Laptop using intergrated graphics instead of dedicated

[teckid23]

I have a laptop with the below specs:
Prossesor : Amd a6-6310 with r4 graphics
Dedicated graphics : R5 M330
Ram : 6 gb (4,95 usable)
Hard drive : 500 gb
Version of amd driver : 18.5.1 every newer version will cause mouse lag
In a lot of games i have noticed that the r4 graphics are being used instead of the r5 dedicated graphics
Games i tested:
Rust
CS:GO
CoD:MW2

 

[jay32267]

Many times....there is an option in the BIOS to set which graphics to use. Perhaps that is not set properly.

 

[teckid23]

Well i have tried to fix it with the bios but i havent found out anything that has to do with managing graphics

 

[jay32267]

I think it's very strange that it's only in some games though. I thin this tends to point away from the BIOS.

How do you know it's switching back and forth? Do you have monitors plugged into both jacks or are you switching the cable back and forth?

 

[teckid23]

No it happens on all the games, but the games i mentioned are the ones i know for a fact are using the wrong graphics card. Moreover i just use the laptops display without any externaly ones pluged in

 

[jay32267]

Ah yes....I forgot it was a laptop.
....anyway.....what tells you which graphics card is being used?

 

[teckid23]

Well on rust the info tab is listing under graphics card r4 graphics and task manager show that the r5 graphics are not used at all while the r4 graphics are the only ones used while gaming

 

[shknawe]

Go to device manager, right click on r5 graphics card and hit enable. That should set it up correctly. If it says disable then it is already running as primary graphics driver.

 

[jay32267]

^^^^That might be it right there.

 

[poopflinger]

One way to use to the dedicated instead of the integrated graphics is to disable the integrated graphics in the device manager. You simply select it and hit "disable". Your screen will flicker and your dedicated graphics should kick right in.

 

[rgd1101]

personally, I wouldn't disable igpu in bios.

 

[teckid23]

Well i went to the device manager and disabled the igpu and then my laptop reported runing on microsoft display adaptor driver Idk why

 

[poopflinger]

Well i went to the device manager and disabled the igpu and then my laptop reported runing on microsoft display adaptor driver Idk why

Make sure you have the latest radeon drivers installed

 

[teckid23]

Well i figured out right now that the verion 18.8.1 enables crossfire and uses both my igpu and dgpu so thanks guys

 

[poopflinger]

Well i figured out right now that the verion 18.8.1 enables crossfire and uses both my igpu and dgpu so thanks guys

So you disabled crossfire and everything works fine now? Did you still have to disable the iGPU in the device manager?