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Trouble getting Correct Graphics Card to Run SK

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Wed, 07/04/2012 - 21:35
Loaka's picture
Loaka

HALP!

I have a gaming laptop: the Dell M11X. It uses 2 video cards: the integrated Intel card for regular, every day stuff, and an NVidia 335M for graphics intensive stuff (ie. gaming).

The NVidia control panel will often detect and automatically make my laptop use the NVidia card whenever I launch a game, but not always. Sometimes I need to manually tell the my rig to use the NVidia card for a certain program. To do this, I simply select the .exe that I wish to use the beefy graphics card in the NVidia Control Panel and I'm off to the races.

Spiral Knights, unfortunately, doesn't use an .exe as far as I can tell. It launches through a url in Steam that uses Java. I've told my rig to use the NVidia card whenever java.exe is accessed, but it's not working; it still uses the integrated card whenever I start the game.

I have no idea how to tell my system to use the NVidia graphics card to play SK, and it makes me super sad!

Anyone else out there with gaming laptops have this problem? Best of all, can anyone help me fix it?

Thanks in advance!

Wed, 07/04/2012 - 22:07
#1
Trying's picture
Trying

The launcher is getdown-pro

Wed, 07/04/2012 - 22:25
#2
Loaka's picture
Loaka
I can't locate any executable

I can't locate any executable called "getdown-pro" on my system. Is that the exact name?

Wed, 07/04/2012 - 23:06
#3
Trying's picture
Trying

It's a .jar file.

Thu, 07/05/2012 - 05:09
#4
Loaka's picture
Loaka
I still can't locate any file

I still can't locate any file called "getdown-pro.jar" on my system...

Thu, 07/05/2012 - 08:06
#5
Trying's picture
Trying

Are you look through hidden folders?

Thu, 07/05/2012 - 20:45
#6
Loaka's picture
Loaka
Never mind! I found the

Never mind! I found the correct Java.exe. It's in the SK files found under Steam -> SteamApps -> Common -> Spiral Knights -> Java_VM -> Java.exe.

Works fine now. I did find this trying to find the getdown-pro file you mentioned though, so thanks! :)

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