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    Switchable graphics nightmare!

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Rahul, Sep 2, 2011.

  1. Rahul

    Rahul Notebook Prophet

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    I just purchased an HP DV6-6190us yesterday and am having a lot of difficulty getting the 6770m graphics to run vs the integrated graphics. I installed the recent BIOS update and set it to "fixed" graphics mode. In the Catalyst Control Center, I made sure the "performance" GPU is selected. Even then, older games such as Oblivion only run at 15fps. I switch to the intel graphics, and the same performance results. I get the same results when changing to "dynamic" in the BIOS and using the CCC to run a game using the "performance" GPU. No matter what, I am getting abysmal framerates, and this is also connected to DC power, so there's probably no throttling going on.

    Looks like I have the same issue as a poster on the HP forums with the same model as mine.

    hp dv6-6190us ati card never used - switchable graphics - HP Support Forum

    I'm seeing a lot of discussion on this issue on the internet, which looks to be a huge fiasco for HP. I'd really like to get this fixed ASAP, or I'll have to return this piece of junk today and get an Asus G53 from the store I got it.

    The switchable graphics is a good idea in theory, but is only serving as a massive headache to me and looks like many others as well. I hate that I can't even install the CCC from ATI, but instead forced to use a proprietary version from HP.
     
    Rahul, Sep 2, 2011
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  2. hotstocks

    hotstocks Notebook Consultant

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    Use fixed in bios. If you are on battery it will automatically go to Intel.
    You can then switch it to ATI. Framerates should double. I have the same computer and it works, though I get screen tearing in some games.
     
    hotstocks, Sep 2, 2011
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  3. BeaverRat

    BeaverRat Notebook Consultant

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    I had this problem... I fixed it by completely uninstalling the CCC and GPU drivers using the catylist manager in "add or remove programs". Then use driver sweeper to eliminate the remaining AMD/ATI files. Reinstall the GPU driver software from the HP website and it should work.
     
    BeaverRat, Sep 2, 2011
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