getting RoF2 client to recognize my video card

[Cuervoo]

Hey guys, I'm not tech savvy when it comes to computers, so how do I get my client to recognize my NVidia card as opposed to my onboard card. I disabled my onboard card, but EQ still is not recognizing the NVidia one.

[rmm10]

You mention your onboard "card". I assume you meant onboard graphics (OBG) (also known as Integrated Graphics). A card is something you plug into your motherboard and so can easily unplug/remove. OBG is built into your computer and done by either a discreet chip soldered onto your motherboard or by graphics electronics that are integrated inside another chip such as the CPU.

Anyways...the exact answer will vary according to your operating system and hardware. Since I have not seen your system and because I am certainly not an expert in all the systems out there, then I can only speak in generalities.

You did not mention how you disabled your OBG, so...there are three things to check. One is disabling from the BIOS, one is disabling from win10 via the System Properties window (your Windows may or may not have this option) and the third is from the NVidia front end software (NVidia software, in some cases, can sorta integrate two graphics systems in a certain way but I've never done this myself).

I would think that if you have the OBG disabled in BIOS that that would act as if you took a knife and physically cut the circuitry out. But I can't say that for sure...its possible that your NVidia software sees it anyways even though it can't use it.

If you don't want to disable your OBG, then (in theory) you can choose which graphics hardware to use using the Options button that appears during EQ start up. I believe you can only see this button while using the THF downloader front end. If you use any sort of autologin, the window that has that button can get skipped over.

If you look at my attachments, you can see that I too have an NVidia card. It has three channels.

Having both OBG and a plugin card usually means that you now have two places to plug your monitor into. So, just out of curiosity...which one is your monitor plugged into?