Laptop with two graphics cards - how to lock to the best?

Hoggorm

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Hi,

My Multicom Xishan W350E Laptop has two graphics cards installed: Intel HD Graphics 4000 and GeForce GTX 660M. As far as I understand the laptop will start on the lower end Intel card and when called for in for example a game, the GeForce GTX card will start and at the same time a small orange light will indicate that the better card is running.

Unfortunately I have had a few experiences where the orange light has been lit, however the lagging experienced in games are so great that the GeForce card hardly can be running.

Is there a way to force the GeForce to be the only graphics card used and perhaps disable the Intel card? My laptop is always connected to power anyway so I do not need the Intel card to save any battery power.

Thanks for helping.
 

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Great!

I'll try this and hope it Works :)

Thank you for the quick reply!
 

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Windows 7 Home premium, 64 bitIntel Core i7-3820 ProcessorCorsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 16GB CL9HIS Radeon HD 7950 3GB
OS
Windows 7 Home premium, 64 bit
CPU
Intel Core i7-3820 Processor
Motherboard
ASUS P9X79
Memory
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600MHz 16GB CL9
Graphics Card(s)
HIS Radeon HD 7950 3GB
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung S24B300H Monitor
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
Samsung SSD 830 Series 128GB 2.5"
Western Digital Caviar® Green 2TB
Good luck!! There should also be an option in your bios to set it to your discrete card only.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 10 Pro X64Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU OC@ 4.5GHZ Turbo8.00 GB DDR3 1600MhzMSI Gaming X GTX 1070
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dude Build
OS
Windows 10 Pro X64
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU OC@ 4.5GHZ Turbo
Motherboard
MSI Z77A-G45 Gaming
Memory
8.00 GB DDR3 1600Mhz
Graphics Card(s)
MSI Gaming X GTX 1070
Sound Card
Realtek High Definition
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell S23O9W, HP L1710
Screen Resolution
DELL-1920 x 1080 HP-1280 x1024
Hard Drives
Crucial m4 256 SSD, WD 7200RPM 500GB WD 1TB
PSU
Seasonic X650 GOLD
Case
Zalman Z12
Cooling
Antec Kuhler 920
Keyboard
Logitech
Mouse
MSI DS100 Interceptor
Internet Speed
50 down and 5 up
Antivirus
MSE
Browser
Chrome, IE 11
Other Info
Logitech X-620 Speakers
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