Games not using Nvidia GPU and using Integrated Graphics Card Instead
Hello, First here is a link to an image of specs: http://imgur.com/4IEiLxC
I'm currently stuck on an issue with at least one game (World of Warcraft) and am unable to tell if it extend to other games as well.
The issue is that, despite the Nvidia Control Panel telling me otherwise, World of Warcraft is using my integrated graphics card to run rather than my Nvidia GPU. I first encountered this issue Sunday and was at first unable to get the Control Panel to keep the changes that I was making but after a clean re-installation I was able to get it too keep the changes (using my Nvidia GPU as default) that I made.
On Tuesday the issue returned, this I did not think that it was the same issue because when I looked at the Control Panel it still told me that it was using the Nvidia GPU and not the integrated graphics card. However I posted about the issue on the WoW tech support forums and they identified this in the games gx.log:
"4/14 00:35:17.132 Found Adapter 0: Vender Id 0x8086, Device Id 0x0416 - Sysmem = 0 4/14 00:35:17.149 Found Adapter 1: Vender Id 0x10DE, Device Id 0x119F - Sysmem = 0 4/14 00:35:17.170 Found Adapter 2: Vender Id 0x1414, Device Id 0x008C - Sysmem = 0 4/14 00:35:17.190 Choosing adapter 0
Your game is using the integrated Intel device at this time. You'll need to revisit whatever method you used to force it to use the Nvidia.
Vend ID 8086 is Intel, 10DE is Nvidia"
So clearly although the the Control Panel is showing that the game is using the right card, it is not actually doing so.
So my questions are how can I force this game and potentially any other experiencing this issue to use the correct GPU and how can I ensure that the Nvidia Control Panel is showing me correct information and actually doing what I tell it to?
Any help would be greatly appreciated and any additional information that you need from me I will gladly provide. Thank you for you for taking the time to read this post and any help you can offer.
Posted Apr 15, 2016, 2:25 AM UTC