Yui Kitamura
Banned
Hey all, I'm fixing up a friends laptop for him because he wants to sell it to a mutual friend of ours; However, I've been tasked with upgrading from win8 to win7 on this laptop, which actually went smoother than I though. I've installed every single driver EXCEPT for the gpu. I have absolutely no idea what gpu it has. I clearly remember way back when that this computer had an AMD gpu that ran better than my current computers nvidia 660m.
When going to the driver support page, it says the computer has an nvidia gpu, despite the fact that when I try to install the provided driver I get "The graphics driver could not find compatible graphics hardware." I get the same error when using Geforce experience, and before anyone suggests that I'm on the wrong drivers page, the back of the computer specifically states it as a q400a, and looking up the drivers via serial number brings me to the same result.
AMD driver identifier says it can't identify anything, and a program I use called driver identifier can't see an nvidia or AMD gpu.
Upon looking around online, I've found reports that this computer does not actually have a dedicated gpu. DESPITE there being an nvidia download on the drivers page, and the fact that I know it has played games such as Path of Exile, League of Legends, and DayZ FLAWLESSLY. I don't think that's possible on an intel 4000 integrated chip.
Anyway, I'm confused. So very, very confused. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
When going to the driver support page, it says the computer has an nvidia gpu, despite the fact that when I try to install the provided driver I get "The graphics driver could not find compatible graphics hardware." I get the same error when using Geforce experience, and before anyone suggests that I'm on the wrong drivers page, the back of the computer specifically states it as a q400a, and looking up the drivers via serial number brings me to the same result.
AMD driver identifier says it can't identify anything, and a program I use called driver identifier can't see an nvidia or AMD gpu.
Upon looking around online, I've found reports that this computer does not actually have a dedicated gpu. DESPITE there being an nvidia download on the drivers page, and the fact that I know it has played games such as Path of Exile, League of Legends, and DayZ FLAWLESSLY. I don't think that's possible on an intel 4000 integrated chip.
Anyway, I'm confused. So very, very confused. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Home Premium x64Intel Core i7-3630QM8GB DDR3 12800 and 4GB DDR3 10600Nvidia GeForce GTX 660M
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- MSI
- OS
- Windows 7 Home Premium x64
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-3630QM
- Motherboard
- MSI MS-16GA
- Memory
- 8GB DDR3 12800 and 4GB DDR3 10600
- Graphics Card(s)
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 660M
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 1600x900 second monitor
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- 687 GB 5400rpm Internal
285 GB 5400rpm External
- Mouse
- Steelseries Sensei MLG edition
- Antivirus
- None
- Browser
- Google Chrome
