How can I hard disable AMD integrated graphics?

[Dave149]

Exactly what Im saying

[trukntigger]

There's several free programs to extract the windows DVD code. Get install ISO image free at digital river or other sites. Hard part is keeping that CPU graphics from activating.

[Dave149]

I will try disabling the integrated adpter and then install the driver. I wont try to fresh install the windows tho as Im on my vacation and cbb with stuff like that tbh. Besides i dont have my retail win 7 cd with me anyways... I spoke to hp support guy yesterday for 2h and he basically said thats its impossible as Hp puts this setting into bios on some of their laptops and this laptop isnt one of them (bc its cheap I guess).

[trukntigger]

Any luck yet? I did some more digging. Found useful info here - http://leshcatlabs.net. Check forums near top topic about unlocking your graphics full potential. Skimming the article it seems there are ways to do what are attempting and run purely on the descrete and not integrated card mode. Wish I could be of more help, my probook 450 g1 uses a seperate utility to make things happen on the video cards. Once I tell it what to run and how it just does it, like using the launcher in steam. Only headache is the program must start from that launcher. Note: it is not the ati catalyst program, it's called Raptr. I know without it runs default intel 4600 and not ati Radeon hd 8750m

[Dave149]

I actually kinda gave up on it after talking to that Hp guy. I did try to install the leshlabs catalyst driver, but it was exactly the same as the regular catalyst eg. no option to select the graphics cards. I did also install the Amd Raptr utility along with their regular driver after i deleted the leshlabs driver. Amd use it for points gathering, which you can later turn in for free stuff. Is that the Raptr utility you're talking about? I didnt dig very thoroughly thru it, but I didnt find the option I need there. Anyways Im gonna take a look at leshlabs forums and maby install steam ( I dont normally use it as I dislike 3rd hand launchers). A question: can I add and launch single player games thru steam which are allready on my pc, without registering their cd key on steam?

[trukntigger]

Yea, Raptr. Steam launches like Raptr, any title can be added and no cd key needed. All I can say is from what I read if unit out of warranty then if you really want laptop to run descrete graphics only looks like bios hack reflash is best path as per that website forum from my prior post or new system.

[Dave149]

Yeah Ive googled after a constum bios for my laptop, found none tho. It seems as several other Hp bioses with same name as mine (Insyde F.15) are made for laptops that are several years old.

[Dave149]

Ok, maby Im a real noob here... but I installed both Raptr (from raptr.com) and Steam and I cant find any graphics adapter selector whatsoever in both of these applications. I went tru all of the option menus. Besides.. the raptr game "optimisation" made both War thunder and ESO preform even worse then the regular presets. If you indeed have found that option in steam, please point out its location for me:)

Other then that, steam is exatcly the same as it was 5 years ago when I tried it last.

[trukntigger]

Steam games must launch/be added to Raptr. Raptr is the ati tool that gets things running on the discrete graphics and not the internal CPU one. Personally I think bios hack best fix. Make windows operate as tho the internal graphics does not exist

[Dave149]

Yeah, I searched for a bios fix but couldnt find one. So you mean I must add games that are allready on my pc to steam and then add them to raptr? Its, impossible because their not installed on steam, they are located on my pc. They can be run by steam, but steam does not put them into the C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps folder. Thus I can only add my games directly into raptr, which I did, and there was No option in the raptr to select which Gadapter to run them on. In the raptr, there was only 1 option - to "optimize" the games that were either installed or added into it. An optimization that worked worse than the regular options eg. low, medium, high etc graphics setting in the games. So, if you have found the option to select a graphics card adapter in either raptr, or steam utilities, please write me its full path. Thx:)