[Wine] Re: Switch graphics card via Wine?

[jjmckenzie]

r3son wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a PC with two graphic cards one Intel onboard and one Nvidia dedicated card. lspci shows me both and both graphics drivers are installed. 
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> 
> Code:
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> > lspci | grep -i vga
> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G98 [GeForce 9300M GS] (rev a1)
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> 
> 
> 
> I think, Wine only uses the  slow Intel card. Is it possible to force Wine to use the NV card instead and how?


Wine will detect and use the card that is in slot 0 first.  In this case the Intel card will be detected and used (this is not a Wine feature, it is a feature of Linux.)  The only sure method is to swap which card is detected first or to completely disable the Intel card if possible.