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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: yeti654 on September 11, 2013, 03:30:06 PM

Title: I have two video cards; how do I switch them?
Post by: yeti654 on September 11, 2013, 03:30:06 PM

I am trying to play Civilization V on my desktop computer but it is very laggy and thus unplayable. I have been told that I need to change my graphics card. However, when I go to Device Manager, it lists the following two items under "Display Adapters":

ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics
ATI Radeon HD 5700 HD Series

According to dxdiag.exe, my computer is currently using the first (and worse) of the two. How do I switch to the better graphics card? Or am I just running two cards at the same time? I do not understand this at all.

My specs:
OS: Windows 7 64-Bit
Manufacturer: ASUS
Model: CG1330
Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1035T (6 CPUs), ~2.6 GHz
Memory: 8192 MB RAM

Thanks in advance.

Title: Re: I have two video cards; how do I switch them?
Post by: yeti654 on September 11, 2013, 03:53:09 PM

I fixed it by plugging in the VGA cable into the other slot.

Title: Re: I have two video cards; how do I switch them?
Post by: DaveLembke on September 11, 2013, 04:48:01 PM

Cool that you fixed it and the Radeon 3000 is likely the integrated GPU while your Radeon HD5700 is the better video card?