tim

Hi everyone. Im having a little problem with getting drivers to work. I just recently received my 970m to replace a dead 7970m for my alienware m17 r4 laptop which is running windows 10. But i cant seem to get the drivers to work quite right. I copy over the moded inf file and then install. following all the steps listed (well I think I am). The issue is that the gpu wont get utilized by any program whether i force it to in the nvidia control center or not - seems to only use intels integrated one. Ive even tried disabling the intels HD graphics but that makes no difference. I am new to all this type of thing so it might be something silly i am doing. However there is one driver that does install and works driver 347.09 ( uploaded by woodzstack listed as M17xR4_9xxm), though does have a few issues with some games. I have tried other drivers woodzstack has listed on the notebook review site but I am just meet with the message about ‘not the right components found’ , subsequently not installing. I would much appreciate if someone could explain what i should be doing. Thanks. Ps. I believe i am running in optimus mode? im not too sure. all i know is that the alienware graphic switch fn + f7 has not worked for years.