Question Laptop does not select or use the Dedicated Radeon M430/M330 graphic card ,how to make the laptop select it?

[pazdindalal]

HI
I have a HP Notebook - 15-bg001ax
Specs:- https://support.hp.com/in-en/document/c05239793

Product name
HP Notebook - 15-bg001ax
Microprocessor
AMD Quad-Core A8-7410 APU with Radeon™ R5 Graphics (2.2 GHz, up to 2.5 GHz, 2 MB cache)
Memory, standard
4 GB DDR3L-1600 SDRAM (1 x 4 GB)
Video graphics
AMD Radeon™ R5 M430 Graphics (2 GB DDR3 dedicated)
Hard drive
1 TB 5400 rpm SATA

I have tried installing various type of drivers but in all my games it shows that my Laptop is running the R5 APU and not the dedicated M430,I am not sure which driver to install ,I run Windows 10 x64 pro and I recently upgraded my RAM to 8 GB also but still I am unable to use the dedicated graphics. I was hoping to play some low end and mid range games.Please Advise.

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

Go in to device manager, display adapters r5M430, click on it and disable it. Restart your laptop and see if the dedicated gpu takes over.

 

[pazdindalal]

Go in to device manager, display adapters r5M430, click on it and disable it. Restart your laptop and see if the dedicated gpu takes over.

The R5 M430 is the dedicated GPU while the R5 standalone is the integrated APU

 

[pazdindalal]

Device manager pic

 

[pazdindalal]

I also do not know which driver is perfect for my laptop as it is pretty old ,I read somewhere that a particular driver provides you with switchable graphics option

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

The R5 M430 is the dedicated GPU while the R5 standalone is the integrated APU

Oh sorry got my r5's mixed up, disable the apu and gpu should take over.

 

[pazdindalal]

Oh sorry got my r5's mixed up, disable the apu and gpu should take over.

so I should disable the r5 and let m330 stay?

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

Yes disable the Apu graphics, and let the M430 stay as is. It should take over the graphics job.

 

[pazdindalal]

Yes disable the Apu graphics, and let the M430 stay as is. It should take over the graphics job.

Tried it ,when I try to open the AMD radeon control panel it says no AMD graphics driver is installed or the driver is not functioning properly

 

[pazdindalal]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xxaog3DPR9qyVhGjPiH0EbDfbVt86Ffd/view?usp=sharing

Error of AMD control panel

 

[pazdindalal]

I think I need to find the correct driver that enables some sort of switchable graphics option

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

Try the auto detect program for your amd drivers. See if it helps. AMD Drivers and Support for Radeon, Radeon Pro, FirePro, APU, CPU, Ryzen, desktops, laptops

 

[pazdindalal]

Try the auto detect program for your amd drivers. See if it helps. AMD Drivers and Support for Radeon, Radeon Pro, FirePro, APU, CPU, Ryzen, desktops, laptops

It didn't work ,still shows R5 and now no option of switchable graphics

 

[pazdindalal]

AMD Control panel

 

[pazdindalal]

should I try something from here ?
https://community.amd.com/t5/graphi...on-r5-integrated-to-radeon-r5-m430/td-p/59497

 

[pazdindalal]

Ok so I installed the above driver,It shows my discrete card to be M330 and the switchable graphics option is available in driver control panel but not in the windows display settings when I go to select a game and set graphics to high performance

 

[pazdindalal]

ok I have uninstalled the driver and went to HP website and got OEM drivers ,After installing my Discrete GPU is shown M430 and I do get the Catalyst control center where I choose an application and assign high performance but in the Microsoft display graphics settings I still do not see my M430 in it for high performance