GW2 needs option to select which GPU to use
You should be able to disable the Integrated GPU in the Bios. That way your system will not even recognize it as an option.
Seems odd your 670 should automaticly overide the Intel GPU, try going to your PC power settings make sure it is set to high perfoamnce if it is set to power saver mode that could be why.
Cntroll panle then syten then you can accses the power options from there.
GW2 needs option to select which GPU to use
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Posted by: deltaconnected.4058
I wasn’t aware desktop sandy/ivy had the circuitry for switchable graphics like Optimus laptops. It’s up to the system (or nvidia’s driver through profiles/rightclick) to pick the GPU, not even running as administrator will give a program those permissions.
Plug your monitor into the GTX670 and/or disable the HD4000.
An option to select graphics card needs to be added. My game has been running on max settings since launch, but today it dropped to a crawl at 7fps. My GPU usage was at a whopping 7% usage. After checking different meters, GW2 for some odd reason has picked the integrated HD4000 over my GTX 670. I use my laptop every now and then, which has an ATI card in it. So I assume that was why my graphics options reset, but I don’t understand why the game picks the HD4000 over GTX 670. Please fix this or tell me how to get GW2 to use my GTX 670 again instead of the HD4000.
System:
i7-3770k
16GB DDR3 1866Mhz
Gigabyte GTX 670
2x 128GB Samsung 830 in Raid 0
Asrock Z77 Extreme 4
you need to disable it from the bios. it should be in the onboard device configuration tab.
Yes disabling the HD4000 from bios will stop this, but I shouldn’t have to do this. This issue only happens to GW2, every other game gets the GTX 670 as the gpu. My monitors have always been plugged into the GTX 670. And no it is not in power save mode. It is a desktop, I never switch power options on it.
If this is happening to me, then it will probably happen to someone else. Not everyone is going to figure out GW2 is using the wrong gpu. I saw a few posts talking about low fps, but with different hardware, on the forum. It might be the same issue.