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Q. I have an Alienware m11x...I updated some drivers from the manufacturer's website and made sure they were the latest ones. My index score for Gaming Graphics (3D business and gaming graphics performance) just dropped from 6.5 to 4.4! What the hell happened??
Answer
drivers are communication packages that "speak" to the cpu and relevant hardware/software using it, in old drivers you are given specific settings for that one device, however new drivers dont have the same settings and run on new technology, you have downloaded the latest drivers, BUT now other drivers that matched your old drivers need to be updated so they can tie with each other again.
your old drivers had a better match with all your older drivers and settings, because you have updated them, the rest need updated aswel. new drivers dont like old drivers, especially in windows vista and windows 7. as these operating systems use a unique format to register drivers compared to xp.
download uniblue driver scanner (google it) and install and scan your system, takes 15 seconds, this will check ALL your drivers and download new drivers for you, but you choose what ones to install.
hope this helps.
drivers are communication packages that "speak" to the cpu and relevant hardware/software using it, in old drivers you are given specific settings for that one device, however new drivers dont have the same settings and run on new technology, you have downloaded the latest drivers, BUT now other drivers that matched your old drivers need to be updated so they can tie with each other again.
your old drivers had a better match with all your older drivers and settings, because you have updated them, the rest need updated aswel. new drivers dont like old drivers, especially in windows vista and windows 7. as these operating systems use a unique format to register drivers compared to xp.
download uniblue driver scanner (google it) and install and scan your system, takes 15 seconds, this will check ALL your drivers and download new drivers for you, but you choose what ones to install.
hope this helps.
How do I know which graphics card my laptop is using for which things?
Tom
My laptop has an intel HD graphics card onboard and also an nvidia graphics card. I have both enabled but when programs search for what graphics card I am using, the intel one shows up. Is the computer still using the nvidia card?
They're both internal and came with the laptop. Would the computer just automatically relegate desktop activities to the intel HD card and things like gaming to the nvidia card?
The only setting I can find in the power options for graphics say Intel(R) Graphics Settings - Intel(R) Graphics Power Plan - On Battery: Maximum Performance, Plugged in: Maximum Performance. I can't find a setting for the Nvidia card.
Answer
Try this scanner at Nvidia.
You need to install the driver so you can access the control panel.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/performance_group.html
If it is installed you will see a green icon by the clock.
Or right click the desktop and see if Nvidia Control panel is there.
You can also get the driver from your laptop manufacturer.
Go the the main page and click the Support link.
When you open the Nvidia Control Panel click on Manage 3D Settings and add your games and applications ".exe" name to the list. Then the Nvidia will be used when you run it.
Try this scanner at Nvidia.
You need to install the driver so you can access the control panel.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/performance_group.html
If it is installed you will see a green icon by the clock.
Or right click the desktop and see if Nvidia Control panel is there.
You can also get the driver from your laptop manufacturer.
Go the the main page and click the Support link.
When you open the Nvidia Control Panel click on Manage 3D Settings and add your games and applications ".exe" name to the list. Then the Nvidia will be used when you run it.
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