Helios 300 15, is there a way to completely disable the intel GPU?

iceman0124

 

   I seldom use this machine on battery and thats unlikely to change, preferably I would like to disable the iGPU while plugged in ,and use it exclusively on battery. I would however settle on using the GTX 1060 exclusively.

 

  Primary reason is the sub par screen these ship with, a light touch of the Nvidia Digital Vibrance control can really help a semi blah screen....however I cant use it as the igpu runs the desktop....the color controls on the igpu arent very good....any noticable change is a bad one to my eyes, I've searched around and cant find a way to do this, any ideas?

ven98

I think there should an option in the BIOS which lets you enable and disable the integrated graphics.

iceman0124

There are VERY few user definable options in the bios, I havent seen any in regard to GPU at all.

ven98

If you can't find such an option in regard to enabling/disabling the iGPU in BIOS, I guess you cannot disable it permanently.

Flx

I don't think you can, I tried disabling the IGPU and it still wouldn't use NVIDIA so I think all video is routed through the IGPU no matter what in the end.

beststevie

You could use the settings in Predator Sense and enable the option "...use external Graphics only". As there is no option in Bios, this should be the only way.

iceman0124

 

  Predatpr sense is extremly limited for this model, screen shot attatched, to my knowledge thats all there is, if I wrong please let me know

Flx

No you are correct, for the Helios 300 there isn't much Psense functionality.

 

Edit: I forgot I tweaked my intel HD colors because I wasn't satisfied with the original set up and it really makes the screen pop now. If you want to try it go to your intel HD panel, display, then color settings. Mine are:
Brightness: 15

Contrast: 48

Hue: 0

Saturation: 52

Red-Sand

I just thought I'd add to this if anyone else is looking.

I know someone who has an unlocked BIOs of the Helios and the setting to disable intel GPU and use only Nvidia causes a black screen.

This means the nvidia gpu uses the intel gpu as a type of server to output to the monitor display.

This also explains why performance in games/benches is increased when using an external display with the laptop display turned off, as the intel gpu will cause a bottleneck to the performance of the nvidia gpu.

Squids

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/556557#Comment_556557

So what am I meant to do if my PC switches to IGPU mid-gaming regularly (some games almost definitely, i.e. OW2), and visibally the only solution is disabling the Intel graphics?