EU4 Demo and nVIDIA GeForce GT780MX: NVIDIA GPU not used, Intel GPU used instead

[Lorthirk]

Hello. I just downloaded the demo and noticed something odd. My laptop has a NVIDIA GTX780M discrete GPU, alongside an Intel HD4600. The strange thing is that, unlike other games I have, EU choses to use the Intel GPU instead of the discrete and far more powerful NVIDIA one. If I right click on EU.exe and explictly choose "Run with NVIDIA graphic adapter", instead, the NVIDIA GPU is used and the game is perfectly smooth. I'm using 311.44 version of the NVIDIA drivers. Please tell me if more feedback is needed.

Thanks

 

[AndrewT]

This is governed by nVidia's Optimus software, not the game. It is supposed to detect that the game can use the more powerful card and switch to it. You need to report it to them.