Aptio BIOS Advanced Settings

[Jyggalag96]

Hey, I recently got HP Pavilion 15 p205nm with R7 M260 graphic card but I cant access CrossFire cuz I need to change something in BIOS, but I cant see Advanced settings tab. Can someone tell me what to do to see it. Please, help, I really need to do this to be able to play Witcher 3 properly 😀 Ty in advance!

 

[Prostar Computer]

What exactly do you need to change?

There should not be anything you need to do in order to see the Advanced properties in BIOS. It's just a tab you scroll over to using your keyboard.

 

[Jyggalag96]

I actually need to change NB Configuration or something like that so that I can enable AMD Hybrid Crossfire (APU and other GPU), but there are no advanced settings even after I updated BIOS to the latest version... Do I need to use some custom BIOS build?

 

[Prostar Computer]

No, you do not need a custom BIOS (assuming there even is one available for your model). According to AMD's compatibility page, you do not have an APU that is supported by hybrid Crossfire:

http://www.amd.com/en-us/innovations/software-technologies/technologies-gaming/dual-graphics#notebook

From the info I pulled up on your model notebook, it looks as though you have an A8 6410. Only the 7200P, 7300, and 7400P series APUs will offer dual graphics with your R7 M260. 🙁

 

[Jyggalag96]

I saw people do crossfire even with cards that are officially unsupported and it works. The reason I wanna do it is that it always report utilization of GPU to me 0-5% even when wanting to play Witcher 3. Game has delay but it wont use other card. Program I was using is HWMonitor.

 

[Prostar Computer]

I saw people do crossfire even with cards that are officially unsupported and it works. The reason I wanna do it is that it always report utilization of GPU to me 0-5% even when wanting to play Witcher 3. Game has delay but it wont use other card. Program I was using is HWMonitor.

The utilization report is probably Enduro getting in the way. Are your drivers updated? (You might want to try using Device Driver Uninstaller for your GPU driver, then install the latest driver available.)

Laptop BIOS options are usually locked down. I don't know of any custom BIOS out there, or any way to open up the options you're looking for. Sorry!