I have an old Optimus laptop bought from PCSpecialist around four or five years ago (perhaps Optimus IV or V) that has had a recurrent issue which has progressively gotten worse namely to do with the Nvidia Optimus software on the laptop.
My issue is that my laptop can't seem to recognise the GTX 660M graphics card when playing games, and so defaults to the integrated Intel 4000 graphics instead. Originally, I could work around this issue by doing a manual override in the Nvidia Control Panel by selecting a global preferred graphics card or by individually selecting a graphics card for a particular game. I could also right click on a desktop icon (such as for Minecraft) and select the option 'run with graphics processor' which would similarly do the trick.
For a while now, though, the option to set a global graphics card or individually set a graphics card per game in the Nvidia Control Panel (and likewise the option to right-click a desktop icon and choose which graphics card to run with) has been greyed-out (that is, I can't edit or access the option), and it seems irrespective of what the Nvidia control panel says should be assigned to a game everything seems to default to the integrated graphics (i.e. Minecraft, Rocket League, Skyrim, Fallout - games that I had been able to play with good FPS on high settings before on the Nvidia graphics card).
I have checked in the devices section of the control panel and it says that the GTX 660M is working properly, so it seems not to have burned out yet. I wondered if anyone here has a suggestion for how to solve this issue as I would like to have the ability to play my games again (as this was one of the key factors in getting a custom-built laptop).
My issue is that my laptop can't seem to recognise the GTX 660M graphics card when playing games, and so defaults to the integrated Intel 4000 graphics instead. Originally, I could work around this issue by doing a manual override in the Nvidia Control Panel by selecting a global preferred graphics card or by individually selecting a graphics card for a particular game. I could also right click on a desktop icon (such as for Minecraft) and select the option 'run with graphics processor' which would similarly do the trick.
For a while now, though, the option to set a global graphics card or individually set a graphics card per game in the Nvidia Control Panel (and likewise the option to right-click a desktop icon and choose which graphics card to run with) has been greyed-out (that is, I can't edit or access the option), and it seems irrespective of what the Nvidia control panel says should be assigned to a game everything seems to default to the integrated graphics (i.e. Minecraft, Rocket League, Skyrim, Fallout - games that I had been able to play with good FPS on high settings before on the Nvidia graphics card).
I have checked in the devices section of the control panel and it says that the GTX 660M is working properly, so it seems not to have burned out yet. I wondered if anyone here has a suggestion for how to solve this issue as I would like to have the ability to play my games again (as this was one of the key factors in getting a custom-built laptop).
