Laptop using wrong graphics card

[stephengibson76]

We have a Dell M4700 with a Quadro K2000M running the latest driver 9.18.13.2092

Problem is, we cant get invento to use this card, its always using the intergrated graphics.  I have read some posts about optimization etc but cant find anything to force it to use the correct card.

All graphics settings are set to performance and I have set inventor application to use this card but the inventor diagnostic is still using intergrated...

I have duel monitors, main DVI set to use the K2000M, second VGA using intergrated, Inventor is set to run on the main

let me know if you need more info..

This Direct3D graphics driver is Microsoft WHQL certified
Graphics Hardware Description:
Intel Corporation Intel(R) HD Graphics Family

AIRViz Device Manager \ VirtualDeviceDx11
Feature Level 5_0
Quality Mode
Hardware Renderer

Graphics driver file igdumd64.dll,igd10umd64.dll,igd10umd64.dll,igdumd32,igd10umd32,igd10umd32 is version 8.15.10.2639
Current optimization settings are not known
The display is using 32-bit color

Inventor Version:

Build: 222, Release: 2014 SP1 - Date: Tue 09/17/2013
64-Bit Edition - 8192.00 GB

System Information:

Operating System: 64-bit Microsoft Windows 7 Professional (Build 7601) Service Pack 1
Language: English
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Precision M4700
BIOS: BIOS Date: 12/13/12 20:36:55 Ver: A07.00
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3740QM CPU @ 2.70GHz (1 processor, 4 physical cores, 8 logical cores)
System Memory: 15.877 GB RAM

Graphics Device Information:

Renderer: HAL
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip Type: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
DAC Type: Internal
Graphics HW Memory: 1.948 GB
Display Mode: 1920 x 1200 (32 bit) (59 Hz)

Graphics driver file: igdumd64.dll,igd10umd64.dll,igd10umd64.dll,igdumd32,igd10umd32,igd10umd32
Driver file version: 8.15.10.2639
Driver Date: 1 February 2012 0:00:00 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time)

Direct3D Graphics Device Information:

Adapter Description: NVIDIA Quadro K2000M
Vendor ID string: 0x000010de
Device ID string: 0x00000ffb
VendorID: 10de
DeviceID: ffb
SubSystemID: 153e1028
Revision: a1

Direct3D 10 / DXGI System Information:

Dedicated Video Memory: 1.948 GB
Dedicated System Memory: 0 MB
Shared System Memory: 7.688 GB

DxDiag System Information:

Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130828-1532)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Precision M4700
BIOS: BIOS Date: 12/13/12 20:36:55 Ver: A07.00
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3740QM CPU @ 2.70GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
System Memory: 16384MB RAM
Page File: 5077MB used, 27436MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514

DxDiag Graphics Device Information:

DirectX Version: 10.0
DDI Version: 11
DDI Version Number: b
DxDiag WHQL Level: 0
Driver Signed Valid: True
Driver Signed: True
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip Type: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
DAC Type: Internal
Revision:
Graphics HW Memory: 1675 MB
Display Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)

Graphics driver file: igdumd64.dll,igd10umd64.dll,igd10umd64.dll,igdumd32,igd10umd32,igd10umd32
Driver file version: 8.15.0010.2639
Driver Date: 2/1/2012 20:51:54
WHQL Level: 1

Inventor Options Information:

Options = 0x00000000
Warning Options = 0x00000000

Graphics driver log information:

[-niels- · Accepted solution]

Not sure if this topic is of any help to you?
http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Hardware/Disabling-nVidia-Optimus-amp-Perform-Clean-Install/td-p/43632...

I'm seeing quite a lot of integrated graphic card related topics lately, wonder why it's causing so many problems...
Guess laptops are focusing too much on games...

[stephengibson76]

thanks, that did the job... wonder how many people are running expensive cards not realizing they are not been used