My intel gpu is prioritised over gtx 1060, please help

[MRNEWFENCE]

Hey everyone,

Basically I bought a prebuild, it arrived last Thursday, here is the spec;

ASUS GeForce GTX 1060 Dual OC 6GB GDDR5
Corsair Vengeance 16GB DDR4
Windows 10 64bit
ASUS Z270-P Prime Motherboard
Intel i5 7600k Kaby lake @3.8GHz
500GB SSD
4TB HDD

The problem is that my games won't always run on the GTX 1060, for example, I can run Playerunknowns Battlegrounds on ultra @60+FPS, but then when I try to play Rocket League the FPS are around 15, then with the Rocket League ingame settings on high performance and the resolution lowered I may get around 30FPS.

I've read about it online and a common issue seems to be that uncommon/older games tend to run automatically using my Intel Chipset HD 630 onboard card for power saving.

So, 'Asus CPU tweak' detects that my card is in fact ok and working, the GPU is
also present under manage devices -> Display adapters. Plus I figure that it must be using it for Battlegrounds, right?

I have read that you can force use the 1060 GPU using NVIDIA control panel, but this refuses to open stating that my NVIDIA GPU is not connected to a display (so how does
it play battlegrounds?).
A lot of people in forums with a similar problem have been told to do a full uninstall, delete all related NVIDIA files from (C:/), then do a clean install and update my driver manually
 - which I did but it would still not open, giving me the error stated above.

I have tried disabling my Intel HD onboard card via manage devices, but this made Rocket League run even worse and the game still did not run from the 1060 GPU.

The GTX 1060 doesn't have an HDMI out, just what appears to be a DVI (but im not sure), so my HDMI out is connected to the motherboard I assume. Online forums say that plugging directly into the card solves this, but I haven't got a DVI cable so my preferred option is to make Nvidia Control Panel work.

I've read you can go into the BIOS to disable the Intel onboard graphics which forces use of the GTX1060, but is that any different from disabling it via manage devices (which didn't work)? I'm also not comfortable delving that far in, with little experience in altering BIOS'.

So yeah, basically I need NVIDIA control panel to work, to enable custom profiles for games so they run on my GTX 1060.

Any help will be greatly appreciated, thanks!

 

[madmatt30]

You have to have the monitor plugged into the 1060 mate not the motherboard.

Plugging in the motherboard uses the Intel igp only.

 

[madmatt30]

The asus dual has 2 x HDMI outputs, 2 x display port & a dvi-d

On the bottom edge - they may have rubber plugs in which is why you're not seeing them

 

[dontlistentome]

This is really weird. You made this long post about your pre-built computer and didn't even provide the make/model of it. I know what's IN your computer, I just don't know what computer you have. Oh well.

If your videocard only has DVI output, and you want to use that videocard, then you have to connect the monitor to that output. It's that simple. What good is 'forcing' your computer to use the 1060 if you have no monitor connected to it?

 

[dotas1]

As madmatt30 said, that model has 2 DVI and 2 HDMI ports. There is no way in the universe that you can plug your HDMI to mobo and expect GPU to run the graphics. You need to have your HDMI connected ONLY to GPU for it to work.

 

[MRNEWFENCE]

My apologies for not being more specific on the pc;

https://www.thepccustomiser.com/gaming-pc/next-day-gaming-pc-intel-i5-7600k-kaby-lake-nvidia-gtx-1060-107-1979

Thank you all for the feedback, I presumed it was software due to battlegrounds working so smoothly with the HDMI being plugged into the motherboard.
I checked the back of my pc and I only remember there being a DVI port along the metal plate where the gpu is plugged in. Suppose I'll have to buy DVI or open it up to find the 1060 HMDI out, preferably want to find HMDI out.

Atleast I know what the problem is, I'll have a gander and get back to you all, thank you!

 

[madmatt30]

?????? Your card has HDMI outputs !!

 

[MRNEWFENCE]

There is only a DVI on mine, I swear! Lol
Maybe it could need a different bracket or I should check the case, or maybe all these outputs are underneath the metal bracket that currently only has a DVI on it??

 

[dotas1]

Link of image
Here... Not where USB, Lan and sound connections are.

 

[madmatt30]

@MRNEWFENCE - it sounds like they've simply left a PCI slot cover on that should have been removed.

Can you take a picture & upload to www.postimage.io then post a link here.

There is not a single model 1060 on the market that doesn't have HDMI outputs.

Your card will have them 100%

 

[jakubek160]

First of all , change the nvidia gpu as the main one in nvidia control panel. Second thing , use HDMI in your card. Third thing you can reinstall the drivers. To uninstall YOU HAVE TO USE THIS PROGRAM. : http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

 

[MRNEWFENCE]

@madmatt30 - I will be checking and posting a pic as soon as I can, I imagine it was just something during prebuild where they covered it. Thank you very much for all your help and I'll get back to you asap! 😀

 

[dontlistentome]

I thought this might have been one of those pre-builts where the company used a custom version of the component to save money, and they only included a DVI output on the videocard in some crazy attempt to keep prices low. lol That's why make/model can be important to know, so we can see what you're working with.

 

[MRNEWFENCE]

@dontlistentome - could that be a possibility? Did you see anything like that on the link i provided? Hopefully you're wrong about the DVI only lol

 

[MRNEWFENCE]

Ports 1 Dvi D, 2 Hdmi, 2 Display
On the prebuild suppliers website, whew!
Sucks I'm unable to get to my pc atm.