Hi guys,

Question regarding FFXIV ARR on my laptop. I have switching graphics with an Intel HD4000, and a 2GB Nvidia GT740M. I know how to set Nvidia profiles to force an application/executable to use a particular GPU, as well as just right clicking on the executable and selecting 'Run with graphics processor' and selecting the GPU from there.

Whenever I run FFXIV, it's displaying my Intel HD 4000 as my primary display. I can play the game acceptably, but I know it's not using my GT740M. I have added all major FFXIV executables - ffxivboot.exe, ffxivlauncher.exe and ffxiv.exe to the Nvidia control panel and specified my 'High performance Nvidia processor' as the default GPU.

Yet every time I run the game and go to graphics settings, it only shows my primary display as my Intel HD 4000. The drop down box with the primary display only shows the Intel HD as well.

This seems to be an issue with any game that runs a launcher before the main application itself. I've had a similar issue with EVE Online as well. It runs a launcher that I log into, then hit 'Play' and the game itself launches. This also defaults to my Intel HD 4000. I can tell all related executables to use the Nvidia GPU, but they never seem to.

If it's any game I run direct from an executable, I can force the Nvidia GPU just fine.

Anyone had any experience with this? It's not a huge issue as I play on my desktop primarily, but would like to be able to utilise it on my Laptop as well.

Specs, out of interest are as follows:
Intel Core i7-3537U @ 2.00Ghz (2.50Ghz Turboboost)
16GB DDR3 1600Mhz RAM
Intel HD 4000 Graphics
2GB Nvidia GT740M GPU
Sandisk 480GB SSD
Windows 8 Professional x64

Thanks for any input in advance.