Edit: Nevermind, I've mixed things up. Since I spent much more time than I should have to find this, I'm going to share this here in case someone happens to google an issue similar to mine:
-If you need to check what GPU you have in Windows 10, go to the search bar and enter "run", then enter "dxdiag", then check the "display" tab for your first GPU and the "render" tab for your second GPU. This is also where you can find a few other useful things such as the processor in "system" and maybe the display rate of your monitor in "render" but my laptop doesn't have that. You first GPU might be an integrated one, like mine.
-To get better performance from your GPU on a game, right-click the file (whether it's on your desktop or in the file explorer), then hover over "Run with a graphics processor" and select the "high-performance NVIDIA" option. Not sure if other GPU brands have a high-performance option, though.
Continuing the second tip, now, I haven't tried this because I've only had time to test Minecraft but I assume it works. For your Steam games, you can right-click an application that has the "high-performance NVIDIA" option available but instead of selecting that, click on "change defaults". Now you can select a program/game or just the global settings and pick which graphics settings to run for each by default. By graphics settings, I just mean you can pick "high-performance" and/or which GPU to run.
I feel like I'm talking to my past self. Hopefully I'll have helped someone in the future.
Hi, I'm still learning about computer hardware. I bought a computer from Amazon but they sent me one with the completely wrong GPU that is just pure crap! I'm returning the computer to get the correct one.
I'll still have an Intel Core i5-7300HQ but the GPU is going from an Intel HD 630 to a GTX 1050. The GTX 1050 is supposedly 250% better than the other, according to userbenchmark, but will I see a difference in modded Minecraft?
I ask because I want to finish my mod pack of 50 mods and start playing on this crap computer. From the moderately-sized mod pack of 45 I'm using on this junk GPU, I get 30 FPS on my settings.
If the GTX 1050 increases FPS, then I'd love to get a few more of my favorite mods in and start playing before the correct laptop is sent.
Quick edit: I haven't got any shaders or texture packs.
Edit: Nevermind, I've mixed things up. Since I spent much more time than I should have to find this, I'm going to share this here in case someone happens to google an issue similar to mine:
-If you need to check what GPU you have in Windows 10, go to the search bar and enter "run", then enter "dxdiag", then check the "display" tab for your first GPU and the "render" tab for your second GPU. This is also where you can find a few other useful things such as the processor in "system" and maybe the display rate of your monitor in "render" but my laptop doesn't have that. You first GPU might be an integrated one, like mine.
-To get better performance from your GPU on a game, right-click the file (whether it's on your desktop or in the file explorer), then hover over "Run with a graphics processor" and select the "high-performance NVIDIA" option. Not sure if other GPU brands have a high-performance option, though.
Continuing the second tip, now, I haven't tried this because I've only had time to test Minecraft but I assume it works. For your Steam games, you can right-click an application that has the "high-performance NVIDIA" option available but instead of selecting that, click on "change defaults". Now you can select a program/game or just the global settings and pick which graphics settings to run for each by default. By graphics settings, I just mean you can pick "high-performance" and/or which GPU to run.
I feel like I'm talking to my past self. Hopefully I'll have helped someone in the future.
Hi, I'm still learning about computer hardware. I bought a computer from Amazon but they sent me one with the completely wrong GPU that is just pure crap! I'm returning the computer to get the correct one.I'll still have an Intel Core i5-7300HQ but the GPU is going from an Intel HD 630 to a GTX 1050. The GTX 1050 is supposedly 250% better than the other, according to userbenchmark, but will I see a difference in modded Minecraft?I ask because I want to finish my mod pack of 50 mods and start playing on this crap computer. From the moderately-sized mod pack of45I'm using on this junk GPU, I get 30 FPS on my settings.If the GTX 1050 increases FPS, then I'd love to get a few more of my favorite mods in and start playing before the correct laptop is sent.Quick edit: I haven't got any shaders or texture packs.