Guild Wars 2

I have a little issue or a question not sure
I got a new laptop Dell 5521
It has 2 built in graphics cards
Intel HD 400 & AMD Radeon HD 8730M

Is there a way to tell if the game is running on which card?
I want it actually to be using the AMD Radeon HD 8730M to use max. graphics & everything.

Just a little info:
I know that the new laptops has this technology which has 2 graphic cards, Intel HD for the desktop and when running games it switches automatically
But i’m not sure if it does.

So is there a way to disable the Intel graphic card by any mean permanently & I’ve tried to open the BIOS, it has minimal options & I can’t find a way to disable the Intel card.

Second
Is there a way INGAME to check which graphic card it’s using? I’ve tried to search everywhere, but couldn’t tell

Your help is much appreciated.

Hmm, I only have experience with AMD Dual Graphics tech, but I imagine that, and Intel/AMD Hybrid setups both use the same general Switchable Graphics thing.

CCC should have a section specifically to tell what programs run on what GPU (have to enable monitoring via that section, then start up GW2).

If you have your power preference with switchable graphics when plugged in to “Maximum Performance” (default is Optimize Performance), anything (unless otherwise specified) will run on the dGPU.

Another option is to overlay GPU stats into games using RadeonPro or MSI Afterburner. Both programs were rather sketchy on my dual graphics setup though. Could just check GPU usage with a program like GPU-Z though.

You might be able to check with GPU-Z. You can select each GPU separately and then monitor the AMD one, go play the game and when you alt-tab back to GPU-Z you can see if the AMD GPU was running or idling.

Behellagh.1468:

You might be able to check with GPU-Z. You can select each GPU separately and then monitor the AMD one, go play the game and when you alt-tab back to GPU-Z you can see if the AMD GPU was running or idling.

Just a handy tip; if you’re going to use GPU-Z, you may want to make sure you either:

A: Have something running on the dGPU to make it active, or
B: Disable ULPS

On my dual graphics laptop, GPU-Z caused my computer to BSoD when it started up because it couldn’t poll the dGPU properly. Doing one of the above though fixed this.

By default though, if nothing is using the dGPU, it will go into a low-power state and be turned off (ULPS). Works great for power saving. Very mixed results though with certain programs. RadeonPro detects the dGPU regardless of it being on or off. GPU-Z as I mentioned can have issues if the dGPU is off. AMD’s own OverDrive program doesn’t see the dGPU regardless…

All right. Important safety tip. Thanks, Egon.

Thank you guys for all the info & answering my silly question
After some more digging I found this software “AMD System Monitor”
It shows exactly which GPU is being using while on the desktop or browsing internet & when playing games

I ran it & on normal desktop/browsing it was using the Intel HD & after I ran Guild Wars 2, It was showing that the AMD Radeon HD 8730M was being used.

So everything seems to be perfectly fine, MAX graphics & all good.

Thanks again for taking time to answer this guys