Graphics card not appearing as main one?

yuricuri · Feb 12, 2013

Hello,
First of, I would like to thank the people who put together this site, and everyone on here for there time to help users with questions.
Secondly,
I just purchased a HP Envy DV6-7250CA with Windows 8 Home Edition x64.
It has a NVIDIA Geforce 630m 2gb graphics card.
When I turned the computer on, followed the instructions and setup windows 8, i then proceeded to right click on the desktop, and went to screen resolution.
The display read, Mobile PC Display.
I then clicked on Advanced Settings, and the adapter type reads Intel HD Graphics 4000.
In the device manager, under Display, I have Intel HD Graphics 4000, and Nvidia 630m Geforce.
I have tried to disable the Intel HD Graphics 4000. and Now when I go to display properties, it Lists Generic, instead of Mobile PC. I have re-enabled Intel HD Graphics 4000, and it shows Mobile PC Display.
I have contacted HP regarding this matter. They advised me to download, through the link they have sent me, the NVidia Geforce 630m 2gb driver from there site, which I did, and reinstalled it. They also said to me that when I right click on desk top, I should have an option that says "Switchable Graphics". But that is not so.
Am I supposed to disable something in UEFI or in BIOS then to make the display adapter appear as NVIDIA Geforce 630M instead of Intel HD Graphics 4000 when I right click on desktop and go to screen resolution, then advanced settings. Or is this just the way its supposed to be.
I guess what i asking, how do I make the Nvidia Geforce 630m my main adapter?
Or is it supposed to be like this.
HP cant seem to answer me.
Can anyone please assist me with this.
Regards,
Yuri
Thank you.

alphanumeric · Feb 16, 2013

I do believe you need the custom video driver from HP. I've seen other posts dealing with dual graphics cards in laptops with similar problems, and the manufacturers drivers are what are recommended.

yuricuri · Feb 16, 2013

What I found was if I go to the Nvidia Control Panel and then to Set PhysX Configuration, from the the select PhysX processor drop down menu, I found the option Auto-select, CPU, or GeForce 630M.
That solved my question. Thank you for your time and effort.

alphanumeric · Feb 17, 2013

That should work for you, but it's my understanding it should switch on its own when need be? Just be aware that doing that will likely lock out the Intel HD graphics. Your laptop would normally switch to the less power hungry graphics card to save battery power. The HP graphics driver has that functionality built into it, other drivers from Intel or NVidia may not. Also keep in mind that I don't have such a beast so I'm just going by what I have read in other posts.

yuricuri · Feb 17, 2013

Okay, thank you for your information, I have switched it to "Auto-select (recommended)", instead of the NVidia GeForce630M full time.

bassfisher6522 · Feb 17, 2013

I wonder if there is a way to verify this while actually gaming, to be able to see if the switch did indeed take place?

yuricuri · Feb 17, 2013

I am not sure if there is a way to tell. But I tried DeadSpace 3, and it is running just the same, with the maximum graphic settings, when i have the PhysX processor set to GeForce 630M, as i do now with "auto-select". The game play is amazing. But if there is a tool out there to tell us, that would be great.

archie123 · Feb 17, 2013

turn off onboard graphics in your bios and force it to use the dedicated card

yuricuri · Feb 17, 2013

There is no option in UEFI to turn of onboard graphics, I havent been able to find it yet. This new HP ENVY DV6-7250ca doesnt use BIOS, it uses UEFI. Maybe I am mistaken, and not quite using the proper terminology. But I will try looking around again. Thank you.

archie123 · Feb 17, 2013

oh i see , i thought UEFI was just an interface for windows (they have been around for years they just decided to give it a name now have they?) I didnt realise you couldnt still access the bios "manually" (what a load of rubbish ha ha )

yuricuri · Feb 17, 2013

I maybe mistaken. Im not quite sure, i will look into it more after work. Thank you archie

Hopachi · Feb 17, 2013

yuricuri said:
Hello,
First of, I would like to thank the people who put together this site, and everyone on here for there time to help users with questions.
Secondly,
I just purchased a HP Envy DV6-7250CA with Windows 8 Home Edition x64.
It has a NVIDIA Geforce 630m 2gb graphics card.
When I turned the computer on, followed the instructions and setup windows 8, i then proceeded to right click on the desktop, and went to screen resolution.
The display read, Mobile PC Display.
I then clicked on Advanced Settings, and the adapter type reads Intel HD Graphics 4000.
In the device manager, under Display, I have Intel HD Graphics 4000, and Nvidia 630m Geforce.
I have tried to disable the Intel HD Graphics 4000. and Now when I go to display properties, it Lists Generic, instead of Mobile PC. I have re-enabled Intel HD Graphics 4000, and it shows Mobile PC Display.
I have contacted HP regarding this matter. They advised me to download, through the link they have sent me, the NVidia Geforce 630m 2gb driver from there site, which I did, and reinstalled it. They also said to me that when I right click on desk top, I should have an option that says "Switchable Graphics". But that is not so.
Am I supposed to disable something in UEFI or in BIOS then to make the display adapter appear as NVIDIA Geforce 630M instead of Intel HD Graphics 4000 when I right click on desktop and go to screen resolution, then advanced settings. Or is this just the way its supposed to be.
I guess what i asking, how do I make the Nvidia Geforce 630m my main adapter?
Or is it supposed to be like this.
HP cant seem to answer me.
Can anyone please assist me with this.
Regards,
Yuri
Thank you.

I have nearly the same stuff here: see specs but didn't said yet dv6-7250eb

There is no problem. it's supposed to be like this.
The two cards switch between each other, if 3D is needed Nvidia card will jump right in.

When you right click on a program you get the choice to run on selected gfx card.
The one that's default (Intel) is not important. So don't worry when you see the menu options.

By the way, the UEFI looks just like the BIOS (UI) from an older dv7 I have. And anyway since we use laptops most advanced options are hidden and locked down so don't search too much for those.

The gfx works great as is just right click and choose the one you need if you don't trust the auto select mode.
As I said, nvidia will be used when 3D is needed.

Important note: the two cards make a team, they communicate with each other: for instance if I run something on Intel and then I stretch the resolution (custom settings on Intel menu) then NVidia will use the same stretched resolution for the same program: very nice.

Cheers
Hopachi

archie123 · Feb 17, 2013

Its the F10 key while booting to enter the bios on a hp usually but after looking around the interweb it seems that HP have disabled the advanced options in bios in the newer models. Im quite sure the setting your looking for isnt in the advanced options. Hopefully they wont have the bios fully locked i have heard some laptop manufacturers have started doing this :/

yuricuri · Feb 17, 2013

Hopachi said:
yuricuri said:

Hello,
First of, I would like to thank the people who put together this site, and everyone on here for there time to help users with questions.
Secondly,
I just purchased a HP Envy DV6-7250CA with Windows 8 Home Edition x64.
It has a NVIDIA Geforce 630m 2gb graphics card.
When I turned the computer on, followed the instructions and setup windows 8, i then proceeded to right click on the desktop, and went to screen resolution.
The display read, Mobile PC Display.
I then clicked on Advanced Settings, and the adapter type reads Intel HD Graphics 4000.
In the device manager, under Display, I have Intel HD Graphics 4000, and Nvidia 630m Geforce.
I have tried to disable the Intel HD Graphics 4000. and Now when I go to display properties, it Lists Generic, instead of Mobile PC. I have re-enabled Intel HD Graphics 4000, and it shows Mobile PC Display.
I have contacted HP regarding this matter. They advised me to download, through the link they have sent me, the NVidia Geforce 630m 2gb driver from there site, which I did, and reinstalled it. They also said to me that when I right click on desk top, I should have an option that says "Switchable Graphics". But that is not so.
Am I supposed to disable something in UEFI or in BIOS then to make the display adapter appear as NVIDIA Geforce 630M instead of Intel HD Graphics 4000 when I right click on desktop and go to screen resolution, then advanced settings. Or is this just the way its supposed to be.
I guess what i asking, how do I make the Nvidia Geforce 630m my main adapter?
Or is it supposed to be like this.
HP cant seem to answer me.
Can anyone please assist me with this.
Regards,
Yuri
Thank you.

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I have nearly the same stuff here: see specs dv6-7250eb

There is no problem. it's supposed to be like this.
The two cards switch between each other, if 3D is needed Nvidia card will jump right in.

When you right click on a program you get the choice to run on selected gfx card.
The one that's default (Intel) is not important. So don't worry when you see the menu options.

By the way, the UEFI looks just like the BIOS (UI) from an older dv7 I have. And anyway since we use laptops most advanced options are hidden and locked down so don't search too much for those.

The gfx works great as is just right click and choose the one you need if you don't trust the auto select mode.
As I said, nvidia will be used when 3D is needed.

Cheers
Hopachi

WOW! Thank you so much!!!!!! I just found what you mean, any app I right click on, it says "Run with graphics card:" and gives me a choice "High preformance NVIDIA" or "Integrated Graphics".

I sincerely appreciate your help with this, and for also explaining to me about the UEFI and not needing to search for those!

Kind Regards, Yuri

yuricuri · Feb 17, 2013

archie123 said:
Its the F10 key while booting to enter the bios on a hp usually but after looking around the interweb it seems that HP have disabled the advanced options in bios in the newer models. Im quite sure the setting your looking for isnt in the advanced options. Hopefully they wont have the bios fully locked i have heard some laptop manufacturers have started doing this :/

Thanks for the information on the F10 key!

Hopachi · Feb 17, 2013

yuricuri said:
WOW! Thank you so much!!!!!! I just found what you mean, any app I right click on, it says "Run with graphics card:" and gives me a choice "High preformance NVIDIA" or "Integrated Graphics".

I sincerely appreciate your help with this, and for also explaining to me about the UEFI and not needing to search for those!

Kind Regards, Yuri

You're welcome.

See this info too,

Important note: the two cards make a team, they communicate with each other: for instance if I run something on Intel and then I stretch the resolution (custom settings on Intel menu) then NVidia will use the same stretched resolution for the same program: very nice.
I was also confused like you did in begin but I kinda like the 2 cards setup now.

Hopachi · Feb 17, 2013

The NVidia Control Panel is pretty empty and many options we knew in the past (older drivers, cards, computers...) are now missing.

BUT the missing options are found in Intel's gfx menus, like for example the stretching, and by changing these settings, NVidia will keep them when running! Great.

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