Morrowind doesn't recognize my main GPU

[Hartollu-chan]

Hello everyone, as of today, i've been trying for 3 hours straight to make morrowind run on my main GPU, without any success whatsoever(which has drove me crazy).
I have followed every steps of every guides i could find and yet no changes were made. The launcher options still only show me the intel GPU which runs poorly, if anyone could be of any help i'd be grateful, i mean i really wanna play the game

[Lobo de hielo]

Do you have "switchable" graphics, that means a discrete gpu?

The launcher sometimes will not recognise gpu's (especially some laptops). Mine is not recognised by Morrowind, Oblivion or Titan Quest, this does not mean it is not being used. Easily tested by changing to the onboard graphics and seeing how bad it is.

For Win 11:
https://www.digitalcitizen.life/set-default-gpu-windows-11/

For Win 10:
https://www.digitalcitizen.life/set-which-video-cards-are-used-apps-games-windows-10/

I actually use Win 7 and an Amd card app for choosing my game settings, I believe Nvidia does a similar thing.

Do not expect the launcher to show the real card you are using.

[Hartollu-chan]

Thanks for your reply, I am, as you mentioned on a Laptop. I went through the Nvidia control panel to change the default graphic processor used for morrowind. I also did it on the Windows 11 Graphic settings. And yet whenever i try to switch settings in MGE, it still says that my graphic card is not compatible with the settings i just ticked.

I've got a 2070 btw

So yeah kinda lost :c

And thanks for letting me know that the launcher won't show the real card i'm using !

[Lobo de hielo]

Which settings are you trying in MGE XE? Have you tried other settings to see if they work?

[Hartollu-chan]

well for some reason, right now whenever I download MGE XE, the game crashes right after launch. I'm going to try again a few things, and i'll be coming back to you, thanks again, really

[Hartollu-chan]

After several attempts, MGE EX still makes my game crash and i can't figure why

[Lobo de hielo]

Does the game launch without MGE XE?
How does it crash? Does it enter the game then crash or does it hang at the start?

[Hartollu-chan]

The games crashes right after i click on play in the launcher, and yes it works whenever MGE EX is not enabled

[Lobo de hielo]

If using Win 7 it could be GameUX dll interfering with the launch. If so they need disabling.

Otherwise if installed correctly and you have set up and ran "Distant Land" etc and ensured (to begin with) that the resolution is set to your laptops native resolution, then I am at a loss.

Are you using MGE XE for the better graphics or are you wanting to use mods that need MGE XE? If just the better graphics have you considered OpenMW?

[Hartollu-chan]

I'm on windows 11, ran distant lands, and installed as it should. Plus even without MGE EX the games still runs poorly at around 25 fps with no mods installed and i've been trying to fix it for the most part of the day, by resetting my pc and a lot of fixes i could find on the internet, none of them worked, so yeah i'm kinda losing faith, probably going to give up, but thanks a lot for the help you tried to provide, i truly appreciate, have a good one mate <3