May 25, 20224 yr I'm getting very confused here. I have a second monitor plugged into my motherboard and had enabled multi monitor support in the BIOS. In other words I thought the second monitor was using the CPU's integrated graphics. What I had not spotted is that there are two options -PEG and IGD. What I think now is that is that because I had it set to PEG in fact the second monitor was just using the NVidia GPU? Setting the bios to IGD the Fenix CTD's on loading a flight if I have it set to use the cpu integrated graphics. I'm thinking this is because the integrated graphics are already being used by my second monitor? So my question is if I switch back to PEG does the Fenix use the integrated graphics or does it just use the NVidia card like the second monitor does?
May 25, 20224 yr If your 2nd monitor is plugged into the motherboard, it uses the integrated graphics (IGD) already, so you didn't need to change stuff in the BIOS actually. Switching to IGD in BIOS means disabling your real GPU, hence Fenix CTD. Stay in PEG in BIOS and just try the setting for integrated in the Fenix. I'd plug the monitor from mainboard to GPU in case I'd want to use my integrated graphics for the Fenix displays, so that the mini chip can concentrate on the Fenix job. Your GPU won't break a sweat doing two monitors. Laminar Research customer -- Asobo/MS customer -- not an X-Aviation customer - or am I? 😉
May 25, 20224 yr 21 minutes ago, jarmstro said: I'm getting very confused here. I have a second monitor plugged into my motherboard and had enabled multi monitor support in the BIOS. In other words I thought the second monitor was using the CPU's integrated graphics. What I had not spotted is that there are two options -PEG and IGD. What I think now is that is that because I had it set to PEG in fact the second monitor was just using the NVidia GPU? Setting the bios to IGD the Fenix CTD's on loading a flight if I have it set to use the cpu integrated graphics. I'm thinking this is because the integrated graphics are already being used by my second monitor? So my question is if I switch back to PEG does the Fenix use the integrated graphics or does it just use the NVidia card like the second monitor does? Does your GPU not have outputs for two monitors? If so, why would you not have both monitors plugged in there? Ryan
May 25, 20224 yr Author 26 minutes ago, rka said: If your 2nd monitor is plugged into the motherboard, it uses the integrated graphics (IGD) already, so you didn't need to change stuff in the BIOS actually. Switching to IGD in BIOS means disabling your real GPU, hence Fenix CTD. Stay in PEG in BIOS and just try the setting for integrated in the Fenix. I'd plug the monitor from mainboard to GPU in case I'd want to use my integrated graphics for the Fenix displays, so that the mini chip can concentrate on the Fenix job. Your GPU won't break a sweat doing two monitors. Thanks. I've changed it back to PEG. No detectable difference to be honest. What do the BIOS setting actually do then? Edited May 25, 20224 yr by jarmstro
May 25, 20224 yr Author 20 minutes ago, rjack1282 said: Does your GPU not have outputs for two monitors? If so, why would you not have both monitors plugged in there? I don't. I have my main display pugged into the NVidia card and the second monitor plugged into the motherboard. The idea being to relieve some strain from the NVidia GPU.
May 25, 20224 yr Just now, jarmstro said: Thanks. I've changed it back to PEG. No detectable difference to be honest. What do the BIOS setting actually do then? The setting just defines the primary video device. If you don't see a difference in the Fenix, you've probably not been limited by the display rendering before, so that's not a bad thing. Laminar Research customer -- Asobo/MS customer -- not an X-Aviation customer - or am I? 😉
May 25, 20224 yr Author 1 hour ago, rka said: The setting just defines the primary video device. If you don't see a difference in the Fenix, you've probably not been limited by the display rendering before, so that's not a bad thing. Ah. Thanks. You know what? Even after all these years of using a PC I still cannot learn the lesson that constantly fiddling about with all the settings makes absolutely no difference whatsoever.😀
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