How do I disable the dedicated GPU

nIGHTmAYOR said:

this guy has a dual graphics setup , an apu is a single one , you cant disable a single one else you will end up with windows running in basic display mode .

do what RoasterMen suggested if possible .

My machine has both an APU (as the CPU) and a dedicated GPU.

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Farvatten said:

I had a high end HP laptop once with a dedicated Nvidia card which after 3 years started to go bad and I was able to 'Disable' it via the 'Device Manager'.

Once I rebooted, the laptop used the integrated Intel chip which I think also showed up in Device Manager under 'Display adapters'.

It (seems to have) worked!

TechPowerUp GPU-Z is showing fewer details about the dedicated GPU. I played Half-Life for the same amount of time as last time and my machine did not shut down. Also interestingly, the game ran consistently at over twice the frame rate as with dedicated GPU enabled on one map and consistently at around twice the framerate as with the dedicated GPU on another...