Dell Inspiron 15r SE Switching graphics cards

[wiimine]

As I understood, I should manually setup each programm to work with Intel HD 4000 or Radeon HD 7730. But I'm not sure is the ATI card working, and this getting me nervous. Can I just switch off INTEL HD and make RAdeon do all the job, and when I need power saving switch off the Radeon. Sorry for bad English...

[DELL-Rakesh Ro]

Hi wiimine,

On general use the computer always runs on the integrated video card and the system uses AMD video card only when the system run High video processing is required (eg: Playing games, video editing)

In case you want to enable AMD video card for all application.

Please follow the below mentioned steps: Right click on the desktop > Configure Switchable Graphics > Choose a graphics processing Unit.

For your reference:

Let me know if these steps were helpful.

Please reply if you have any further questions.

Thanks & Regards
Rakesh R
#iworkfordell

[wiimine]

Hello! Thanks for your answer. I know, that my friend on his Laptop has the same window. But I haven't. Instead, when I click Configure Switchable Graphics this window appears: ddf

Maybe I have installed wrong drivers?

http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/ru/ru/rudhs1/ServiceTag/ghxzdv1

I setupped all of this, but there weren't wifi driver so I've chosen it from "All files for Inspiron..." tag

[wiimine]

please help. I've already replied. I ve got lower perfomance in games than in the same laptom review((

[wiimine]

Maybe drivers are not well working yet? Because in COD4 Modern Warfare 3 I've got much lower fps than in review of this laptop((

[bbesly]

sorry, didn´t want to get rude, but my problems with my new 15r SE exist meanwhile since 3 or 4 weeks,

and I am seriously considering to give this Laptop (which I aside from the graphics problems really like) back, and look for a Product from another vendor...

[cooola00p]

I too have the same problem as mentioned by wiimine.......mee too getting the same switchable graphics window as in the image shown....I hav posted this problem many times and they are not giving suitable answers

[wiimine]

I've bought this Laptop a week ago and I can return it only in two weeks. I'm really sorry, but I'll need to return this notebook back cause this problems are really getting me nervous. God  <ADMIN NOTE: Profanity removed as per TOU> it. I've bought it for 1 000 $. I thought it will work really good.

I don't  think that this is Intel HD  4000 working while I'm playing Left 4 dead 2 on full graphics with 60 fps. But in other applications ... oh everyone know what am I talking about.

SO DELL SUPPORT. PLEASE ANSWER THIS POST. OTHERWISE WE WILL RETURN THESE NOTEBOOKS(((

[wiimine]

PLEASE, HELP US FIND PROPER DRIVERS!

[DELL-Rakesh Ro]

Hi wiimine,

As i have mentioned in the previous post, the AMD video card will only turn on when an application requires it. In the AMD catalyst control center, if an application is set to High performance, it will use the AMD video card. In case the application is set in Power saving mode it uses the Intel Video card. 

Unfortunately, in the AMD catalyst control center there is no utility to indicate which video card is active. I have researched quite a bit about this issue to arrive at this solution.

You can Install a third party utility GPU-Z. This utility will display the details about the GPU which is active. However, I have read that sometimes this utility has an issue switching screens when the video card is switched. So please start a game and minimize it. Then start the GPU-Z and check if it’s showing the details of the AMD video card. 

The link for the latest Dell drivers for the video card is given below.

http://dell.to/Q98eiL

Thanks & Regards
Rakesh R
#iworkfordell