Hi there

 

I have recently purchased a new laptop with Windows 8 along with Nvidia GeForce GT640M graphics card & Intel HD Graphics.

 

The problem i'm having is when i open FS9 and go to display settings i cannot select or see the Nvidia card there, Its just set to use the HD graphics, I've updated the Nvidia drivers and also changed settings in the control panel to run FS9 with Nvidia but nothing changes in FS9.

 

I've hunted around google for tips and advice but still haven't found any answers so i thought i would try here in avsim.

 

I'm hoping someone else may of had this problem and found a fix, Main reason i purchased it was for the card it came with and to play FS9.

 

Thank you very much.

 

 

I've updated the Nvidia drivers and also changed settings in the control panel to run FS9 with Nvidia but nothing changes in FS9.

 

Admittedly I don't know much about Windows 8, being one who's stubbornly clinging to Windows 7, but this doesn't make any sense. Either your laptop should boot with the built-in Intel HD graphics chip providing video, or with the Nvidia card you purchased providing it, but it shouldn't in any way be something you can select in the Windows 8 Control Panel unless Windows 8 is radically different from any other OS I've ever used. A video card isn't something one can simply "hotplug" when desired, and then remove at other times, certainly not in the way one can with, say, an external USB drive or the like.

 

Not knowing Windows 8 intimately, I'm also not familiar with the UEFI system that's replaced the system BIOS which exists on older computers, but there must be a setting in there somewhere which lets the user select whether the onboard graphics controller is to be used or whether the display is to be provided by an external (addon) graphics card. That setting is what I'd be looking for if I were you, and you'll need to make sure you have your Nvidia card plugged in when you do so. If Windows 8 boots with the Nvidia card providing its display, then FS9 will use that same card.

Admittedly I don't know much about Windows 8, being one who's stubbornly clinging to Windows 7, but this doesn't make any sense. Either your laptop should boot with the built-in Intel HD graphics chip providing video, or with the Nvidia card you purchased providing it, but it shouldn't in any way be something you can select in the Windows 8 Control Panel unless Windows 8 is radically different from any other OS I've ever used. A video card isn't something one can simply "hotplug" when desired, and then remove at other times, certainly not in the way one can with, say, an external USB drive or the like.

 

Not knowing Windows 8 intimately, I'm also not familiar with the UEFI system that's replaced the system BIOS which exists on older computers, but there must be a setting in there somewhere which lets the user select whether the onboard graphics controller is to be used or whether the display is to be provided by an external (addon) graphics card. That setting is what I'd be looking for if I were you, and you'll need to make sure you have your Nvidia card plugged in when you do so. If Windows 8 boots with the Nvidia card providing its display, then FS9 will use that same card.

 

 

Thank you for your reply,

 

I have read what you suggested with the Bios.. But have not been able to find that on this laptop as of yet, I think changing that to use the Nvidia card instead of the Intel HD Graphics is what i need to do, its just finding that out.