Acer Laptop: Switchable Graphics using i7 & AMD Radeon

[Otase]

lol i updated bios to version 1.19 and realy wonder what diference could it make...

Acer probably trolling with us, im prety sure...

 

[CannibalOSX]

I tried leshcat's drivers, however they seem to have made it worse. BF3 has noticeably lower fps, dropped by 15-20.

 

[Lak3rsFan]

I bought this laptop last week, and knew about the switchable graphics, but didn't know I couldn't make the 6650M my primary . I've tried everything everyone said, and like everyone said, still no luck.

I can play games like Shogun 2, Skyrim, BF3 on high but it only notices the Intel HD card and not the 6650M. Kinda upsetting, this laptop is a great laptop for its price (Acer 7750G-6662)

I had spoken to reps on Acer support, and they even took me to level 2 and level 3 and all of them said they had no idea what do to. I told them about creating a ticket for something to do in BIOS, and they said that they'll see what they can do.

I guess we'll have to wait

 

[popeye1953]

BIOS 1.20 is out. Still no option for ATI/AMD card only.

 

[Lak3rsFan]

Should we update BIOS?

 

[popeye1953]

Should we update BIOS?

I did but have no idea what it fixes. Acer isn't bothering to describe what the update does.

 

[Lak3rsFan]

Well did you do the update to BIOS? Because 1.19 caused the computer to run a bit hot, that's why I didn't update it.

 

[popeye1953]

Well did you do the update to BIOS? Because 1.19 caused the computer to run a bit hot, that's why I didn't update it.

I did 1.19 too. Not running hot here.

 

[Otase]

Just updated it and no heat diference, before seemed liked it
but it was actualy the ambient temp that was higher and i never noticed it lol.
Dont forget cpu temp can change drasticaly depending of your ambient temp.

Lastly i advice not using turbo boost and just set cpu 99% with power management,
i got no lags with it, can run any games prety fine, on near summer using 98% as it can take less 10C, any demanding game wont lag still and cpu at max workload doesnt pass 55C.

 

[Lak3rsFan]

So nobody knows what exactly the BIOS update was?

 

[Otase]

So nobody knows what exactly the BIOS update was?

Exactly and this makes Acer the bigest Troller ever :/
next time i prefer to pay a bit more for better chances on stable hardware lol,
even Toshiba did do better ventilation to the laptop as i saw lot vent holes on heat pipe in their recent models, Acer definitly only wana sell and no single care for the user
No lol i definitly wont support Acer anymore.

 

[destiNATION]

Hi guys..

last week i bought the Acer 7750g-2434g50..
After a few days i wondered why my Battery drops so fast! Then i suddenly realized that my Intel HD 3000 graphics isnt installed!

I contacted the Acer support about this Problem and they told me that the Intel VGA isnt activated in bios (and there is no option to activate it)

Are they kidding?!
I buy a Notebook with i5 cpu ..with integrated Intel VGA ..and they dont let me activate it?!

So..anyone can help me with this Problem?!..cause its kinda stupid just to have my ATI 6850m activated..cause it drops my Battery very fast..


(sry for my bad english..i am from germany ...and i wrote this at work ^^)

 

[Otase]

lol theres so many things you can do to not let battery drop fast,
actualy graphic card saving power wont change much for sure,
what takes battery fast is actualy your cpu and big screen there IMO,
on win7 power management make cpu use 98% so he doesnt activate turbo boost also.

I also have battery droping fast,
doesnt mater a thing what graphic card your using at all since its your cpu doing most work.

Your complaining for that? how about us who actualy dont wana use that crap intel integrated vga? and only wana use Radeon? as if that crapy vga would make a diference to your battery lol...

 

[TVeblen]

Your 17" screen is a major contributor. The display and GPU are major contributors to power consumption (behind #1 - the CPU - as Otase said) and a bigger screen uses more power.

Interesting experiment along these lines here:
Coding Horror: Revisiting "How Much Power Does My Laptop Really Use"?

 

[Lak3rsFan]

So no update on the switchable issue yet . It's sad to see that I can't run high graphics on games like L4D2, Skyrim and such ..

 

[RocketsFan]

Wanted to bring this topic up again as I just purchased the 7750G from Newegg and seem to be having the same problems with the switchable graphics. Regardless of what I set the program to in CCC (High Performance, etc.) it seems that the programs are defaulting back to the integrated Intel card. (Just purchased The Witcher: Enhanced Edition from Steam.)

My computer came with BIOS v. 1.12 running. Acer has up to 1.20 on their support site. I haven't flashed yet but will probably do so tonight. Anybody have any problems flashing to 1.20 during or after? Did it help with the graphics issues? On the Newegg reviews one guy said his onboard fan quit working after 1.13.

Also, Acer support is probably the worst I've ever experienced.

 

[Lak3rsFan]

I'm on 1.20 same laptop as you, and no problems so far!

 

[RocketsFan]

I'm on 1.20 same laptop as you, and no problems so far!

Did it help at all with being able to manually select the graphics card? Is that in the new BIOS?

Or is it still a CCC option of "High Performance" or "Power Saving"?

EDIT: Sorry I just saw where Popeye said earlier in the thread that the BIOS update to 1.20 did not include this feature. Lak3rsFan, have you figured anything out post 1.2 BIOS update with the switchable graphics? Is yours working correctly now?

 

[Lak3rsFan]

Nope, still cannot each either man. It's annoying, I have all these games, that I wanna use the 2GB Radeon card, and all it does is just recognize the Intel HD Gfx card.

 

[RocketsFan]

Nope, still cannot each either man. It's annoying, I have all these games, that I wanna use the 2GB Radeon card, and all it does is just recognize the Intel HD Gfx card.

This is unfortunate! :shock: lol