How to select main graphics card?

[moth hunter]

Hi!
I just bought the game, but when I start it I can not select my NVIDIA graphics card, but only the onboard HD 4000.
I've looked for solutions and the only one i found suggests to use a second monitor, which I don't have.
Is there any other way? Is this bug being worked on?
I can start the game on dx9 and with reduced settings, but I'm not sure how well it will run with a big settlement.

Thanks!

Edit: just for clarification, I'm playing on a laptop

[Magron]

i'm curious as to how you have a graphics card separate from the onboard video in a laptop..

[Nicriah]

Nvidia Optimus Laptops have that. My laptop has an onboard graphic (Intel HD 4000) and an NVIDIA graphics card (Geforce GT 630M) as well.

You can go to the Nvidia System Settings and set the Nvidia Graphic card as main graphic card in general and for single games as well (3D Settings).

[Durango]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Magron:

i'm curious as to how you have a graphics card separate from the onboard video in a laptop..

What ? That's actually REALLY common nowadays. Most gaming laptop have both an integrated crapy GPU (usually HD4000 or so) for every small task that doesn't require much power and a bigger GPU (GTX680M for my part) for application like game. All powersavy and ♥♥♥♥, yo

Nvidia usually does a really good at detecting and switching from gpu to gpu according to the application you start, but it's weird with Banished. While the Nvida Config menu tell me Banished is started with the 680M, all I can see in the Banished menu is the HD4000

[Lianu]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Durango:

Nvidia usually does a really good at detecting and switching from gpu to gpu according to the application you start, but it's weird with Banished. While the Nvida Config menu tell me Banished is started with the 680M, all I can see in the Banished menu is the HD4000

My husband and I are having this issue also with our laptops (both the same set-up) with the same graphics card as you. The Nvidia control panel says it's starting with the 680M but the Banished game menu says integrated graphics and the rendering in-game isn't as smooth as it should be (although it's not bad, by any means).

[Pewsen]

I'm having the same problem. Have a laptop with Intel I7-4700MQ and a GTX 770M. Can only select the integrated graphics card.. (Intel HD4600 or something)..

[CruxTerminatus]

Check the game folder to see if there is more than one executable. Some games that have a "launcher" app will then start a different exe file for the actual game. Skyrim does this for example, in the nVidia control panel, I had to configure both the launcher and the game exe to start on my 670 card.

[Lianu]

Początkowo opublikowane przez CruxTerminatus:

Check the game folder to see if there is more than one executable. Some games that have a "launcher" app will then start a different exe file for the actual game. Skyrim does this for example, in the nVidia control panel, I had to configure both the launcher and the game exe to start on my 670 card.

The game configure exe file also only lists the integrated (Intel in my case) graphics card. There's no option to choose the Nvidia GTX 680M.

[Grad Vic]

Ack, i am having this exact same problem
I have an inspiron 17 r-se I7, geforce 650M, 8g of ram
Banished simply WILL not start with thte dGPU
I have tried
1) adjusting graphics card choice from in the game, only choice...the hd4000 graphics
2) adjusting nvidia control panel to start with ONLY dGPU for banished, doesn't start with the grforce 650m
3) disabling HD4000 integrated graphics (laptop+game default to windows renderer 5 (!@#$ing horrible)
4) pluging in a small 15' monitor to the D-sub port
5) pluging in an HDMI cable to a 55' Sony Vizio
I really really like this survival simulator game and want to keep growing my village, but the hd4000 doesn't handle 600+ population well.
Halp me obi-wans of the internet, you're my only hope

[Maverick]

was dx9 an option?

[xterminat0r]

This is why I will never buy a laptop for games.

[Maverick]

Początkowo opublikowane przez octomonkey:

This is why I will never buy a laptop for games.

Indeed. I'm never sure about the use of laptops and proper gaming rigs.

Having said that I can fully appreciate we can't all buy mobile platforms for school/work *and* have a machine dedicated to play.

As a father, none of my kids have gaming rigs, just mobile pads/laptops etc...

Since I work from home, I get to have a "gaming rig" that is fast 'cos I'm err..... busy and time is money. :)

[dellguyzHK]

Here I have the same problem. Playing on my MSI GT70 laptop, the game don't let me choose my nVidia graphic card.

[pcracker]

I'm on Windows 8.1...you can right click the game exe file or the shortcut and select 'run with graphics processor' to choose which card is used

[kevinshow]

For those with laptops that can apparently have 2 graphics options, without even getting into Banished, are you able to choose the card you want to use for other programs and games? Let's even start a little more basic and say, if your laptop is supposed to be able to make a dual screen setup, can it actually do that with 2 screens?

Find that out first.

Then, if you can do that, see if that setting will then allow you to start up Banished. Or alternatively, since you don't seem to have that option active when playing Banished, you'll need to contact your laptop company (or use google-fu) to see how to enable the alternate graphics card. Finally, maybe Banished is hard-coded in some way to just take some default graphics output that defaults to the motherboard card on a laptop. On a PC with onboard video, the onboard video is often disabled if a discrete card is used, so the game would only detect the card in operation, not the motherboard video. However, it would be interesting to see if anyone who has a PC where the onboard video is not disabled, if they would have this kind of problem also.

On another note, it could be that the laptop supports dual screen, if you attach a second monitor. It doesn't mean you can choose which graphics card output to use for your laptop screen.

Or see if @pcracker's suggestion works.

[SpectatorX]

http://steamcommunity.com/app/35700/discussions/0/540744934272712260/#c540744936097248632