MSI GT60 2OC doesn't switch to Nvidia 870M GPU when trying to play games.

[Bratalise]

Hey guys, maybe someone can shine some light on why my laptop (MSI GT60 2OC) is doing this. It uses the Intel HD 4600 no matter what I do. When i uninstall the Intel drivers it just uses Microsoft basic display drivers. I cant get the PC to use the 870M no matter what I do. This all started when I tried to update my drivers to 358.91.

Here what I've already tried

-Reinstalled Nvidia Drivers

-Disable Intel Graphics

-Set Nvidia Gpu as default card in Nvidia Control panel

-I reinstalled windows 8.1 because I thought it may have been a software conflict.

-Gpu-Z and afterburner both show 0% gpu load on the Nvidia card and constant load on the Intel.

-I've downgraded the drivers to ones I know worked and still no dice.

-My BIOS doesn't list anything about gpu selection either.

I guess the only thing I haven't tried is checking if the card some how burnt out.

I have a hard time believing the card burnt out since I just recently had the Laptop RMA'd to MSi and they replaced the 770M originally in it with a 870M.

After a Little bit of testing I found that running Fluidmark will actually get the card running. But only for that one application.

Also I'm not 100% convinced it isn't a driver issue as when I enable the Context menu and "Show Run with Graphics Processor" in Nvidia control panel the option never actually shows up.

 

[Laptop_Nerd]

Hi,

First check if both graphics card are listed in Device Manager. It should give you 2 graphics card in Device Manager if they are working properly. Next is they are both listed do a clean install of the driver of the NVIDIA card.
- Go to Device Manager and uninstall the NVIDIA graphics driver.
- Open Programs and Features and uninstall anything related to NVIDIA.
- Download and install the latest driver from it's support site.
- Here's the link: nvidia.com/download/index.aspx
- After the reboot make sure to set all your games back to user the NVIDIA processor.
- If these doesn't work you may need to contact MSI support.