Hello,
I am currently having an issue on AutoCAD and Civil 3D on my laptop. Basically the software does not detect my dedicated GPU (AMD HD 8970m) but only detects the integrated Intel HD 4600. I tried updating the Performance Tuner, downloaded all service packs, updated both GPU's drivers. Nothing worked so far. AutoCAD does not recognize my second GPU and it's driving me crazy.
Any help is appreciate.
Full Specs of my Laptop:
Clevo P150SM-S (Sager NP8265)
CORE i7 4700MQ 2.4 GHz
16GB DDR3 1600 (2 DIMMS)
2.5" SATA 750GB(7200rpm) HDD
AMD RADEON HD 8970M W/4GB
BIGFOOT 1202 AGN+BT 4.0
WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM 64 BIT
Hi,
welcome @forums.autodesk.com!
What version of AutoCAD do you have`?
What version of Civil 3D do you have?
How did you verify that AutoCAD and Civil 3D does not recognize the AMD graphic card?
- alfred -
I think my GPU falls under the devices with no fix..
I tried all the solutions provided for this issue. None of them seemed to work.
I'll keep trying, but isn't there a way to get the word out? If there's no apparent solution then the GPU is not supported. And I assume the same goes for many similar GPUs.
I'm surpirised that there isn't much of a discussion going regarding this. I mean I totally understand that I'm using a 'gaming' GPU that is meant for gaming and nothing else, but I know for a fact that the AMD 8970m has the power to run CAD software on par with Nvidia Quadro K2100m, if not better..
Hello,
I’ve got a similiar problem with my Lenovo W540 and performance when working with AutoCAD 2015. Despite the fact that hardware configuration is powerful and installed graphics card is recommended by Autodesk I get lower performance then on 5 years old notebook. I suspect the issue to be in graphics card used by AutoCAD. It seems that program works on internal graphics card instead of discrete one. I have checked this in AutoCAD in “Graphics performance” window which shows: “Hardware Setup: Video Card : Intel HD Graphics 4600”. I've looked for solution and tried two different Nvidia drivers:
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/downloads/ds040485
In both of them in NVIDIA control panel I looked into settings and checked that for Autodesk AutoCAD, system will use NVIDIA high performance graphics. I have tried to turn this option as a global setting too but I always get the same result - AutoCAD shows it uses integrated graphics. I have also looked into Intel HD Graphics menu and in BIOS setup but didn’t find any solution for my problem.
Hardware specification:
Lenovo W540
Processor: Intel Core i7- 4700Q
Graphics: Nvidia Quadro K1100M
Memory: 32GB
Disk: Samsung SSD 840 EVO 500GB
System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64-bit) Pro (version: 6.3.9600)
BIOS: GNET61WW (2.09)