I was scammed a while back apparently

[Bwopper]

I knew nothing when I bought this for $700 (3-4 years back)

 

UserBenchmarks: Game 12%, Desk 40%, Work 31%
CPU: Intel Core i7-4720HQ - 56.2%
GPU: Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz) - 2.2%
HDD: WD WD10S21X-24R1BT0-SSHD-8GB 1TB - 40.4%
RAM: Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GB - 55.2%
MBD: Lenovo 80DU
Bought it from Best-Buy, came with GeForce GTX sticker.

 

 

I hate my life

 

 

[tikker]

That laptop should have an 860m in it according to the spec sheet. Did you really not notice a missing GPU until 4 years later? I doubt it's missing though... What's the scam exactly? Price looks what I'm used to seeing for relatively high-end laptops.

[Mr.Meerkat]

Google searching "Lenovo 80DU" suggests its a Y70-70 which should have a GTX 860M. Anyway, go into device manager, display adapters and see how many entries are in there. If there are one then the 860M is missing however if there are two then it suggests the 860M is there and it could very well be the graphics drivers somehow got disabled/uninstalled (especially if it says generic display adapter). 

[Bwopper]

4 minutes ago, tikker said:

That laptop should have an 860m in it according to the spec sheet. Did you really not notice a missing GPU until 4 years later? I doubt it's missing though... What's the scam exactly?

It was marketed as a gaming computer

[tikker]

2 minutes ago, Bwopper said:

It was marketed as a gaming computer

And how is that a scam exactly? Technically a laptop is a computer, and you can game reasonably on it since it has a dedicated GPU.

You cannot expect mobile versions to perform on par with their desktop equivalents. It's becoming less true, but still laptops will generally perform a little less due to thermals, for example.

[VVoltor]

2 minutes ago, Bwopper said:

It was marketed as a gaming computer

An i7 with a GTX 860m was a pretty decent gaming system when it came out.

[Bwopper]

5 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Google searching "Lenovo 80DU" suggests its a Y70-70 which should have a GTX 860M. Anyway, go into device manager, display adapters and see how many entries are in there. If there are one then the 860M is missing however if there are two then it suggests the 860M is there and it could very well be the graphics drivers somehow got disabled/uninstalled (especially if it says generic display adapter). 

Oh its there im gonna see how to switch gpu

[tikker]

Just now, Bwopper said:

Oh its there im gonna see how to switch gpu

The display is always handled through the iGPU. Games should be using the dGPU though (something that is easily checked by comparing FPS with benchmarks).

[Mr.Meerkat]

Just now, tikker said:

The display is always handled through the iGPU. Games should be using the dGPU though (something that is easily checked by comparing FPS with benchmarks).

Not quite true, both GPUs drive the display. Nvidia drivers controls which GPU is used where if it detects an application that can use the extra horses, it will switch to the dGPU. 

[Bwopper]

1 minute ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Not quite true, both GPUs drive the display. Nvidia drivers controls which GPU is used where if it detects an application that can use the extra horses, it will switch to the dGPU. 

How do I check if its running

[Mr.Meerkat]

1 minute ago, Bwopper said:

How do I check if its running

Go into Nvidia control panel and it should be somewhere in there. Been a long time since I've had my 840m laptop so I can't quite remember .

[tikker]

5 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Not quite true, both GPUs drive the display. Nvidia drivers controls which GPU is used where if it detects an application that can use the extra horses, it will switch to the dGPU. 

In my experience I could never change the display from the iGPU to the dGPU in the control panel or anywhere, but games were clearly using the dGPU for doing the actual heavy lifting.

[genexis_x]

Go Nvidia control panel, manage 3d settings, set preferred graphics processor to 'high performance Nvidia processor'. If you don't see Nvidia control panel then you might not install the GPU driver yet.

 

Laptop display is driven by iGPU (can't change this) unless it has Gsync enabled

 

Tbh Haswell i7 HQ+860M (960M) is still considered decent. However I noticed that your lappy doesn't have SSD. Time to add one.

Edited April 21, 2018 by ZM Fong

[Bwopper]

51 minutes ago, ZM Fong said:

Go Nvidia control panel, manage 3d settings, set preferred graphics processor to 'high performance Nvidia processor'. If you don't see Nvidia control panel then you might not install the GPU driver yet.

 

Laptop display is driven by iGPU (can't change this) unless it has Gsync enabled

 

Tbh Haswell i7 HQ+860M (960M) is still considered decent. However I noticed that your lappy doesn't have SSD. Time to add one.

I'm not going laptop anymore, cause I am about to build a pc.