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The graphics processing unit built into many Intel processors. Most current processors have Intel HD Graphics 4000 series IGPs; a few use the more advanced Intel Iris and Iris Pro IGPs.

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How do I run the integrated video adaptor alongside the GPU on an intel?

I've got an Asus P8Z77 motherboard with a core i7 3770 processor, and a Geforce 660 video card. I'm running Windows 8. While I primarily use the latter, there's situations where I want to use the ...
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Brightness changes while "Adaptive Brightness" is disabled in Windows 8.1/10 with Intel HD Graphics

The brightness changes with the colors displayed on the screen on my Lenovo Thinkpads with Intel HD Graphics. Light colors make the screen brighter, dark make it darker. Same behavior in Windows 8.1 ...
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how to disable "intel display power saving technology"

I'm using a Dell Vostro 5490 running Windows 10. Under "display adapters," for me it says Intel(R) UHD Graphics NVIDIA GeForce MX250 I tried disabling the Intel Display Power Saving Technology, ...
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How do I know which of my laptop GPUs are running games?

My laptop has 2 GPUs, one of them is the default Intel HD Graphics 3000, and the other the Nvidia Geforce GT 630M. Obviously I want to use the 630M to play my games. How can I assure this is happening?...
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Can I force my laptop to use NVIDIA instead of Intel?

I have a Dell N5110 laptop with integrated Nvidia GeForce GT 525M and an Intel HD Graphics 3000 card; My problem is the default card is the Intel one, and it provides a very bad performance with ...
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Is it possible to use a nVidia GPU to render graphics if the monitor is connected to the motherboard video port?

I have an Asus Z87 Deluxe motherboard, which has an integrated Intel HD 4600 GPU; I also have a nVidia GeForce GTX 560 TI graphics card; currently, my monitor is connected to the graphics card and the ...
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How do I set 1920 x 1200 resolution when monitor is connected via D-Sub cable?

Native resolution of my monitor is 1920 x 1200; however, when I connect it via a D-Sub cable, I can't choose this resolution. Only 1920 x 1080 and 2048 x 1152 are available. How can I make my native ...
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Is it possible to use three screens with Intel HD 3000 integrated graphics?

I'm getting a new Lenovo T520 with Intel integrated graphics. Is it possible to use three screens with Intel HD 3000 (the laptop internal screen + two external screens)?
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What is the maximum display resolution on the Intel HD Graphics 4000 chipset on a Lenovo t430?

What is the maximum display supported by an Intel HD Graphics 4000 chipset on a Lenovo t430? I am considering buying a 1920x1200 monitor and wanted to make sure my graphics could support said ...
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Laptop + 2 Displays Issue

I'd like to extend the display of my ASUS N53SV-SZ038V to two external monitors. The laptop has one HDMI output and one VGA output. I have each connected to an external monitor. The problem is that ...
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Application has been blocked from accessing graphics hardware

When I'm playing CoD Black Ops 3, the game crashes and I get an error that says: Application "blackops3.exe" has been blocked from accessing graphics hardware It crashes always when I play it, ...
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Photoshop sees wrong graphic card

I've got i7 processor, 8 GB of RAM, integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000 and GeForce 540M in my notebook. For some reason in "Edit > Performance > Graphics Processor Settings" Photoshop CS6 sees only ...
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Why does the screen resolution of 1440x900 suddenly disappear from Intel GMA Control Panel?

I'm using a Vostro 1200 laptop with the Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset powering its graphics and running Vista 32-bit SP2. I've been using the Vostro with a Dell SE198WFP LCD Monitor as the ...
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Intel HD4000 with 4k HDMI output on Linux

I wonder if I can output 4k resolution (3840 × 2160) @ 30Hz with a Intel HD4000 graphics using Linux and a single HDMI output. I have a Thinkpad Edge E330 with HDMI 1.4. The CPU is an i5-3210M. I ...
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What hardware device eats up 1.4GB of my 4GB RAM?

I'm using Windows 7 64-bits on a Lenovo 530 notebook with 4GB of RAM. However, my task manager shows that the amount of RAM is only 2.6GB, and resource monitor shows that 1.4 GB is "used by hardware":...
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Windows 10 laptop screen messed up after sleeping

I got Dell Inspirion 7567 with nVidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti and Intel HD 630. Since today, loading after sleeping mode gets me to this: Complete reboot fixes it, but after that, I close laptop lid, re-...
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How can I force my laptop use NVIDIA instead of Intel?

I have a Lenovo G710 laptop with integrated Nvidia GeForce GT 820M and an Intel HD Graphics 4600 card. My problem is the default card is the Intel one and it provides very bad performance with Windows ...
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How to determine number of GPU cores being utilized for a process?

As we know, if there are 4 cores in CPU, then maximum utilization would be 400%, and if the total utilization is 200% then it will be analysed as 2 cores has been used up among 4 cores. Thus in case ...
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Is there a fix for Intel graphics driver problem and sp1 on Windows 7

Windows Update still hasn't given me SP1 yet and I have igdumd64.dll driver is there a fix yet?
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No way my laptop will use nVidia chip instead of integrated graphics

I have tried everything I could find out there, but there is just no way my laptop sets the nVidia GPU as primary chip. I have a 28" 4K monitor plugged on the DisplayPort, and it keeps using the Intel ...
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Three Monitors with Nvidia GeForce GT 525m and Intel HD Graphics on Del XPS 15Z

I have a brand new Dell XPS 15Z as a replacement for my workstation and I am trying to plug the two monitors that I had with my old machine. I have been looking online and asking some of my coworkers ...
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Screen flicker with Intel HD graphics driver

I have Ubuntu and Windows 7 running on my Probook (HP Probook 4530s, core i3/2nd gen/4GB/320GB). It was functioning well. However, the screen started flickering in Win 7. Upon uninstalling the Intel ...
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Stop Windows 8.1 automatically updating the Intel HD Graphics 4000 driver

I have an HP Pavilion g6-2197sa laptop running Windows 8.1. The laptop originally had Windows 7, but I upgraded to 8. When I upgraded again to Windows 8.1, my Intel HD Graphics 4000 driver stopped ...
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I have a NVIDIA GeForce graphics card as well as an integrated Intel HD graphics card

I have a NVIDIA GeForce graphics card as well as an integrated Intel HD graphics card. I know that by default NVIDIA is disabled, so I switched the setting on most of my programs to use NVIDIA however ...
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Sudden "No Signal" in HDMI-DVI connection

Yesterday I have connected external display Asus VW192C to my laptop Dell XPS 14-L421X via HDMI-to-DVI-D cable. And it worked perfectly fine from start. The day after, Asus screen went blank showing "...
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Horrible OpenGL performance on Intel HD Graphics laptop

I’ve been trying to run the ReallySlick screensavers on a laptop for a while now, but some of them do not work (they crash), and the ones that do work have terrible performance and are uselessly slow. ...
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Intel HD driver version 10.18.10.4276 vs 15.33.38.64.4252?

I am having Intel HD driver version 10.18.10.4276 (for Intel® HD Graphics 2500): The Intel Driver Update Utility suggests a new driver 15.33.38.64.4252: but when I install it, it says that this ...
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Intel Graphics saturation setting disappears when using HDMI

I have a little problem. You see the Saturation setting in Color Enhancement is there when you're using the laptop alone, but as soon as I plug in HDMI to a display, that particular setting ...
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How to sync screen resolution and signal resolution

I have a Asus VivoBook S15 laptop, which has an Optimus system (Nvidia MX130 + Intel UHD Graphics 620). I also use a secondary monitor, a very old (around 2008) Samsung SyncMaster 932MW, it supports ...
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Can't disable adaptive brightness

I have a dell latitude 3410 laptop with intel i7 10510u CPU and windows 10 pro 20H2. This device has an adaptive brightness feature (windows feature I guess) I don't like it at all. So I tried to ...
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Clarification about Lucid Virtu [closed]

Finally I've solved my problem. I have installed 3 monitors via DVI/HDMI with one dedicated Nvidia graphics card. I have now my iGPU of the i5-2500k in use for the third monitor. I use a Z68 (P8Z68-V) ...
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Graphics card with Clarkdale

I have finally decided, rather ordered Core i3 530 and ASUS P7H55M Pro. While they are on their way home, I was thinking that H55 chipset uses the Clarkdale's onboard IGP, but what if I add a graphics ...
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How can I use my built-in ATI Radeon instead of Intel HD Graphics for OpenGL?

A few days ago I purchased an HP Pavilion DV6-6166TX laptop with ATI Radeon 6770m 1GB. Just after I started using it, I saw that it included Intel HD Graphics which support OpenGL 3, while the ATI ...
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Intel Graphics Drivers - Hue issues?

I'm running Windows XP SP3. The embedded graphics controller is the Intel GM45 Chipset / Mobile Intel 4 Series Express. The OEM drivers (it's a Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop) are provided only up to 6....
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Black screen after installing Windows 8.1 Update (KB2919355)

This is quite similar to this question, which I see has no answers (so I may just be out of luck). That said, my scenario is slightly different. This morning, I manually updated to Update 1 using ...
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