Some games not detecting graphics card even when settings are changed in the control panel

Storm573 have you setup per game/app manually to run on the DGPU intead of the IGPU on nvcp ? or you just set to high performance gpu and nothing else if so setup all games/apps that you want to run in each gpu manually on program settings instead sometimes just setting as high performance gpu will not stick

Storm573 did you uninstalled the drivers completely using DDU or just normally and what are the particular games you are talking about 

Storm573 said:

I uninstalled them using device manager. Mostly older games like Morrowind or republic commando that don't run well with integrated graphics.

Use DDU to uninstall the gpu drivers completely or you can also use a uninstaller software like for ex youruninstaller (its what i always used and keep using) for ex or similar to completely remove all files leftovers and  reg keys that might cause conflicts 

Storm573 said:

xapim said:

Storm573 said:

I uninstalled them using device manager. Mostly older games like Morrowind or republic commando that don't run well with integrated graphics.

Use DDU to uninstall the gpu drivers completely or you can also use a uninstaller software like for ex youruninstaller (its what i always used and keep using) for ex or similar to completely remove all files leftovers and  reg keys that might cause conflicts 

I used DDU to uninstall the drivers, then reinstalled the drivers and it still doesn't use my dedicated graphics card.

well thats weird have you tried older drivers even acer stock on both gpus to see if the issue persists if so i would say its the games themselves (some conf game wise or dx incompatibilities i dunno) might not work properly with the gtx and it defaults to the intel everytime its either that or your windows might be bugged due to some latest updates but if this was the case you would have the issue in all games not just a couple of older ones 

Storm573 as i said older games that use older unsupported dx versions wouldnt work on the newer gtx gpus but theres always some software to convert it somehow and this is reminding me now i had to do the same when i tested some old games glad you got it sorted you can accept your own answer as solved