Skyrim doesn't use my discrete videocard

[ADM TRAUN]

I have laptop with NVIDIA GeForce 710M and Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
In NVIDIA control panel High-performance graphic processor is chosen. In Skyrim launcher i see only NVIDIA GeForce 710M. It would seem that all is well.

BUT in the skyrimprefs.ini i see: sD3DDevice="Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000"

And performance doesn't correspond to GeForce.

I decided to check out this and completly delete NVIDIA driver from Device Manager. And it had no impact on performance.

So Skyrim just doesn't use NVIDIA videocard.

How i can fix it?

[Miku]

change the line in skyrim prefs or deactivate your intel hd card. instructions found via google

[Migz - DH]

Though.... the HD 4000 might be better than a 710M. >.> Depending on which version of the HD 4000 it is.

[CruxTerminatus]

HD4000 is not better than a 710M, I have a laptop with a HD4000 and a 670M, and the nVidia runs circles around the HD.

To the OP - go into nVidia control panel, and make sure you add both Skyrim (TESV.exe) AND the launcher (SkyrimLauncher.exe) in the panel, and set both to the nVidia card.

[ADM TRAUN]

I've set nvidia card in launcher, in control panel - everywhere, as i said in the topic. All comprasions shows that 710m is better than intel hd 4000

[Miku]

delete renderinfo.txt
found in the sam eplace as skyrimprefs

[ADM TRAUN]

Deleted. After playing skyrim it is the same intel hd 4000

[Miku]

http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/mods/34970/?
download the custom d3d9.dll creator, then create a dll and place it in your skyrim install folder

[Miku]

doesnt matter. do it.

[ADM TRAUN]

It helps, thank you very much.

[ShocksVR #AirLink]

引用自 CruxTerminatus：

HD4000 is not better than a 710M, I have a laptop with a HD4000 and a 670M, and the nVidia runs circles around the HD.

To the OP - go into nVidia control panel, and make sure you add both Skyrim (TESV.exe) AND the launcher (SkyrimLauncher.exe) in the panel, and set both to the nVidia card.

That's because the 670m is a lot better than the 710m.

For Geforce cards, the performance tier is indicated by the second number; and ranges from a scale of 1 to 9. 1 being the worst, 9 being the best.
Thus: 7_10m vs 6_70m
710m is most likely suited for youtube and DVDs; it may have better performance than the Intel HD 4000; but probably not by much.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-710M.84746.0.html

In comparison to the competition, the 710M offers a performance similar to the Intel HD Graphics 4400/4600 and Radeon HD 7660G. This places the card in the entry level segment. Current games (as of 2013) will run fluently only in low settings.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim w/ GT 710m

low:40.2 fps
med.:28.5 fps

Thus, put settings and on low and hope for the best


Lastly, to prvent this situation in teh future; you need to tweak your nvidia Optimus settings; see your laptop manual

[Migz - DH]

引用自 CruxTerminatus：

HD4000 is not better than a 710M, I have a laptop with a HD4000 and a 670M, and the nVidia runs circles around the HD.

A GTX 670M is significantly more powerful than a GT 710M.


GTX 670M - Pixel Fillrate=14.35GP/s; Texture Fillrate=33.5GT/s
GT 710M - Pixel Fillrate=3.2 GP/s; Texture Fillrate=12.8GT/s
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units

The GT 710M is effectively a rebranded GT 630M (both are GF117 at 800MHz with 2GB VRAM) which is really just an overclocked 500-series mobile chip (GF108) in a shrunk die.

So as you can see, saying your GTX 670M is better than an HD 4000 series GPU is irrelevant when discussing how well a GT 710M compares to an HD 4000 series GPU.


Unfortunately, since the HD 4000 series is a little vague (like saying a 700-series Nvidia GPU), we can't compare Intel's numbers to what I listed above.

Edit: Heh. I didn't see Shocks' comment till after I posted this.

[Migz - DH]

引用自 Traun：

I've set nvidia card in launcher, in control panel - everywhere, as i said in the topic. All comprasions shows that 710m is better than intel hd 4000

That completely depends on the HD 4000 version you have (I believe there are 11 versions). Do you know which it is?

[dnl]

I had an issue like that with my notebook. I couldn't play skyrim at all.
But I updated every single thing related to my card drivers. Although it only recognizes my HD 4000 Graphics the game runs smoothly as if only my radeon exists.

[CruxTerminatus]

Ah point taken, I had not looked up the specs of the 710. Cheers posters.

Skyrim on HD4000 on my rig runs like an absolute pig, even though it's an i7.

[Malefico Kelpie]

Hi
i have a similar problem: launcher correctly say i'm using Nvidia GeForce GT 740m but if i manually open SkyrimPrefs i see
--> sD3DDevice="Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000"

i tried following MikuCore's advice

引用自 MikuCore：

http://newvegas.nexusmods.com/mods/34970/?
download the custom d3d9.dll creator, then create a dll and place it in your skyrim install folder

then when i started the launcher it told me i'm using Intel HD Graphics, it automatically test for "high quality", however game run worse than original (worse than with my handmade config)...

where's the problem?