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    Is there anyway to force the 7850m?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by JSHidaka, Jul 27, 2012.

  1. JSHidaka

    JSHidaka Notebook Enthusiast

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    Got some old game that isnt using the card, and @ 1080p the HD4000 isn't enough, is there any way to force the 7850m?

    The Settings, and adding the .exe to High performance isnt working.. guess is more like that after you log it call another "instance" to run the game so dont know what is the program that actually runs the game.

    and same with WEI, it says in both graphics 6.8... and Im sure it was over 7 before I installed the SSD and did a factory restore.
     
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    No, there is not. With the new HP's you either get the Intel HD 4000 full time or a third party flashed chip with AMD 7850m infrastructure (that AMD does not support because it is not an AMD product) full time but HP doesn't have a fix for this and will not either, I'm sure this is not what you wanted to hear but it is at least the truth. Return it...
     
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    Return it coz... cant play a game from 11 yrs ago w/ it -_- you ppl have high standards lol Its like ppl whining coz it get noisy... if this is noisy.. for sure dont know what it really is.
     
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    honestly, the old game might not support the new cards. remember what the gpu's were like 11 years ago?
     
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    Actually, this is using a standard implementation of AMD Enduro (the new dynamic switchable graphics system). Same implementation as Alienware / Clevo / Sager with 7970M; they have the same problem.

    But: DELL/Alienware built a workaround into the system: a separate, physical connection in addition to the ones required for Enduro to allow full-time usage of the Dedicated GPU.

    Notebookcheck.net did a review of the Alienware M17X R4, and they compared performance with Enduro enabled and disabled.

    One of the most staggering examples:

    BF3 Medium settings:
    With Enduro: 40 fps
    Without Enduro: 90 fps

    Everyone needs to yell at both HP and AMD. Get your friends with Sager/Clevo/Alienware 7970M machines to do the same. The real fix comes from drivers. Threaten them that people are switching to equivalent NVIDIA Kepler cards because of this and other problems with their current lacking driver support and as a result losing profits and customers.
     
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    what im alittle confused about is that: is the performance drop also with the other cards 7850m/7750m/7730m or just with 7970m cause if it is with every card, that means these cards are much more powerful than they seem...
     
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    All of the above.
     
    MacHater, Jul 29, 2012
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    ...Is this for real? I feel like some HP goon popped my Envy in the kneecaps on the way out of production :S

    Is there any way to, erm, "fix" it?
     
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    MacHater, Jul 29, 2012
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