Missing display options in Nvidias control panel

[Jasonc123]

Hi I've recently bought a gaming laptop and I am really happy with it. I have a few niggles i managed to figure out.

My issue is now though that i do not have any display options within the Nvidia control panel, only the 3d render options. After doing some research on best setting ect I realised that I had no options for turning on DLSS via control panel. I have an RTX 3060 which is compatible for these settings. I've been searching around and managed to piece together that my display is using the integrated Intel rather than Nvidia. Is there any way to either pair these or just use my RTX as the primary because i would really like to upscale my resolution for certain games.

I have seen that I can just disable the Intel one via the BIOS menu but that seems abit risky as i would like the best balance for all of my components.

Has anybody else come across this issue amd mamahed to find a work around or a harmless fix?


Here's my specs if this helps, thank you.

Chassis & Display
Defiance Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD 240Hz 72% NTSC LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 Eight Core Processor 11800H (2.3GHz, 4.6GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair 3200MHz SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 3060 - 6.0GB GDDR6 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2500MB/sW)
AC Adaptor
1 x 180W AC Adaptor
Power Cable
2 x 1.5 Metre Cloverleaf UK Power Cable
Battery
Defiance Series Integrated 3 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (73WH)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Wireless Network Card
GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 M.2 GAMING + BLUETOOTH 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
1 x THUNDERBOLT 4 PORT + 3 x USB 3.2 PORTS
Keyboard Language
15" DEFIANCE SERIES UK KEYBOARD
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit

 

[SpyderTracks]

Laptops have switchable graphics, so they use integrated unless in a heavy usage like gaming.

But DLSS and Ray Tracing aren't applicable outside of gaming anyway, so there's no need to set them. You set them per game in the game options.

The nvidia GPU won't be active until you're in game.

If you disable the intel GPU, you'll lose desktop as that's the card that's used for normal operation.

 

[SpyderTracks]

If the options aren't showing in game settings, it suggests windows isn't configured properly, but need to know the above before looking into that.

 

[barlew]

Hi I've recently bought a gaming laptop and I am really happy with it. I have a few niggles i managed to figure out.

My issue is now though that i do not have any display options within the Nvidia control panel, only the 3d render options. After doing some research on best setting ect I realised that I had no options for turning on DLSS via control panel. I have an RTX 3060 which is compatible for these settings. I've been searching around and managed to piece together that my display is using the integrated Intel rather than Nvidia. Is there any way to either pair these or just use my RTX as the primary because i would really like to upscale my resolution for certain games.

I have seen that I can just disable the Intel one via the BIOS menu but that seems abit risky as i would like the best balance for all of my components.

Has anybody else come across this issue amd mamahed to find a work around or a harmless fix?


Here's my specs if this helps, thank you.

Chassis & Display
Defiance Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD 240Hz 72% NTSC LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 Eight Core Processor 11800H (2.3GHz, 4.6GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair 3200MHz SODIMM DDR4 (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 3060 - 6.0GB GDDR6 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB INTEL® 670p M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 3500MB/sR | 2500MB/sW)
AC Adaptor
1 x 180W AC Adaptor
Power Cable
2 x 1.5 Metre Cloverleaf UK Power Cable
Battery
Defiance Series Integrated 3 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (73WH)
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Wireless Network Card
GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 M.2 GAMING + BLUETOOTH 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
1 x THUNDERBOLT 4 PORT + 3 x USB 3.2 PORTS
Keyboard Language
15" DEFIANCE SERIES UK KEYBOARD
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit

So if you switch the graphics to what is usually known as Discrete mode in the BIOS the laptop will connect your RTX GPU directly to the screen and use that for all picture rendering whether you are on the desktop or in game.

The main advantage is this usually provides better gaming performance. The big downside is if you are running on battery the RTX card requires much more power so the battery wont last as long.

If you are in MSHybrid or Optimus mode the laptop will use the iGPU to render pictures when you are doing bog standard stuff like using office applications, watching movies or surfing the web. Once you boot up a game though the RTX card will kick in and start rendering your graphics. However the images your RTX card render are then pushed to your iGPU which in turn sends them to the panel. This is why gaming performance generally suffers slightly in MSHybrid mode.