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How do I change my primary Graphics Card?
I have recently purchased a HP Pavillion dv6 laptop, with a Radeon Graphics card. However, when I attempted to play a game on it, it worked much slower than I expected it to. I then went and checked the dxdiag utility and saw that the Display was: Mobile Intel(R) HD Graphics, which I believe to be integrated graphics.
Then I went to the Device Manager and ALSO saw that there were two display adapters listed:
1) Mobile Intel(R) HD Graphics
2) Radeon (TM) HD 6490M
My questions are this:
Am I right in saying that my Radeon graphics card is not the primary graphics card?
How can I change my primary graphics card to the Radeon graphics card? I assume its done using BIOS?
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1 Answer
- 9 years ago
Though it is true that you cannot remove integrated graphics (as its built into the "mobo" -- motherboard) you can potentially add in an additional graphics card and then, with some tweaking, set your new one as the primary so that gaming goes smoother.
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