Assigning a graphics card

[saltmummy]

Hello, I have a bit of a technical question. To explain, I have two graphics cards. I understand this is probably standard in a lot of computers, probably. With most games, the computer is supposed to default all my games to the better of the two cards, a Nvidia GeForce GT 525M. Not exactly fancy or super computer level power, even when I got it, but it runs pretty much everything I throw at it. The trouble is, that for reasons beyond my ken, my computer defaults EVERYTHING to the other card, a fairly crappy generic card (an "Intel HD Graphics Family") instead. This is easily fixed by using the Nvidia control panel to change which card my PC uses for each game individually. I bit of a hassle, but not too much work.

The problem (and reason this relates to salem) is that I cannot switch which card my PC uses for salem as there is no entry for it in the installed games list, and is not shown when I try to browse for it. I thought at first it had to do with salem being a java game, but threw that out because I still have the old haven and hearth entry on my card settings along with a couple other java based games. My question is, does anybody know how I can switch which card my PC uses for salem, or what file I should be searching for? I apologize if this question seems irrelevant to salem, I figured it was because without switching cards, I can't use salems shadows. (which I think actually look pretty nice.)

[Paradoxyc]

Hello, I have a bit of a technical question. To explain, I have two graphics cards. I understand this is probably standard in a lot of computers, probably. With most games, the computer is supposed to default all my games to the better of the two cards, a Nvidia GeForce GT 525M. Not exactly fancy or super computer level power, even when I got it, but it runs pretty much everything I throw at it. The trouble is, that for reasons beyond my ken, my computer defaults EVERYTHING to the other card, a fairly crappy generic card (an "Intel HD Graphics Family") instead. This is easily fixed by using the Nvidia control panel to change which card my PC uses for each game individually. I bit of a hassle, but not too much work.

The problem (and reason this relates to salem) is that I cannot switch which card my PC uses for salem as there is no entry for it in the installed games list, and is not shown when I try to browse for it. I thought at first it had to do with salem being a java game, but threw that out because I still have the old haven and hearth entry on my card settings along with a couple other java based games. My question is, does anybody know how I can switch which card my PC uses for salem, or what file I should be searching for? I apologize if this question seems irrelevant to salem, I figured it was because without switching cards, I can't use salems shadows. (which I think actually look pretty nice.)

Go to javaws, change that to your graphics card

[saltmummy]

So it is java then? I'll try that out.

[Paradoxyc]

So it is java then? I'll try that out.

Yeah you have to make the java.exe run off your graphics card

[lobo221]

I know its an old topic but better yet disable integrated graphic card in your bios.

[Kandarim]

that's hardly a solution if you still want to use your integrated for, i don't know, anything else.

[lachlaan]

I remember friends having issues with nVidia optimus when the program didn't detect an indie game as being graphics intensive enough to warrant the discrete graphics card being used over integrated. Perhaps try just turning up antialising and some other fancier graphics features and see if nVidia decides on its own to use discrete.