Hello..!
Here is my problem..
I've recently bought a Lenovo G510 Laptop..and the last 5 days I've been trying to deal with the following problem..
The computer uses only the integrated Intel HD 4600 Graphics card and not my AMD Radeon HD 8750M card..
Here are the solutions that I've already tried..
( Note that the laptop is always pluggen-in..the card shows up in the "Device manager"..)
1. Completely uninstalling both graphics card drivers and installing newest ones starting with the Intel card..
While doing this I also updated the chipset and BIOS..
2. Downloaded the latest Catalyst Control Center and messed arounf with the options there..also using the switchable graphics option..I've set the game ( In this instance Skyrim..so both TESV.exe and SkyrimLauncher.exe..and even Steam.exe..) to high performance, but it still uses the Intel card..
3. I've tried to disable the Intel card in the "Device manager" hoping that that would make the AMD card run automatically, but it doesn't..it starts something named "Microsoft Basic Render Driver"..
4. I've searched BIOS for the possbility to set only the AMD card, but there is none..it only shows the option of "Switchable graphics" and "UMA graphics"..There is no other option regarding graphics..
But Skyrim is not the only one that rejects the AMD card..I've also installed Burnout Paradise..and it does the same..
My guess is that maybe the AMD Radeon driver is faulty ( I had 14.4, but now I've installed the 14.7 BETA version..) and I have to wait for the newest one ( so 14.7..), could that be possible..?
So my question is..How can I get the AMD Radeon card to work..? And is it even possible..? Or do I have to start looking for a new Laptop..?
Here are my specs..
Processor - Intel Core i7-4700MQ CPU @ 2.40GHz ( 8CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Operating System - Windows 8.1 64-bit
Integrated Graphics - Intel HD Graphics 4600
Dedicated Graphics - AMD Radeon HD 8750M
HDD - 1TB
RAM - 8GB