welcome to the forum. first response was gagged by CL.

Quote: Looking
for a way to switch from integrated Intel graphics to my GTX 860 M
graphics. PD 14 website said go back before 340.43 driver which can't
run on my laptop.Then tech support at Cyberlink said reload the
latest driver, 368.22. This latest driver will not allow me to get away
from Intel graphics?So what to do???

you can try workaround. original post -> http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/47331.page#246514

' you have neutered first gen Maxwell chipset like my GTX 750Ti(use to, now i have GTX950).

if you've followed instruction on -> http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/25/46836.page

you can activate the your GTX 960M to use HA.



just follow instructions carefully download only your 32bit or 64bit OS.

save the original files, PDR.exe & PDR.exe.manifest. it means make copy of the original preferably in NTFS file in

my documents folder.



for example 64bit OS -> 1. Go to PowerDirector installation folder, C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDirector14.

Find the 2 files "PDR.exe" and "PDR.exe.manifest" and rename them to "PDR14.exe" and "PDR14.exe.manifest".



2. download 64bit: http://download.cyberlink.com/ftpdload/cs/tool/GpuUtility/64bit/GpuUtility.dll

put it in the folder -> C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDirector14\CESdlls\



3. Download the files "GpuUtilityEx_ENABLE_VGA.exe" and "GpuUtilityEx_ENABLE_VGA.exe.manifest"

64bit: http://download.cyberlink.com/ftpdload/cs/tool/Gpu...it/GpuUtilityEx_ENABLE_VGA.exe and

64bit: http://download.cyberlink.com/ftpdload/cs/tool/Gpu...lityEx_ENABLE_VGA.exe.manifest

remember both files go to the folder path -> C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDirector14



now reboot your laptop.

after reboot, right click on PDR14.exe and choose the option to run the software by NVIDIA GPU...



i don't have any clue what is inspector gen is. does it matter not a whole lot. just to confuse people

i guess.



alright to summarize what i said.

copy of PDR.EXE & PDR.exe.manifest should be in My Documents folder.



second PDR.EXE & PDR.exe.manifest should be renamed to PDR14.EXE & PDR14.exe.manifest in

C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDirector14 folder.

download files put it in C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDirector14

reboot, after reboot go to C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PowerDirector14\pdr14.exe

right click on PDR14.exe and choose the option to run the software by NVIDIA GPU.


it's better to use your SkyLake GPU.

GTX 950M, GTX 960M & GTX 965M - they're all neutered, ouch.'


may the force be with you.

happy happy joy joy

PepsiMan

'garbage in garbage out' 'no bridge too far'

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Dell XPS L702X i7-2860QM, W7P / W10P 64, Intel HD3000/nVidia GT 550M 1GB, Micron 16GB/RAM
Samsung Galaxy Note3/NX1

Curious if Windows 10 upgrade would help this video dilemma?

Why can you not go into the BIOS and disable integrated video? Then your video card is only one available?

You can't do that on a laptop.
The nvidia card goes "out" to the internal LCD screen via the intel chip.
He can try to use an external monitor that will be connected directly to the nvidia chip.

However, this madness of buying gaming laptops is a non-ending source of frustrations. Desktops are maybe not that "cool" but they really work well.

It worked fine for PD 13.
Is it possible to downgrade to PD 13? I already deleted 13 thinking it was causing the problem.
Its a nice laptop with I7, 16 gig of ram and a nice video card.

Quote: You can't do that on a laptop.
The nvidia card goes "out" to the internal LCD screen via the intel chip.

Not generically true, but true on some laptops. Vender and BIOS specific. The iGPU is easily disabled on many Dell platforms, BIOS note attached. For any application that requires OpenGL, the vender typically recommends no iGPU support as it won't perform well, or in most instances, at all. Typically OpenGL only affects CAD/CAM/Engineering type graphic packages.

A poster here had a ASUS ROG laptop and that for sure does not let one disable the iGPU even though it had a Nvidia GPU as well. So one simply needs to review BIOS of particular laptop.

Quote: It worked fine for PD 13. Is it possible to downgrade to PD 13?

Just reinstall from your saved installation files and product key.

Jeff

Weren't thought the only cards with those driver issues pre-Kepler? I guess PepsiMan's experience disproves that, though.

Quote: Why can you not go into the BIOS and disable integrated video? Then your video card is only one available?

Quote: You can't do that on a laptop. The nvidia card goes "out" to the internal LCD screen via the intel chip.

As JL_JL said, this isn't always the case. An example that comes to mind stemmed from an issue with GTA V. I'm pretty sure that it's since been patched, but at launch, if the client detected integrated graphics on your system at all, which included any Optimus system such as almost every gaming laptop, the client wouldn't let the game run. The most common suggested fix to this was to disable the integrated graphics through the BIOS.

Just a side note to defend gaming laptops: I think everyone knows that desktops are better than laptops in every way I can think of except for one, but that one is often critical. As an engineering student, I needed to get a performance laptop to run taxing programs like simulations wherever I go, be it at home, in class, in lab, or on vacation, so I spent a bit more on a graphics card rather than buy an entirely separate rig. Portability can be very important. (To avoid any risk of derailing this thread, I'll say now that I won't reply to a comment that is only about this last paragraph.)