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    disabling Igf

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by samadurai, May 11, 2012.

  1. samadurai

    samadurai Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is it ok to run on the 7970 all the time? I'm always plugged in;i notice when i disble IGX ONLY THE 7970 shows up in device manager.
     
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    SlickDude80 Notebook Prophet

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    Are you on a R4, stock bios? How do you disable integrated graphics on the R4

    I have my integrated disabled...so do all R3 owners with 7970m. So its fine
     
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    There's 2 ways, you can hit the Fn and F7 key to get the prompt to disable IGX and reboot and when you do you'll see in the device manager that the only display driver is the 7970m or you can just install the 7970m driver from Dells website.If you do that without installing the Intel 4000 first you won't have aero effects till you run the WEI.I was very surprised to see a 7.9 for Graphics and Aero
     
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