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    Help With Optimus Tech...

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by drdoom88, Jul 11, 2011.

  1. drdoom88

    drdoom88 Newbie

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    I'm really frustrated to the point of me wanting to return this stupid laptop. I can't get any of my games to switch over to the GT 555m graphics card on my M14x laptop. I bought this for gaming, not to run the horrible intel integrated graphics chip. How can I either disable the integrated card or make my games recognize that I have an actually useful bit of hardware in this laptop?
     
    drdoom88, Jul 11, 2011
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  2. eats7

    eats7 Notebook Evangelist

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    which nvidia driver are you running?
     
    eats7, Jul 11, 2011
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  3. drdoom88

    drdoom88 Newbie

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    I'm still running the 267.21 driver, every time I try to update to the latest version, the installer says I don't have the correct hardware.
     
    drdoom88, Jul 11, 2011
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    elracing21 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Have you tried adding your games to the "whitelist" in the nvidia control panel?

    Right click on the desktop> click manage 3d settings. Here you can add which programs you want the gfx card to be used for, just add whatever you want to the list. Also you can click on top where it says desktop and check "add run with gfx processor to context" this allows you to right click on most programs before launching them and you can choose to run with either the IGP or the nvidia gfx card.

    You don't need to download any driver to do this.
     
    elracing21, Jul 11, 2011
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  5. eats7

    eats7 Notebook Evangelist

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    okay anything higher then 267 with a a modded inf has had troubles whitelisting stuff for me, so i thought that mighta been your problem, guess not tho lol
     
    eats7, Jul 11, 2011
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    Just do it manually. Right click the program or game you want to open and choose whether to use intel gpu or high performance card.
     
    Benchmade 42, Jul 12, 2011
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    That's really cool. I don't have a problem with whitelisting or even the auto detect but I never knew you could do that. Good to know.
     
    RioRyan, Jul 12, 2011
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    I have tried that, but nothing seems to stick. just to many troubles. i was also getting a couple bsod's with those drivers. hopefully dell will release new drivers soon.
     
    eats7, Jul 12, 2011
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    CGSDR Alien Master Race

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    You need to download a custom .inf file in order to download it.

    Custom .inf Files: Drivers | laptopvideo2go.com
     
    CGSDR, Jul 12, 2011
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    What are the benefits of the new nvidia drivers and what are the necessary steps to upgrade? There is no clear answer on the dell site and tech support sucks when it comes to things like this
     
    elracing21, Jul 13, 2011
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    New drivers are generally a bit more optimised and might get you a few more fps.
     
    /Drakk_, Jul 13, 2011
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    sabbasolo Notebook Guru

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    Yes, but I also had problems with whitelisting when I updated to the newer drivers (using a modified INF). Install was ok, but programs ran on Intel graphics whatever I tried. Back to dell drivers
     
    sabbasolo, Jul 13, 2011
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  13. eats7

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    yep i've been down that road, kind of mad now tho as i've heard gta 4 only runs on 275.33 :(
     
    eats7, Jul 13, 2011
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    What games are you trying to play? Because all of my game are able to play through the Nvidia GPU with the whitlisting stuff (on the Dell's stock version), except for GTA4 which need to update to 275.33.

    The game I play and able to whitelist are: Bad Company 2, Black Ops, C&C 3 TW/KW, SC2, Supreme Commander 2, BF Play 4 Free, BattleForge, Medal of Honor, Crysis 1/2, etc...
     
    CGSDR, Jul 13, 2011
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