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KremówkujZTym has Alien: Isolation

Apr 7, 2015 @ 1:36pm

Graphic card issue

I have a problem with running the Alien Isolation on Steam on my laptop.
It doesn't detect my primary graphics card GeForce GT 555M, and instead it runs on my integrated graphics card which is kinda weaker.
I've downloaded all the latest versions of my graphics card drivers, but to no avail. I've also manually forced the game to run in DX11 and I've added it to the primary card's software, but it didn't work too. It's still running on integrated graphic card... Any help?

Last edited by KremówkujZTym; Apr 7, 2015 @ 1:41pm

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PCgamerbydefault has Alien: Isolation

Apr 7, 2015 @ 2:34pm

Do you have the intergrated graphics disabled? I think you need to completely disable intergrated graphics in the BIOS settings. You will almost always have a conflict if it is left enabled.

KremówkujZTym has Alien: Isolation

Apr 7, 2015 @ 2:44pm

Can you tell me how to exactly do this? Btw other games are starting at Geforce withouth problems

Torhrolfr

Apr 7, 2015 @ 3:00pm

Sadly, games rarely support laptop chips. It's like gambling and i can only advice you to move over to desktop. I had laptop with integrated graphics card myself which was a pain as i had to download drivers from leshcatlabs which in turn isn't official drivers but modified if i understood that correctly. But check this topic: https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/528621/can-39-t-disable-integrated-intel-hd-graphics/

Last edited by Torhrolfr; Apr 7, 2015 @ 3:02pm

KremówkujZTym has Alien: Isolation

Apr 7, 2015 @ 3:03pm

Damn, other games are working well :( Maybe i should change my laptop, anyway, is there really no way to fix it? It should run on that GeForce, maybe not in ultra details, but it should.

Games Monkey has Alien: Isolation

Apr 7, 2015 @ 3:14pm

try this mate
https://support.sega.co.uk/hc/en-us/articles/201599381-Setting-a-preferred-Graphics-processor-for-Alien-Isolation-with-Nvidia

Last edited by Games Monkey; Apr 7, 2015 @ 3:14pm

KremówkujZTym has Alien: Isolation

Apr 7, 2015 @ 3:37pm

I tried, few times :(

Vince Murderslam has Alien: Isolation

Apr 7, 2015 @ 9:00pm

in the Nvidia Control Panel there is an option to set the discrete graphics card as the preferred device for all games. Some titles will be stupid and default to the integrated chip until you set this. If that does not work, there is an option to navigate to the game's executable and set a rule to use the discrete card when that executable is run. Nvidia control panel can be accessed by right clicking on the desktop (A guy above me links to an article about this). If it is't an option or does not take effect, there's your first problem. Might want to clean install some new drivers, else consider a windows reinstall. As for games not working properly on laptop video cards, ^^^^ I have broken the ♥♥♥♥ out of that rule and played just quite a few games I thought would not work on laptop video cards that 1.) Do not belong in that model of laptop in the first place 2.) Are not at all designed for gaming and do not have gaming drivers installed for them. If you have a laptop with a discrete gaming or workstation video card and a game does not run properly, something fixable is wrong. I am playing Alien on an AMD FirePro M5100. ( its about the size of a pokemon card and has broken ass drivers from microsofts database) Game runs way better than it deserves to, 50-60fps on highest except AA. What model laptop is it, I have quit a few different ones so I may know what its deal is. (2 Dell Precisions with video cards from ebay, a Surface Pro 3 and an Acer that is probably like yours. I love parentheses)

commander

Apr 7, 2015 @ 9:26pm

Originally posted by gibas591:
I have a problem with running the Alien Isolation on Steam on my laptop.
It doesn't detect my primary graphics card GeForce GT 555M, and instead it runs on my integrated graphics card which is kinda weaker.
I've downloaded all the latest versions of my graphics card drivers, but to no avail. I've also manually forced the game to run in DX11 and I've added it to the primary card's software, but it didn't work too. It's still running on integrated graphic card... Any help?

When you are at the Nvidia Control Panel, change which graphics card is used.

If you need to find more info on it, check the comments above mine.
Until someone else can find another solution.

Last edited by commander; Apr 7, 2015 @ 9:27pm

KremówkujZTym has Alien: Isolation

Apr 8, 2015 @ 12:18am

Originally posted by ╬Rescue Squad╬™:
in the Nvidia Control Panel there is an option to set the discrete graphics card as the preferred device for all games. Some titles will be stupid and default to the integrated chip until you set this. If that does not work, there is an option to navigate to the game's executable and set a rule to use the discrete card when that executable is run. Nvidia control panel can be accessed by right clicking on the desktop (A guy above me links to an article about this). If it is't an option or does not take effect, there's your first problem. Might want to clean install some new drivers, else consider a windows reinstall. As for games not working properly on laptop video cards, ^^^^ I have broken the ♥♥♥♥ out of that rule and played just quite a few games I thought would not work on laptop video cards that 1.) Do not belong in that model of laptop in the first place 2.) Are not at all designed for gaming and do not have gaming drivers installed for them. If you have a laptop with a discrete gaming or workstation video card and a game does not run properly, something fixable is wrong. I am playing Alien on an AMD FirePro M5100. ( its about the size of a pokemon card and has broken ass drivers from microsofts database) Game runs way better than it deserves to, 50-60fps on highest except AA. What model laptop is it, I have quit a few different ones so I may know what its deal is. (2 Dell Precisions with video cards from ebay, a Surface Pro 3 and an Acer that is probably like yours. I love parentheses)

It's Lenovo ideapad y570

☆Heike'sFootSlave™☆ has Alien: Isolation

Apr 8, 2015 @ 12:54am

I found something:

It should be very EASY! There is a Button (yes a simple Button) on the Laptop that can turn the integrated Graphics ON/OFF!!!

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Tytanomachia Apr 8, 2015 @ 5:29am

I have a GeForce GT 540M Optimus mobile graphic card and the game is crashing at startup all the time. "AI.exe has stopped working" any idea? When I had Windows 7 64 Bit the game run fine and no crash, now on WIndows 8.1 64 Bit it crash.

Windows 8.1 64 bit
Graphic driver updated.
8 GB RAM
i5 - 3Ghz

Last edited by Tytanomachia; Apr 8, 2015 @ 5:33am

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KremówkujZTym has Alien: Isolation

Apr 8, 2015 @ 8:02am

Originally posted by ..-=DespicableMe=-..:
I found something:

It should be very EASY! There is a Button (yes a simple Button) on the Laptop that can turn the integrated Graphics ON/OFF!!!

Do you think that i didn't tried this? :P

Last edited by KremówkujZTym; Apr 8, 2015 @ 10:31am

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KremówkujZTym has Alien: Isolation

Apr 8, 2015 @ 10:31am

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commander

Apr 12, 2015 @ 4:14pm

Originally posted by Tytanomachia:
I have a GeForce GT 540M Optimus mobile graphic card and the game is crashing at startup all the time. "AI.exe has stopped working" any idea? When I had Windows 7 64 Bit the game run fine and no crash, now on WIndows 8.1 64 Bit it crash.

Windows 8.1 64 bit
Graphic driver updated.
8 GB RAM
i5 - 3Ghz

I believe your graphics card is having issues with windows 8.1, as it wasn't designed for a newer windows and the graphics card 500 series are older, I would recommend trying to use a desktop pc with a graphics card. And being able to upgrade a desktop pc without buying a whole new machine for years, is a nice thing to have. I say this because your laptop, you can't upgrade the graphics card. I understand you are probably on the move alot though. Make sure you are also using the exact graphics card drivers for the exact windows chosen, on the nvidia.com website.

Be sure you also have enough video ram for your built in graphics card that is shared with system ram I believe, or the system ram itself is what is used, and your windows 8.1 is using more ram than your windows 7. So in the long run, you're probably going to need a new laptop or a desktop, I recommend a desktop though. Just manually build yourself a desktop pc, with good prices from newegg.com, just do the research.

Also for now, in your windows 8.1, right click on the task bar and select the task manager, check the performance tab on the ram it is using, and cpu usage, as well as some other tasks, and try to minimize the amount of things open, also be careful what you close in the task manager for running processes, and if you can find the actual program to close, do it that way instead of through the task manager, as well as startup options through each program's options. And set your windows update to manualy notify you of updates, not to auto download and install updates, do this for all your programs on your pc that have options, which might have auto update features, have them notify you of updates as well.

In the nvidia control panel, set it to let the 3d application decide, if that doesn't work, try using the game's profile settings and manually set it. But set it to let the 3d application decide in the nvidia control panel, for many other things to work right, such as other programs, do that after you are done with playing specific games and using the profiles for those games.

On a desktop pc, you could just set it to let the 3d application decide, as long as you didn't have a built in graphics card on the motherboard.
If you have 2 graphics cards, go into device manager using my guide, and find the graphics cards, disable the one you don't want to use by right clicking on it, or go to its properties to do so, to re-enable it, just do the same thing, be sure to restart the pc after disable/enable of the graphics cards. Another thing to do is to uninstall the built in graphics card drivers, then disable it in the device manager, if you had 2 graphics cards.
Also "let the 3d application decide" in the nvidia control panel, works really good with sli multiple geforce graphics cards, I believe radeon graphics cards have a similar feature in the catalyst control panel as well.

Last edited by commander; Apr 12, 2015 @ 4:26pm

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