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    Skyrim does not recognize GPU m17x r3

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by CleaningService, Sep 4, 2012.

  1. CleaningService

    CleaningService Notebook Consultant

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    Hi,

    I have an r3 with the 460m-non 3d, optimus. Skyrim does not want to use the high performance gpu even whitlisting both the launcher and the game, as well as right-clicking and running the high performance card.

    What to do?

    I am running 306.02 GPU drivers
     
    CleaningService, Sep 4, 2012
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  2. aznpos531

    aznpos531 Notebook Evangelist

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    Only thing I can think of is to disable your integrated graphics.
     
    aznpos531, Sep 4, 2012
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  3. Alienware-Luis_Pardo

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    Try to rollback to the latest drivers released by dell. Follow these steps to correctly re-install the video driver.

    You can also use driver sweeper or driver fusion to clean up the registry before installing the driver to avoid future conflicts.
     
    Alienware-Luis_Pardo, Sep 4, 2012
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  4. YodaGoneMad

    YodaGoneMad Notebook Deity

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    Are you using any graphics mods, anything that has you put a dll in the game directory? If so then you will need to hexedit the exe a bit to get it to work with optimus.
     
    YodaGoneMad, Sep 4, 2012
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