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nVidia not showing in the drop down.
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LtYarr
Perkone
Caldari State
#1 - 2012-12-27 20:27:12 UTC
Below is what I use to play Eve. My laptop also has an Intel 4000 which is used while on battery to conserve power.

But, when I am in Eve the drop down only shows the Intel card. I have gone to the nVidia control panel and manually added all the Eve exe files so they should be using the higher graphics processor. So, is this just a cosmetic thing, or is this a real issue that needs to be addressed? The game seems to run fine, in fact, I can run two clients on the same laptop with no issues at all.

Thanks in advance for any information.

Alienware M17X R4

3rd Generation Intel Core i7-3740QM (6MB Cache, up to 3.7GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0)

32GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz

17.3-inch WideFHD1920 x 1080 60Hz WLED

2GB GDDR5 Nvidia GeForce GTX 675M

32GB mSATA caching SSD

750GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s

Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit Service Pack 1, English, w/Media

Creative Sound Blaster Recon3Di with THX TruStudio Pro Software
Ki'do
Agents little helpers
#2 - 2012-12-29 10:55:08 UTC
Same Problem for me with an Lenovo IdeaPad Y580 and an GTX660M. Only the internal HD4000 shows up in the graphic option menu.

When running the game on Full Screen (1920x1080 on 15.4), the fps will move between 5-80, don´t know why that is...and don´t know if that is while running the gtx or the hd4000
Dimca
Perkone
#3 - 2012-12-30 13:44:57 UTC
I had same issue with my Optimus Tech(2 GPU's one Intel bundled, and the second from Nvidia) based Toshiba laptop. The solution for me was updating the Nvidia drivers. Now I see both adapters. Moreover, previously, when only one adapter displayed - it was awful performance, now I run 3 windows simultaneously with high settings on.

P.S. bad drivers came from the factory, so even if your laptop is new, it's worth to update those.