Dying Light 2 is using integrated graphics card

[muted ingot]

Hi, my game is using integrated graphics and not using my nvidia rtx 2050 i've tried using graphic settings in windows settings and it still utilises my intel iris xe graphic

[west lichen]

try using the software the company provides(nvidia or amd)

you should be able to manually configure which gpu the game uses

[muted ingot]

geforce experience right?

[west lichen]

if you use nvidia yeah that should be it

[muted ingot]

Alright ill try that

[muted ingot]

Didnt seem to work

My nvidia gpu still isnt getting used

What would happen if I disabled my intel graphics card?

[west lichen]

nothing really

[muted ingot]

Would it force my laptop to run off of nvidia

[west lichen]

your system would use the dedicated gpu

exactly

[muted ingot]

so then the game would work wouldnt it?

[west lichen]

it would work yes

[muted ingot]

alr

you sure it wouldnt cause any problems? 😓

[west lichen]

I'm sure

[muted ingot]

alright thanks

[muted ingot]

ok uhmm

so i disabled that integrated graphics card

and it still doesnt work

like it uses my graphics card but it only utilises 30%/25% of the graphics

[timber zephyr]

probably bottlenecked by the CPU, what is it?

[west lichen]

turn up the graphics

the game prolly does not use the full limits of the gpu

or your laptop manufacturer's foolishness led to a cpu bottleneck just as gary said

[timber zephyr]

changing the windows power plan might help a bit, set it to 'high performance'
If its a laptop, be sure to apply that only to 'when plugged in'

[muted ingot]

I hardly have knowledge in hardware (bottlenecking and overclocking all that stuff), so are you asking for what CPU I have in my laptop? (If yes, Intel i5-1240P)

[muted ingot]

Graphics are all the way up, and even so in my friend's laptop (same specs), he has set it to low graphics and it still utilises 100% gpu

[timber zephyr]

it sounds like the CPU is power limted (because its not absolutely terrible for gaming)

did you check the power plan as I mentioned earlier? it could be power limited

Also, what OEM is the laptop from? they could have applied their own power management

ASUS are renown for it

[muted ingot]

Acer

[timber zephyr]

check windows power management first (whilst its connected to the mains)

see what power plan is in use

[muted ingot]

I only have Balanced and Acer power plans

[timber zephyr]

click ;change plan settings' to the right of the active plan. then 'changed advanced settings'

processor power management

system cooling policy

is it set to active?

[muted ingot]

Minimum/Maximum processor state?

[timber zephyr]

Processor power management

this determines whether it will increase the cooler (fan) speed or downclock the CPU

[muted ingot]

Yeah when I click on the dropdown, it shows two options. Maximum processor state, minimum processor state

[timber zephyr]

sounds like acer have limited the cooling options

is their some acer software to control power management?

ordinarily you would have the cooling policy option

[muted ingot]

Oh

[muted ingot]

Yeah I think I do lemme check

[timber zephyr]

look for a high performance, or gaming mode, something like that

[muted ingot]

Uh no there isnt one

Like in the app there isnt something like that

[timber zephyr]

in windows power management where you were before...

did you not have this option

[muted ingot]

Nope

Is there not some 3rd party app to control this power management?

[timber zephyr]

yeah acer have definitely modified the standard power settings

[muted ingot]

😢 😭

[timber zephyr]

you can just uninstall the acer power management to test if thats the cause

is it an Acer Nitro?

[muted ingot]

It's an Acer Aspire 5

[timber zephyr]

You can also configure power management options for high performance by following these steps:
Open the Run dialog box by pressing the Windows + R keys
Type powercfg.cpl and press Enter
Select High Performance under Select a power plan in the Power Options window
If the High Performance option is not visible, click the down arrow next to Show additional plans
Click Save changes or OK

thats from Acer

double check you dont have the 'show additional plans' option

[muted ingot]

Yeah i'm sure I dont have it

[timber zephyr]

youre definitely on that page?

seems like its a known issue with that maodel
https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/647362/acer-aspire-5-performance-power-options-not-shown-or-creatable

it could be 'modern standby' as indicated by the last post, but I would be inclined to test by removing the acer power management program first

particularly if youre not comfortable with editing the registry

[muted ingot]

Yep 100%

[timber zephyr]

go to add/remove programs

see if there is something specifically related to acer power management

[muted ingot]

Alright

[muted ingot]

Nope

It only has photo director, power director and some random product registration apps

[muted ingot]

I'll just try editing the registry

[timber zephyr]

https://www.makeuseof.com/windows-disable-modern-standby/

[west lichen]

welp

you can try reinstalling drivers

do some tinkering in power options

you can set how high of a priority the game is

and idk

if everything else falls

reinstall the game

I can't really think of anything else

[tranquil cape]

set the game on high priority. when you open it, enter task manager, details, right click on dying light 2 executable and hover your mouse on the priority and put high

also go into graphics settings in windows settings and add the dying light 2 executable and put high performance on it

[timber zephyr]

won't do a thing, his performance is limited by the acer power management which is limiting power draw, and ergo clock speed

[tranquil cape]

f

[timber zephyr]

throttlestop will likely 'fix' it, but I'm at work rn and dont have access to comparable hardware to test it on