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    3dmark 11 says my xps 15 is running my intel graphics instead of 525m

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by maze11, Jan 30, 2012.

  1. maze11

    maze11 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Any ideas? The bottom tray says 3dmark is using my nvidia under the NVIDIA GPU activity. But I'm getting a 3dmark graphics score of 800.
     
    maze11, Jan 30, 2012
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    ZXRaziel Notebook Consultant

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    I have experienced The same problem with my , after i changed the settings in the nvidia control panel ( i wanted to force ( or make sure )that the 3d mark to only use the nvidia card ) funnyli enough the system started to use the hd3000 gpu , i have set everything back to the original settings ( global settings - auto select ) and everything works as it should again - fast .
     
    ZXRaziel, Jan 30, 2012
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