How to change Primary GPU on a laptop?

[Lawk Duski]

I recently bought an asus laptop with specs: FX 7600P + R9 M280x + 8gb of ram
I downloaded the AMD Crimson drivers and everything is fine except it says primary gpu is R7 graphics that's with the processor and it says M280x is linked, how do I make the M280x primary one?

 

[jetfighter545]

Model number please?

 

[Reaper_7799]

It may be listed as the primary but a lot of the laptops that have a dedicated graphics card also, will run the integrated graphics for desktop and everything else that does not require the use of your video card. I don't think you can really turn that off but download hw monitor or gpuz and have it running and then play a game and you can tell what it's using for the game. It should use the m280x for all 3d related tasks, like games.

 

[Lawk Duski]

Model number please?

its Asus N551ZU

 

[Lawk Duski]

It may be listed as the primary but a lot of the laptops that have a dedicated graphics card also, will run the integrated graphics for desktop and everything else that does not require the use of your video card. I don't think you can really turn that off but download hw monitor or gpuz and have it running and then play a game and you can tell what it's using for the game. It should use the m280x for all 3d related tasks, like games.

the gpu-z shows the R7 one but in the bottom I can select the R9 M280x and it shows R9 M280x specs, but it says Crossfire is disabled (Available)
Do I enable crossfire somehow?

 

[AreH]

Well lawk,

try to enter bios and disable your integrated gpu.This should solve your problem.

Best luck!

 

[jetfighter545]

By default this computer uses the M280x.

 

[Reaper_7799]

No, you shouldn't have to use crossfire, I would just keep it as it is but go to the sensors page, leave gpuz running and turn on a game...alt tab out and go look at gpuz, it should show your 280x running.

 

[Lawk Duski]

Well lawk,

try to enter bios and disable your integrated gpu.This should solve your problem.

Best luck!

how to do that? the bios isn't UFEI, its the blue bios thing lol.

 

[Lawk Duski]

guys I found an option in bios "Primary graphics adaptor" it was set to auto but I changed it to External graphics

EDIT: Nevermind changed it back to auto. laptop wouldn't boot up

 

[BenHysa]

guys I found an option in bios "Primary graphics adaptor" it was set to auto but I changed it to External graphics

EDIT: Nevermind changed it back to auto. laptop wouldn't boot up

And how did you find that in BIOS? Under which tab is that? I cant find anything in bios regarding graphic card.

By the way, I have the same issue. Only r7 is active 🙁