Switching between Intel and NVIDIA GPU

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My laptop has 2 GPUs, the Intel HD Graphics 4000, and NVIDIA GeForce FT 650M. How do I switch between GPUs? I tried installing drivers from NVIDIA, but that ruined my Ubuntu installation, and I had to reinstall. The Additional Drivers in Settings don't list any Nvidia drivers either.

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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Your graphics card is not yet officially supported by Nvidia, and requires the bumblebee drivers for Linux. You can find more information on this post: Switchable laptop graphics issues on Ubuntu 12.04?

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

Community

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answered Oct 03 '12 at 23:39

Sepero

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 14 '13 at 04:24

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This might be slightly easier to use: WebUpd8

Just go to part 4, about graphics switching.

Also, take a ook at this more detailed explanation, also at WebUpd8:

http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/bumblebee-31-released-with-primus.html

answered May 14 '13 at 04:24

haneefmubarak

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Jun 21 '13 at 04:25

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Just get the latest driver from nVidia's website and allow executing it and you are good to go.

edited Jun 21 '13 at 04:25

Seth

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answered Jun 21 '13 at 03:26

MohamedN'na'a

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score -2 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 03 '17 at 14:55

This is way outdated!!

Google

For Switching

Log out and back in nvidia-prime (best) Solid

On the Fly

Bumblebee (still problematic and difficult/tedious to install)

Trying to help Mark

p.s a new CLI (terminal) way to install your latest Drivers is

sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall

Switching between Intel and NVIDIA GPU

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