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    Graphic card problems

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Jalyma, Nov 21, 2015.

  1. Jalyma

    Jalyma Newbie

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    Hi guys
    I have been having alot of problems with my graphic card. it does not seam to run on my dedicated graphic card but my intergraded, and that makes my computer really slow with my i3 with 1.3ghz proseser. i have set my nvidia graphic card to max preformace and still nothing happens. i can go add programs that i want to use with my dedicated graphics card, and then it seem to work, but only with that program. my system runs on the intergraded graphics card and that makes it so slow. pls help i have been trying for i dont know how many hours and tried so many different things, but nothing seem to do the trick. thanks on forhand

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    CPU: Intel(r) core(TM) i3-2357M CPU @ 1.30Ghz
    GPU: GeForce GT 540M
    Ram: 8,00 GB
    Operativ system: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
     
    Jalyma, Nov 21, 2015
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  2. kosti

    kosti Notebook Virtuoso

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    Optimus issue perhaps?

    Check this video out and make sure you are running the latest drivers:

     
    kosti, Nov 22, 2015
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  3. Jalyma

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    yeah i know that, but the problem is that my initiere computer is slow. it takes ages to browse the web because my processor has to do everything. i just wanted to hear if it was possible to get the graphics card to do its job so the processor dosnt have to do it. if you understand what i mean. but thanks for your respond
     
    Jalyma, Nov 29, 2015
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  4. kosti

    kosti Notebook Virtuoso

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    The graphics card will only handle graphics related tasks (like 3D games and HD video). If your entire system is slow, forcing the graphics card to run all the time won't make it take any load off the CPU if the tasks that are running are not graphics related.

    There may be something else causing the slowness such as malware or a failing hard drive. Reboot and load the built-in hard drive diagnostics to check for errors. Do a memory diagnostics as well. Then, do a full system scan for viruses, or better yet, back up your data and reinstall Windows.

    EDIT: I completely forgot about CUDA which offloads processing to the GPU.
     
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    kosti, Nov 29, 2015
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  5. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    Why don't you add there all the programs you use? Did you try to use the FN key to switch GFX cards? There used ot be one on older models.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Dec 3, 2015
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