graphics aren't specified. It actually sais R5 graphics

http://imgur.com/a/6I3qc

 

Tried solutions:

Updating the drivers for every component, obviously.

 

Installing AMD Radeon control center

Source: https://support.serato.com/hc/en-us/articles/202305784-Changing-graphics-card-settings-to-use-your-dedicated-GPU-on-a-Windows-computer-

 

However when I did it I seemed to lack quite a few options as seen here

http://imgur.com/a/NvXwc

 

Changing settings inside the bios

Source: http://superuser.com/questions/940410/laptop-refuses-to-use-dedicated-gpu

 

And again my bios lacks the advanced section that the person in the article had. 

http://imgur.com/a/S8Mbj

 

Messing around with disabling devices and drivers. 

Disable R5 graphics ----> restart

Disable R7 graphics ----> restart

Disable R5 and R7 graphics -----> restart

Disable R5 drivers ------ Restart

Disable both drivers ------> restart

 

nothing worked

 

 

If you need any more information feel free to ask

 

maybe the Dgpu is dead?

[Electronics Wizardy]

Edit

 

Device management screen shot

 

THe screen is attached to the igpu.

[The Dutch King]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

The radeon r5 is the igpu. There is no dgpu.

And what is the R7 M260 that my system recognises?

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, The Dutch King said:

And what is the R7 M260 that my system recognises?

look at my edit.

[The Dutch King]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

Edit

 

Device management screen shot

 

THe screen is attached to the igpu.

http://imgur.com/a/TiRUL

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, The Dutch King said:

http://imgur.com/a/TiRUL

Try something that uses opencl, like luxmark http://www.luxrender.net/wiki/LuxMark#Binaries

 

This will show you if its working and can run code.

[The Dutch King]

Could you tell me what I should look at in this image?

[The Dutch King]

[The Dutch King]

*Ring Ring Ring Ring*

[demonix00]

Since I just looked at the specifications of the R7 M260 I'm certain that luxmark is using the iGPU.

 

It might be that control of whatever dictates the primary GPU is set in the software included with the drivers, so if you haven't gone through that already then take a dig through to see if there's anything related to default GPU settings.

[The Dutch King]

sadly it can't be changed in the radeon software or the bios

[The Dutch King]

Do you have a tag for this post like: won't be solved?2

[The Dutch King]

Okay if anyone ends up at this post, I managed to solve it. First download your amd catalyst center

go into the advanced options and set everything to GLOBAL High performance mode IN BATTERY MODE. I don't know how this solved the problem on power but it did.