topic Intel HD 530 DirectX 9 ? in Graphics

Intel HD 530 DirectX 9 ?

ND — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 17:28:16 GMT

Hi,

I don't understand something about my new laptop.

I have two graphic cards, the default one Intel HD 530 and the GTX 960M.

When I run Dxdiag, it's all about GTX 960M running DirectX 12, but when I was checking my OpenGL version with GL Viewer, it was all about Intel HD 530 (no gtx960m options) and it was saying DirectX 9. So maybe it's an error?

How to check DirectX version of the Intel HD?

Thank you

Re: Intel HD 530 DirectX 9 ?

Stefan3D — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 18:01:04 GMT

Which viewer do you mean? There are 3 popular ones:

http://www.geeks3d.com/20161107/gpu-caps-viewer-1-32-0-released/ GPU Caps Viewer 1.32.0 Released – Geeks3D

http://www.realtech-vr.com/glview/download.php OpenGL Extensions Viewer - Download

https://www.saschawillems.de/%3Fpage_id%3D771 OpenGL Hardware Capability Viewer

All of them are confused by NVIDIA Optimus technology.

Therefore create an app profile in NVIDIA control panel.

Select NVIDIA in app profile, run viewer and save results.

Then select INTEL in app profile, run viewer again and save results again.

Otherwise https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/ GPU-Z Video card GPU Information Utility can hot switch GPUs.

Re: Intel HD 530 DirectX 9 ?

idata — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 20:22:14 GMT

Great suggestions from Stefan3D.

See the following link for Intel® HD graphics 530 specifications

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/graphics-drivers/000005524.html Supported APIs and Features for Intel® Graphics Drivers

Allan.