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Questions tagged [discrete-graphics]

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Disable discrete graphics card on MacBook Pro Early 2011

I have an early 2011 MacBook Pro that is affected by the well known problem on the graphics card (AMD 6490M 256MB). Apple Forum thread Hopefully waiting for an Apple replacement program I want to disable the discrete graphics and enable only the…
ApocalypseMike
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2011 MacBook Pro and Discrete Graphics Card

I have an early 2011 MacBook Pro (2.2 GHz Intel Core i7, 8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 memory) running OS 10.8.2. It has two graphics components: an AMD Radeon HD 6750M and a built-in Intel HD Graphics 3000. Since I've had the computer, the screen would get a…
Twitch_City
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Access UEFI Settings with Discrete Card Only

I have an MSI B550 PRO-VDH paired with a Ryzen 5900X CPU (no integrated GPU) and a dedicated GPU (RTX 3080). When I tried upgrading to Windows 11, I found out TPM 2.0 is disabled in the UEFI firmware settings; in order to enable the TPM, I rebooted…
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On a dual-GPU laptop, is using the discrete GPU ever more power efficient?

Given a laptop with a dual integrated/discrete GPU configuration, is it ever more power efficient to use the discrete GPU instead of the integrated? Obviously when writing an email or working on a spreadsheet, the integrated GPU will always use less…
Mahmoud Al-Qudsi
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Should I connect my 2nd monitor to integrated or discrete graphics to maximize 3D performance on the 1st monitor?

I have 2 monitors connected to my PC, and the secondary monitor is used for things that don't really need the power of a discrete GPU. I want to maximize the performance of 3D applications on my primary monitor. Would connecting the secondary…
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How to make browser use discrete Radeon GPU

I recently bought a Samsung Ativ Book 8, which has a AMD Radeon HD 8870M GPU with 2 GB GDDR5. It has AMD catalyst installed to manage switching between GPU's for different apps/power usages. I put all options AMD Catalyst on high performance, and…
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MS Office does not start with NVIDIA card

When I try and start any Microsoft Office product from the discrete graphics card (rather than the integrated card), the program (Excel, Word, etc) crashes immediately rather than starting up. The problem does not occur when using the integrated…
Sanchises
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Does discrete video card use motherboard monitor connector too?

I have Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H motherboard (MB) with installed GTX770 discrete video card. Both MB and video card have sockets to connect monitors. Are these sockets equivalent? For example, if I play resource-consuming 3D game on a monitor, connected…
Dims
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Macbook Pro: disable Win7 discrete GPU with no screen access

Backstory It's a well-documented problem with Macbook Pro 2011 models that from 2014 onwards, the discrete GPUs that are automatically activated and deactivated (or whatever, I'm not going to pretend I know all the words) have started burning out,…
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Is my NVIDIA GT 540M having a hardware failure?

I'm using a Sager NP5160 laptop, which has an NVIDIA GT 540M dGPU as well as integrated graphics. I'm dual-booting Windows 7 and Linux Mint. I've recently noticed issues with games not performing as well as they should when I switch to balanced mode…
gkanwar
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Is using both integrated and discrete graphics card effective? and if so how?

I saw that on standby my GPU uses between 5-10% and with active zoom calls or videos it goes up to 25-30% (Which seems sensible but still a lot of bandwidth). Now I know it is possible to use integrated and discrete graphics card on different…
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Can windows switch between integrated and dedicated gpu without restarting an application

I wanted to mimic Windows behavior of switching GPUs on Linux (Pop!_OS) now that it supports running certain applications on the discrete graphics card while the rest runs on the integrated one. My question is: if a Windows application is running on…
Omar.B
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Using GPU after setting up Discrete Device Assignment (DDA) with Windows 10 VM

I have setup a VM to allow it to use a graphics card through DDA per these instructions (and much other investigation): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/deploy/deploying-graphics-devices-using-dda I can login to…
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Dual 1440p on Radeon HD 7770 and compatibility with FX-770m

I have a Radeon HD 7770 in my desktop with DVI-D I am currently using for a 1440p Crossover monitor. Is there a cheap way to use any of the other ports (Displayport 1.2, HDMI) to work with another of these monitors, which only has a DVI-D input;…
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Power off discrete GPU on Windows without driver

I have a Lenovo Y560 with Core i3-380M (Intel HD 3000 integrated) and HD 5730. Now little story (you can skip this part). It first worked on Windows 7 with original Lenovo drivers. Then I switched to Windows 8 and since the Lenovo drivers wouldn't…
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