Can't switch from Intel Graphics to nVidia Graphics
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Hi everyone,
I’ve just got a new Windows 8.1 laptop that has both Intel Graphics and an nVidia GT 750M and have found that BMS only detects the Intel card. Now, I have read the other threads posted here with similar issues but none of them seem to have solved the problem for me. So far I have tried updating to the latest drivers (344.11) and forcing the nVidia card to be used in the nVidia Control Panel but that hasn’t made any difference.
Does anyone have any idea why I’m having so much trouble here? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Hi everyone,
I’ve just got a new Windows 8.1 laptop that has both Intel Graphics and an nVidia GT 750M and have found that BMS only detects the Intel card. Now, I have read the other threads posted here with similar issues but none of them seem to have solved the problem for me. So far I have tried updating to the latest drivers (344.11) and forcing the nVidia card to be used in the nVidia Control Panel but that hasn’t made any difference.
Does anyone have any idea why I’m having so much trouble here? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I had the same on win 7. What I did is :
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go to the Nvidia control panel (Window control panel - Hardware and audio - Nvidia control panel).
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go to 3d parameters -> manage 3d parameters.
There, look up “program parameters” tab. Select or add manually “Falcon BMS.exe” and then select explicitly the Nvidia card.
Maybe you did exactly that before, but anyway, that fixed it for me.
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I had the same on win 7. What I did is :
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go to the Nvidia control panel (Window control panel - Hardware and audio - Nvidia control panel).
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go to 3d parameters -> manage 3d parameters.
There, look up “program parameters” tab. Select or add manually “Falcon BMS.exe” and then select explicitly the Nvidia card.
Maybe you did exactly that before, but anyway, that fixed it for me.
Hi, thanks for the reply!
I did try that but unfortunately it doesn’t seem to help. Just checking, when selecting “Falcon BMS.exe” in nVidia Control Panel, the one in “…\Falcon BMS 4.32\Bin\x86\Falcon BMS.exe” is the correct one, right?
EDIT: So I did some testing using GPU-Z and it seems that even though BMS says that the Intel card is being used, the nVidia one is doing all the work! I’ll have to do some more testing though to see if there is any performance increase at all (I was getting stutters before and I thought/hoped it was because of the Intel card).
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Try setting your power settings to “High Performance”. Your current setting maybe at balance or something like that and the setting may not allow the use of the graphics card due to power usage.
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Hi, thanks for the reply!
I did try that but unfortunately it doesn’t seem to help. Just checking, when selecting “Falcon BMS.exe” in nVidia Control Panel, the one in “…\Falcon BMS 4.32\Bin\x86\Falcon BMS.exe” is the correct one, right?
EDIT: So I did some testing using GPU-Z and it seems that even though BMS says that the Intel card is being used, the nVidia one is doing all the work! I’ll have to do some more testing though to see if there is any performance increase at all (I was getting stutters before and I thought/hoped it was because of the Intel card).
I had to reinstall recently and with the Intel card, I got less than 10 fps…. so if you have only some stutters, I think you indeed use the Nvidia.
To get rid of the stutter, go in the launcher -> configuration, and look up the Hardware settings, especially on the settings Shaders. There you can try and test to see when you dont have these anymore.
Try setting your power settings to “High Performance”. Your current setting maybe at balance or something like that and the setting may not allow the use of the graphics card due to power usage.
That can help too, good point.
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Ok quick lesson on high end graphics cards.
I personally have a mid range card with 2GB of DDR5 ram on it, 99 FPS on COD 3 maximum settings and exactly the same in falcon.
You must remember that Falcon was released back in the 1990’s when all this technology was just a pipe dream we used to drool over. The cure.
Intel graphics cards are usually as well as some radion cards, inbuilt into your motherboard. ie they are there whether you want them or not. The cure for the problem is the Boot Sequence of the graphics cards, 1st one in the cue takes over from the other. Falcons intuition on cards is not all that hot, some it picks up on, some it doesnt. Therefore you have to give falcon a helping hand.
For those of you who have never messed with the computer BIOS then I suggest you read the BIOS manual for your make model and revision of PC / MAC / LINUX (Yes BMS works in WINE on LINUX) You need to change the order the graphics cards are prioritised on bootup. Set your slot the graphics card is in to the first in the list of Grahics cards. There are so many I cant list tham all the page would be a mile long. Typical example, the problem your having tells me the boot order is onboard graphics / PCI / PCIE the manual will clarify the meanings. So if your 750 is in the long blue slot thats PCIE, so the boot order needs to be changed to PCIE / onboard/ PCI. Then when you have done that you will come across an option to disable onboard graphics if you arent making use of them for a second monitor. once disabled, then turn the shared memory disabled or as low as it can go.
Hit F10 followed by return, this will reboot your PC into the graphics card first not the onboard one. Sometimes the graphics card will display its own BIOS reading to show its functioning first, not all cards have that feature. Youll take longer to boot up first time out as the default card has changed and the drivers ini files have to be reconfigured.
Now when you go in Falcon, in the graphics setup, there should be a setting of default in the display, along with your graphics card in the pull down.
Check the manufacturers web site for game profiles for the card as it is old one may exist, if not email them and ask for one to be written. They can only say yes or no.
If this all doesnt work, you can always restore the default settings in the BIOS by entering it and using the F5 key to load the default settings.
Rule of thumb, if you dont know how and not 100% sure on what to do, get a pro to do it. Especially with Windows 8 and Windows X ( god help us ).
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Hi, thanks for the reply!
I did try that but unfortunately it doesn’t seem to help. Just checking, when selecting “Falcon BMS.exe” in nVidia Control Panel, the one in “…\Falcon BMS 4.32\Bin\x86\Falcon BMS.exe” is the correct one, right?
EDIT: So I did some testing using GPU-Z and it seems that even though BMS says that the Intel card is being used, the nVidia one is doing all the work! I’ll have to do some more testing though to see if there is any performance increase at all (I was getting stutters before and I thought/hoped it was because of the Intel card).
BMS only detects the Intel card
Don’t be surprise, BMS setup will never show you your nVidia card in the list. This is “normal”.
Just do what Cruz said and ensure that you are forcing the High Perfo card usage from your nVidia setting panel.
It is like this also on my laptop… No need to change anything in the BIOS.
Edit: if you want to check if your nVidia is running BMS, force the Vsync On/Off on the nVidia setting panel, if you see a diference in FPS or some graphic glitches, it mean that your nVidia is actualy selected by BMS whatever the setup shows.
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Ok quick lesson on high end graphics cards.
….Why ?
Why mess with the BIOS, which CAN be troublesome when the nVidia Control Panel does the job …
Why ad this kind of answer, when we are not even sure OP’s card is not detected…
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If you have lucid virtu check the settings also check where your monitor is plugged… it is possible that your pci card does the work and the on board just paints the image… just a thought…
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Ok quick lesson on high end graphics cards.
OK delta just got a laptop, how in your wildest dreams do you connect that to “high end graphics cards”
And the rest of your post is gibberish.
I haven’t worked on a Lap top for a few years but I don’t think he will find a “long blue slot thats PCIE” in there. That’s if can get it apart with out breaking something.
Check the manufacturers web site for game profiles for the card as it is old one may exist, if not email them and ask for one to be written
For Falcon ? :rofl:
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On my laptop, I opened the nvidia control panel, selected manage 3d settings.
Then on the programs tab,
I selected BMS from the list in section 1,
selected the nvidia card in section 2,
left the settings in section 3 alone.Cross check the selected graphics in BMS under graphics options, card, resolution etc.
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