Intel HD 4600 - Switchable Graphics not Switching

Question

HP,
My laptop is currently up to date with your software (9.18.10.3324) for Intel HD 4600, however - not up to date with Intel's Iris drivers (15.33.22.64.3621) - what gives?
My current issue is attempting to load DayZ using the ATI (in Switchable Graphcis Settings) High Performance Settings, which i've set everything to default to "High performance" but it defaults to software settings (Intel HD 4600) instead of the builtin AMD Radeon HD 8600/8700M. I've attempted to disable hybrid graphics in BIOS, which takes away the option for the AMD chip once i return back to windows so that was a dead end. I've attempted to add the applciation as "high performance", which did nothing. I've attempted to update my outdated drivers to Intel's release but they don't "match my system"
How can I disable the Intel HD 4600 so the only video card running on this laptop is the Dedicated Graphics Card?
Laptop Info:
System Model HP ProBook 450 G1
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4200M CPU @ 2.50GHz, 2501 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Professional
Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
BIOS Version/Date Hewlett-Packard L74 Ver. 01.08, 2/13/2014
SMBIOS Version 2.7
Video Card Info:
Name AMD Radeon HD 8600/8700M
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_6600&SUBSYS_1947103C&REV_00\4&32B9C2E0&0&0008
Adapter Type AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x6600), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. compatible
Adapter Description AMD Radeon HD 8600/8700M
Adapter RAM 1.00 GB (1,073,741,824 bytes)
Installed Drivers aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Driver Version 14.100.0.0
INF File oem53.inf (ati2mtag_R502 section)
Color Planes Not Available
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1920 x 1080 x 59 hertz Bits/Pixel 32
Memory Address 0x90000000-0x9FFFFFFF
Memory Address 0xB09C0000-0xB09FFFFF
I/O Port 0x00004F00-0x00004FFF
IRQ Channel IRQ 4294967284
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\atikmpag.sys (8.14.1.6374, 624.00 KB (638,976 bytes), 5/27/2014 7:29 PM)
Name Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600 PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0416&SUBSYS_1942103C&REV_06\3&42FFD25&0&10
Adapter Type Intel(R) HD Graphics Family, Intel Corporation compatible
Adapter Description Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600
Adapter RAM (1,610,612,736) bytes
Installed Drivers igdumdim64.dll,igd10iumd64.dll,igd10iumd64.dll,igdumdim32,igd10iumd32,igd10iumd32
Driver Version 9.18.10.3324
INF File oem42.inf (iHSWM_w7 section)
Color Planes Not Available
Color Table Entries Not Available
Resolution Not Available Bits/Pixel Not Available
Memory Address 0xB0000000-0xB03FFFFF
Memory Address 0xA0000000-0xAFFFFFFF
I/O Port 0x00005000-0x0000503F
IRQ Channel IRQ 4294967288
I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB
I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\atikmpag.sys (8.14.1.6374, 624.00 KB (638,976 bytes), 5/27/2014 7:29 PM)

Answer 1

Hello r33tc0w
Thanks for posting on the HP Forums!
I understand you are experiencing an issue with your notebook. However, since this is a commercial notebook, you should post your issue on the notebook board of the HP Enterprise Forums for a better answer.
Have a wonderful day!
Mario
I worked on behalf of HP.