#Windows / Minecraft not recognizing my GeForce GTX 960 and using Intel GPU for the game instead

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gaunt sphinx
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I recently reset my PC and reinstalled Windows 10 using a USB on my drive with 465GB of space (it used to be on my 111GB drive). Everything went alright, with only a few problems with Windows Updates. I installed my graphics driver updates directly from Intel and NVIDIA, and everything was fine until I tried playing Minecraft, and realized it was using Intel (R) HD Graphics 4000 instead of my GTX 960. Previously my Minecraft always ran on the GTX 960. I tried all kinds of different solutions, but it seems like Windows isn't recognizing GTX 960 in the Graphics settings (Settings) so I can't set it as the GPU for OpenJDK and Java SE Binary (for Minecraft). Is there anything I can do? I hope this is a relevant place to ask.

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deep wasp
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Did you even install the Nvidia drivers?

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Also

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Did you plug your cables to the motherboard or GPU?

gaunt sphinx
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I have installed the NVIDIA drivers, directly from the website. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling them fully also. My monitor cables are plugged in so: one in the GPU and one in the motherboard, because I don't have an adapter to plug both into the GPU. This problem persists even if I unplug the monitor in the motherboard. The other monitor plugged into my GPU works fine

deep wasp
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Make sure your default monitor is set to the one plugged into the GPU, the one that is plugged into the Motherboard should be set as secondary monitor

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Also, it's preferable to plug all displays into the GPU rather than the motherboard unless you ran out of ports

gaunt sphinx
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WOW no way, that completely fixed it, I didn't even realize my main display wasn't the GPU one

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Thank you, that seems so obvious, I can't believe I did everything from BIOS settings to DDU

gaunt sphinx
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yeah you pretty much have to revise your connections as DVI is pretty much dead