GPU not detected

[HoytArcher]

I just noticed a large preformance decrease in my computer and looked in my system and my gpu (GTX 980M) is not being shown as one of the specs... I think it has defualted to the intergrated grpahics and not detectign the gtx 980m... please help

All drivers are up to date and I havent changed anything recently

 

[webworkings]

Here's the steps on how to set it to default.

1. Open the "Nvidia Control Panel".
2. Select "Manage 3D Settings" under 3D Settings.
3. Click on the "Program Settings" tab and select the program you want to choose a graphics card for from the drop down list.
4. Now select "preferred graphics processor" in the drop down list. (You can see what the automatic option is listed as global setting) If you want to use the dedicated graphics card, select High-performance Nvidia processor.

Once it is running on the right one, test the system again and see if the problem persists.

 

[HoytArcher]

Here's the steps on how to set it to default.

1. Open the "Nvidia Control Panel".
2. Select "Manage 3D Settings" under 3D Settings.
3. Click on the "Program Settings" tab and select the program you want to choose a graphics card for from the drop down list.
4. Now select "preferred graphics processor" in the drop down list. (You can see what the automatic option is listed as global setting) If you want to use the dedicated graphics card, select High-performance Nvidia processor.

Once it is running on the right one, test the system again and see if the problem persists.

 

[HoytArcher]

Thanks, but in the end it was an out of date driver - it just thought it was updated. I just had to manually reinstall the driver rather than automatically searching for an updated version online.

 

[webworkings]

Ah ha. Yeah that would do it. Glad you sorted it out.