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    force nvidia graphics card in an intel nvidia combo

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by ghostcyber, Oct 4, 2014.

  1. ghostcyber

    ghostcyber Notebook Enthusiast

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    mac has the abilitiy to do this,
    is there any way to do this on a pc with a haswell chipset?

    or a laptop,
    i have a asus ux 302 to be persice..

    any help would be much appreciated, thanks in advance!
     
    ghostcyber, Oct 4, 2014
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  2. Gtanner00

    Gtanner00 Notebook Guru

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    If you right click in the desktop, you can access nvidia control panel. (Not geforce experience ) in there you can set why card is used on a per app basis.
     
    Gtanner00, Oct 4, 2014
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  3. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    It's a soft force yes, hard forcing it would require a mux to switch the displays to dedicated only which is something the apple machines don't have either.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Oct 4, 2014
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    Prostar Computer Company Representative

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    While you can't force it to run exclusively/take over the Intel HD graphics, you can force it on a per application basis per the NVidia Control Panel that Gtanner mentioned. The settings are in "Manage 3D Settings" section.
     
    Prostar Computer, Oct 7, 2014
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