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Hawken Launcher/Binary Defaults to Integrated GPU


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#1 Azereki

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Posted December 02 2012 - 05:48 PM

Using a fresh install of Hawken, with an Intel HD3000 integrated GPU and Nvidia GT555M, the game defaults to using the integrated GPU as opposed to the Nvidia chip. Consequently, the graphics settings are also auto-detected at first launch. This leaves me sort of clueless as to what the optimal settings might be for my Nvidia chip. Changed the settings manually in the Nvidia control panel seems to have solved the issue, for now.

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#2 SirCannonFodder

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Posted December 02 2012 - 06:30 PM

From what you said in your post, I take it you changed the option in the nVidia panel to "High-performance Nvidia processor"? Because in the screenshot you've got it set to "Auto-select:Integrated". You can also choose to have all games use the nvidia chip by going into the "Global" tab and changing the Preferred Graphics Processor setting to the Nvidia processor (not sure why you'd have it set differently unless you play from the battery a lot).

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Posted December 02 2012 - 06:45 PM

View PostSirCannonFodder, on December 02 2012 - 06:30 PM, said:

From what you said in your post, I take it you changed the option in the nVidia panel to "High-performance Nvidia processor"? Because in the screenshot you've got it set to "Auto-select:Integrated". You can also choose to have all games use the nvidia chip by going into the "Global" tab and changing the Preferred Graphics Processor setting to the Nvidia processor (not sure why you'd have it set differently unless you play from the battery a lot).
Yep, I manually changed it to Nvidia. I was just attaching a screenshot to show that it was the default option for Hawken. This is not usually the case for most games. I have it set to Auto-Select in my Global options because I'm not always plugged in or playing games on the laptop. Thanks for the tip though.




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