Problem - AMD Radeon™ HD 8970M didn't swithces at all

[DominusNox]

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Hello there, and please help me find out a solution for situation that I've got

First of all is specs
MSI GX 70 - laptop
CPU - AMD A10-5750M witch has Radeon™ HD 8650G integrated
GPU - AMD Radeon™ HD 8970M

Despite all my efforts to force the game to use a dedicated card, it uses integrated. Actually i don't even have an option to switch it in game.
All i can do is to mark the game as high performance process in ATI switchable graphics application, but with no result.

In other games dedicated card runs nice and smooth (AAA games like Thief, Crysis etc)
maybe there is some workaround or maybe I must manually fix some *ini or register? please advise

[BugMeister]

are you up to date with your AMD gfx drivers, check here:
http://www.amd.com/en-gb/

[DominusNox]

Thanks for advise, but its all updated (Drivers, direct X, etc)

[Hardcard]

+++Forum search ain't help, so hear me out XD+++

Hello there, and please help me find out a solution for situation that I've got

First of all is specs
MSI GX 70 - laptop
CPU - AMD A10-5750M witch has Radeon™ HD 8650G integrated
GPU - AMD Radeon™ HD 8970M

Despite all my efforts to force the game to use a dedicated card, it uses integrated. Actually i don't even have an option to switch it in game.
All i can do is to mark the game as high performance process in ATI switchable graphics application, but with no result.

In other games dedicated card runs nice and smooth (AAA games like Thief, Crysis etc)
maybe there is some workaround or maybe I must manually fix some *ini or register? please advise

This is what I'd do in your situation:

Option 1- Enter BIOS and disable the integrated graphics (there has to be an option for it)

Option 2- Go to device manager and make sure integrated graphics is disabled, if not, right click and disable it. But first make sure your dedicated graphics card is properly installed and ready to use.

Option 3- Enter Catalyst, select the "Desktop Management" option in the left column and then select the "Advanced Display Settings" sub option.
Now, you should mark the option to manually detect display devices (to the right).
Then select the "Creating and Arranging Desktops" sub option (left column again), click on the "Detect Displays" button to the right and see if there's a second display representing your dedicated graphics card.
If you see it, then enable it and disable the display representing your integrated graphics. This is pretty much the only thing you can do in Catalyst, as far as I can tell.

Option 4- You could also try to edit the "config.xml" file (located in C:\Users\Your username\Documents\Egosoft\X Rebirth\Weird number) using notepad++. In line 55 you'll find this option: <adapter>0</adapter>
You could try changing that adapter value to 1, save the changes and see if X:Rebirth uses your dedicated graphics with that value...
I'd recommend to backup your "config.xml" file before editing it.
Maybe this doesn't work, but it's worth a try.

This is what I would try if I were you... if this doesn't work because it's not possible to disable integrated graphics in bios, Catalyst laughs at you, or something similar, let this be a lesson.
NEVER buy a laptop for gaming unless you are positive that the mobo/bios is flexible enough, and never buy another AMD APU if you plan on using a dedicated graphics card.
Why? Because APUs are underpowered cpus, since they have a built-in gpu which takes a chunk of the potential cpu space (therefore power).
If you plan on using a dedicated graphics card, then you don't need that integrated gpu, so a significant chunk of your APU becomes useless.
You'd be better off having a pure cpu for normal computing and a dedicated gpu for graphics processing, this way you wouldn't waste a chunk of your cpu.