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‎08-20-2016 07:29 AM - edited ‎08-20-2016 07:31 AM

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Product: Pavilion 17t
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I'm going through the initial setup of the the new system which includes the Nvidia graphics. All drivers, devices, etc, seem to be installed for it but when I check the display adapter properties it shows that I'm running on the integrated Intel 530 graphics and not the Nvidia controller. I can't find any setting that will allow me to switch between graphics controllers. What am I missing?

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‎08-20-2016 10:07 AM

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The Architect2

 

Hello;

Allow me to welcome you to the HP forums!

What you're missing is that your laptop has something known as Switchable Graphics -- the presence of two different video chips.  The Operating System, not you, does the switching and that is based on the graphics load being presented by the apps running at the time.

 

There is no way you can manually switch between the two.

 

This is how it works.


Good Luck



I am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor represent, HP

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‎08-20-2016 10:07 AM

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The Architect2

 

Hello;

Allow me to welcome you to the HP forums!

What you're missing is that your laptop has something known as Switchable Graphics -- the presence of two different video chips.  The Operating System, not you, does the switching and that is based on the graphics load being presented by the apps running at the time.

 

There is no way you can manually switch between the two.

 

This is how it works.


Good Luck



I am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor represent, HP
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‎08-21-2016 10:25 AM

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I had suspected something like that may have been the case. Just haven't seen it before.

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