Windows 10: When Intel Graphics is turned off, Monitor does not switch to NVIDIA GPU.

I have recently gotten a new monitor, however, when I decided to play a game on it, it looked fuzzy and laggy. My laptop, which was running the monitor, however, did not. I searched the internet for help concerning this, and I found out how to disable the onboard GPU. When I disabled the onbroad GPU, however, the display switched to "Microsoft Basic Display Driver". Is there a way to get the NVIDIA GPU, rather than this?

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Enable Intel HD Graphics and NVIDIA GPU automatically on Desktop

Hi,

I just upgraded my desktop with the following config:

Intel i5 7400 CPU,

NVIDIA GeForce 1050,

Win 10x64,

etc.

So obviously I have two display ports - one coming from inbuilt Intel HD 630 graphics, and one from my NVIDIA GPU. And for me, only one at a time seems to be working. This seems to be reasonable, however, I read somewhere that application warranting more graphics
power will automatically trigger the GPU.

My query is:

1. If I use the motherboard port (built-in Intel HD 630), will it trigger the NVIDIA GPU automatically? - Doing so does not allow me to access NVIDIA control panel, actually. (Warning appears: You are not currently using a display attached to an NVIDIA GPU)

2. If I plug in my monitor in the GPU port, will Intel HD 630 remain ideal forever? This seems to be the case because when I do this, there are no Intel Graphics Setting options available.

3. Of course as running a desktop no need to worry about power, but if I only want to browse the internet and watch movies, can I switch back-and-forth between these GPUs?

Thanks much,

Sahaj.

 

Switching between discrete NVIDIA GPU and integrated Intel CPU/GPU (?)

Do as Dave instructed but choose Power Saving in place of high performance so that Cyberlink uses Intel HD Graphics.

 

Enable Intel HD Graphics and NVIDIA GPU automatically on Desktop

As Greg mentioned, laptops all have a software (Nvidia = Optimus) that allows the integrated graphics to run as default when there

is no 3D application running. This is necessary to preserve battery charge/life.

Desktop PC's don't have a software, but you can run both integrated and dedicated graphics cards independently, or together.

However, this does not save much power as the dedicated gpu clocks drop way down when in 2D mode, and only ramps up the clock speeds when loading a 3D program/game . The small amount of power saved by using the Intel HD vs Nvidia is not very significant

when battery charge is not a concern.

btw - The Intel HD graphics is part of your cpu. The motherboard just makes the connection.

- I gather you have found the Intel HD graphics settings in your motherboard BIOS, but if not...

Your ASUS mobo may be setup different, or use different terms, but looking in my user manual I am reminded this option is in the
System Agent Configuration > Graphics Configuration.

Here you will find several Intel HD related settings. Among them is - Cpu graphics multi-monitor.

This is disabled by default on my mobo, so if you have not done so, you may want to enable this option.

[ EDIT: I did a little experiment... It used to be that you had to disable/enable one or the other in Device Manager, when connecting

both Integrated and dedicated grapics to the same monitor, but it looks like the
Cpu graphics multi-monitor option in my BIOS makes

it possible to switch between them on a single monitor simply by selecting Display 1 or 2 in the Display Settings.

(I still connect my dedicated gpu to the main monitor and the Intel HD graphics to my second monitor, and I hadn't tried

a single monitor configuration for a few years.) ]

- Yes, the Intel HD options do 'disappear' when monitor 2 is not active, but Nvidia Control Panel remains on the Desktop Context Menu

regardless of if it is in use.

And yes the IntelHD graphics will remain idle when not in use. Still can come in very handy if you have problems with your

Nvidia card, or use a second monitor though.

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