Graphic Card

[elektrikboy]

hi guys
noob question again lol
I have a ASUS with i7 and a dedicated nvidia geforce gt 650M (2Gb dedicated) laptop...how can I make Irrlicht use this nvidia instead of Intel integrated video card??

[CuteAlien]

I have no system here to test (my cpu graphicard is made inaccessible by the board...), but for Windows there is this trick. Add this code in your application:

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#if defined(_WIN32)
// Tell AMD and Nvidia drivers to use the most powerful GPU instead of a lower-performance (such as integrated) GPU 
// Trick found here: https://gist.github.com/statico/6809850727c708f08458
// NOTE: Those lines cause our project to create .exp and .lib files additional to .exe files.
extern "C" 
{
	// http://developer.download.nvidia.com/devzone/devcenter/gamegraphics/files/OptimusRenderingPolicies.pdf
	__declspec(dllexport) DWORD NvOptimusEnablement = 0x00000001;

	// http://developer.amd.com/community/blog/2015/10/02/amd-enduro-system-for-developers/
	__declspec(dllexport) int AmdPowerXpressRequestHighPerformance = 1;
}
#endif

For D3D9 we've also added DisplayAdapter parameter in SIrrCreationParameters (which you can pass when creating a new device) in the svn trunk version of Irrlicht.

For Linux - I simply don't know yet, sorry.

[elektrikboy]

Thx again man!!
It's working perfectly now!