Laptop doesn't recognise GPU?

[ThomJV]

Sup folks,

 

I recently bought the HP Power Pavilion laptop which has a GTX 1050 4GB.

However when running games, it appears that the GPU isn't detected, such as the launcher for NCG: Wreckfest (picture below).

I also ran the SteamVR test just for the fun of it and it said that my laptop was limited by the GPU "Intel(R) HD Graphics 630"

Am I doing something wrong? The Nvidia control panel recognizes the GPU, but applications don't, it seems.

Or am I just being stupid?

 

Thanks in advance,

Cheers,

TJ

[RileyTheFox]

2 minutes ago, ThomJV said:

Sup folks,

 

I recently bought the HP Power Pavilion laptop which has a GTX 1050 4GB.

However when running games, it appears that the GPU isn't detected, such as the launcher for NCG: Wreckfest (picture below).

I also ran the SteamVR test just for the fun of it and it said that my laptop was limited by the GPU "Intel(R) HD Graphics 630"

Am I doing something wrong? The Nvidia control panel recognizes the GPU, but applications don't, it seems.

Or am I just being stupid?

 

Thanks in advance,

Cheers,

TJ

Are you running off an external monitor? If so, unplug it. I've personally never owned a laptop after 2012 so I don't really know. Try accessing the BIOS and enabling CPU Multi Monitor too

[ThomJV]

Just now, EvilCat70 said:

Are you running off an external monitor? If so, unplug it. I've personally never owned a laptop after 2012 so I don't really know. Try accessing the BIOS and enabling CPU Multi Monitor too

No, just off of the laptop screen.

[RileyTheFox]

Just now, ThomJV said:

No, just off of the laptop screen.

Alright, do the BIOS steps and tell me if anything's changed. Also, seen as you aren't using an external monitor, try using one. 

[ThomJV]

Just now, EvilCat70 said:

Alright, do the BIOS steps and tell me if anything's changed. Also, seen as you aren't using an external monitor, try using one. 

For now, I did find this in the Nvidia control panel:

On the right it says "Laptop monitor"

[RileyTheFox]

2 minutes ago, ThomJV said:

For now, I did find this in the Nvidia control panel:

On the right it says "Laptop monitor"

Are you able to change what it runs off? 

[genexis_x]

10 minutes ago, ThomJV said:

For now, I did find this in the Nvidia control panel:

On the right it says "Laptop monitor"

In laptops, monitor graphics is powered by Intel Graphics so it's completely normal.
Go to manage 3D settings, set preferred graphics processor to High-performance Nvidia processor

Also, SteamVR appears to recognize laptop iGPU. I did the test before, performance test is using the dGPU but result shows iGPU

[ThomJV]

3 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

In laptops, monitor graphics is powered by Intel Graphics so it's completely normal.
Go to manage 3D settings, set preferred graphics processor to High-performance Nvidia processor
 

I'll try that, thanks.

3 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

Also, SteamVR appears to recognize laptop iGPU. I did the test before, performance test is using the dGPU but result shows iGPU

Makes sense, performance was way too good for Intel HD Graphics

[ThomJV]

10 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

Go to manage 3D settings, set preferred graphics processor to High-performance Nvidia processor

This fixed my problem with the NCG: Wreckfest launcher. It now recognizes the 1050, thanks!

For some reason this remains the same (image) but I assume that it's still running off of the 1050 when using the laptop monitor, seeing as how the performance is on par with what the 1050 promised.