Kandarim wrote:Ah so you went from the integrated graphics card to a dedicated one? I didn't get this from your post about high graphics settings because the only setup I know about with two graphics cards requires you to specifically choose the graphic card to use (but I've never used any RADEON cards).
I know the Radeon Mobile GPUs have a dual power setting to save battery life. This is supposed to kick in automatically, but some people manually prevent high performance mode as it does generate more heat. I'm not used to working on a notebook (and never leave it on my lap when I do--heat on lap not good for guy) so always forget about it. It's not the first time this has come up.
I don't know about swapping between the integrated graphics and an add-in GPU without going into BIOS. I don't see why there couldn't be a utility to do so through Windows as is has been possible since WinXP came out, especially since Intel integrated graphics are a part of the board controllers with many of the chip sets.