Changing the Intel HD Graphics Family?

Whenever I run Dxdiag or try to use the website systemrequirementslab, it says "Intel HD Graphics Family" instead of my graphics card, which I believe is aNVIDIA Geforce GT 540M so I don't get an accurate analysis of my computer and I hear that games don't use my real graphics card to its full usage or something. How can I change it so my laptop uses/shows the NVIDIA graphics card and not the Intel HD Graphics Family?

You're using a laptop right? I think it's using what is called switchable graphics. You have to GPUs, a high power and low power one and it switches depending on the task at hand.

You may have to make the switch manually, I'm not sure how's that's done with Nvidia though, I've done it with Radeon before but not GeForce.

You're using a laptop right? I think it's using what is called switchable graphics. You have to GPUs, a high power and low power one and it switches depending on the task at hand.

You may have to make the switch manually, I'm not sure how's that's done with Nvidia though, I've done it with Radeon before but not GeForce.

Marfoo

How'd you switch it manually with your Radeon? Maybe its the same with Geforce.

[QUOTE="Marfoo"]

You're using a laptop right? I think it's using what is called switchable graphics. You have to GPUs, a high power and low power one and it switches depending on the task at hand.

You may have to make the switch manually, I'm not sure how's that's done with Nvidia though, I've done it with Radeon before but not GeForce.

ColdP1zza

How'd you switch it manually with your Radeon? Maybe its the same with Geforce.

[QUOTE="Marfoo"]

You're using a laptop right? I think it's using what is called switchable graphics. You have to GPUs, a high power and low power one and it switches depending on the task at hand.

You may have to make the switch manually, I'm not sure how's that's done with Nvidia though, I've done it with Radeon before but not GeForce.

How'd you switch it manually with your Radeon? Maybe its the same with Geforce.

They really leave the intel gpu enabled? Kind of seems weird and lazy on the manufacturers part.yachtboy

[QUOTE="ColdP1zza"]

[QUOTE="Marfoo"]

How'd you switch it manually with your Radeon? Maybe its the same with Geforce.

Marfoo

They really leave the intel gpu enabled? Kind of seems weird and lazy on the manufacturers part.yachtboy

Alright, that helped with making certain games use the NVIDIA card because some of them like MineCraft were using the Intel Family card making my games lag. But no matter what I do, my dxdiag still shows as Intel Family HD.

[QUOTE="Marfoo"][QUOTE="ColdP1zza"] On the Radeon I would right click, go to the Graphics Options or Properties window (Intel) and there was a "Switch to High Performance Graphics" command. [QUOTE="yachtboy"]They really leave the intel gpu enabled? Kind of seems weird and lazy on the manufacturers part.ColdP1zza

Alright, that helped with making certain games use the NVIDIA card because some of them like MineCraft were using the Intel Family card making my games lag. But no matter what I do, my dxdiag still shows as Intel Family HD.