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I recently received a new alienware 14 in the mail and was having some issues switching between integrated and discrete graphics. When I used the inbuilt benchmark tests in Just Cause 2 i pulled in a modest 15 FPS at low settings. I was wondering why the performance was so low but then I saw that the game was using the integrated intel graphics instead of the discrete nvidia card. I tried to hit fn + f5 but the message "your graphics solution is automatically configured for optimal performance." I have also changed the preferred graphics processor to the nivida one in the nvidia control panel. Is there a way to force the computer to use the nvidia processor instead of the integrated one?

Many thanks,

Nicholas

If it helps: COMPUTER: Alienware 14 | Intel Core i7 4700MQ 2.42 GHz turbo boost up to 3.6 | NVIDIA GeForce 750M with 1 GB GDDR5 | 8 GB RAM | 750 GB HDD 7200 RPM

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  • run OpenHardwareMonitor and look if the nVIDIA is used: openhardwaremonitor.org
    – magicandre1981
    Aug 13, 2014 at 7:48
  • Here is the screenshot from OpenHardwareMonitor:
    – NicholasS
    Aug 13, 2014 at 15:12
  • bayimg.com/eApPpaafm
    – NicholasS
    Aug 13, 2014 at 15:14
  • from the picture you can see that the nVIDIA is in use.
    – magicandre1981
    Aug 14, 2014 at 4:28
  • So is it just that the nvidia processor does not work very well? because I am not quite getting the performance I was hoping for when i purchased the computer...
    – NicholasS
    Aug 15, 2014 at 2:34

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