NOT USING DEDICATED GRAPHICS

[FootLoops]

My laptop is a toshiba satelite p50-A and has a gt 740m gpu chip. Instead of using it, it keeps on using intel hd 4600.

 

My specs:

i7 4700mq

16gb of ram

1tb of storage

gt 740m, graphics card

 

Thanks for your help!

[Dackzy]

@Pendragon Can you remember the exact way to force a program to use the dGPU, it has been too long since I used Nvidia for me to remember.

[RZeroX]

Force it to use the dGPU through the Nvidia control panel should be under manage 3d settings.

[FootLoops]

I did, but it still uses intel.

[FootLoops]

5 minutes ago, RZeroX said:

Force it to use the dGPU through the Nvidia control panel should be under manage 3d settings.

I did but still uses intel

[VVoltor]

I assume it's enabled in the BIOS? All drivers and, possibly, related Toshiba software installed?

Did you check power settings? Make sure you have the default 'high performance' plan enabled.

[Coaxialgamer]

Disable the igpu through the device manager 

[scottyseng]

11 minutes ago, FootLoops said:

I did, but it still uses intel.

Weird, after changing it in Manage 3D settings -> Program settings tab to High-performance NVidia processor on the program you want, it works fine for me.

 

I have a 630M though.

[FootLoops]

54 minutes ago, Coaxialgamer said:

Disable the igpu through the device manager 

igpu? The intel graphics? Last time i did that, it used microsoft basic render.

[FootLoops]

55 minutes ago, VVoltor said:

I assume it's enabled in the BIOS? All drivers and, possibly, related Toshiba software installed?

Did you check power settings? Make sure you have the default 'high performance' plan enabled.

It's on high power and In the bios, it shows nothing related to chips.

[Pendragon]

2 hours ago, FootLoops said:

It's on high power and In the bios, it shows nothing related to chips.

does your laptop detect the nvidia card properly? Does it show up in device manager?

run a benchmark with it and see which one is utilized. use unigine heaven. 

update the nvidia drivers as well as the intel ones

 

what program are you using that isn't able to use the nvidia chip. 

[FootLoops]

12 hours ago, Pendragon said:

does your laptop detect the nvidia card properly? Does it show up in device manager?

run a benchmark with it and see which one is utilized. use unigine heaven. 

update the nvidia drivers as well as the intel ones

 

what program are you using that isn't able to use the nvidia chip. 

My computer doesn't allow me to update my intel chip drivers, only nvidia. I can see it in device manager. In rainbowsixsiege, it uses intel hd 4600. In overwatch it shows gt 740m, but i get like 30fps avg with my gt. I watched some vids and their fps was a lot higher, like 10fps or 20fps more.