Game not recognizing my Nvidia GTX 860M

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sklr333
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Game not recognizing my Nvidia GTX 860M

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The game only seems to recognize my integrated graphics on my CPU and refuses to use my GPU, does anybody know how i can fix this issue, and yes I have tried forcing it to through my nvidia settings. Thank you.
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Re: Game not recognizing my Nvidia GTX 860M

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Hey there! If you are playing on Windows 10 there's an issue with it not allowing programs using DX8 or lower to be run using the dedicated GPU. Here's a wrapper that'll fix the problem: http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2.html

Copy the DLLs into your Giants folder. It's gonna fix some graphical issues but also comes with a few drawbacks unfortunately. For more support and Giants related content I invite you to join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/Avj4azU! This is the central hub of the community right now so come and play with us!
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Re: Game not recognizing my Nvidia GTX 860M

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What sort of drawbacks should I expect?
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Re: Game not recognizing my Nvidia GTX 860M

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Ooooooh, what do we have here?

Edit: Well that didn't seem to do much difference...
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Re: Game not recognizing my Nvidia GTX 860M

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We've added a ton of Techsupport to our Discord server and might collectively be able to help you out with your problem Richard!

Edit: We were able to help the original poster too.
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Re: Game not recognizing my Nvidia GTX 860M

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Do we need any kind of special invite to join the Discord server?
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Colbyfor wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2020 2:20 pm Do we need any kind of special invite to join the Discord server?
Nothing special needed, the invite is public and can be found on the front page, forums posts, steam and youtube. Be sure to read the instructions when you join https://discord.gg/Avj4azU
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