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Laptop programs using discrete gpu very laggy [Solved]
Posted on 1/26/24 at 7:32 pm
Posted on 1/26/24 at 7:32 pm
I’ve got an Acer laptop with an Nvidia 3070ti.
Everything was fine until a week ago I noticed some applications going very slow and laggy. I’ve now noticed it is strictly just programs using that graphics card, and not just games. My brave browser uses discrete graphics and very slow. Edge doesn’t and works just fine.
Any thoughts?
Everything was fine until a week ago I noticed some applications going very slow and laggy. I’ve now noticed it is strictly just programs using that graphics card, and not just games. My brave browser uses discrete graphics and very slow. Edge doesn’t and works just fine.
Any thoughts?
This post was edited on 1/27/24 at 12:55 pm
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Posted on 1/26/24 at 7:39 pm to ApisMellifera
If your laptop has set power/fan curves, make sure to take it off of the "quiet" setting. I bought my wife a Lenovo Legion a few years ago and installed 3D Mark to make sure performance and cooling were working as they should based on the specs.
And TimeSpy ran like a fricking slideshow. Awful score. Absolutely pathetic. Then I realized it was using the integrated GPU. Quick google search told me that the system forced the integrated GPU on the quiet setting. On normal and performance, it used the discrete. I was less than amused at the aggravation.
Anyway, could be a completely different issue, but just throwing that out there from personal experience.
And TimeSpy ran like a fricking slideshow. Awful score. Absolutely pathetic. Then I realized it was using the integrated GPU. Quick google search told me that the system forced the integrated GPU on the quiet setting. On normal and performance, it used the discrete. I was less than amused at the aggravation.
Anyway, could be a completely different issue, but just throwing that out there from personal experience.
Posted on 1/27/24 at 11:07 am to Joshjrn
That sounded like it could have been it but everything was set to default. Even after turning it to “performance” I still had the same issue.
Thanks for the idea though.
Thanks for the idea though.
Posted on 1/27/24 at 11:16 am to ApisMellifera
Do you have something like MSI afterburner running while using these apps to verify it is actually using the 3070ti and not the integrated graphics?
Posted on 1/27/24 at 11:35 am to ApisMellifera
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That sounded like it could have been it but everything was set to default. Even after turning it to “performance” I still had the same issue.
Thanks for the idea though.
I know this will sounds like six in one hand and half a dozen in the other, but do you see any difference in described performance when plugged in vs on battery?
Posted on 1/27/24 at 12:33 pm to bluebarracuda
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Do you have something like MSI afterburner running while using these apps to verify it is actually using the 3070ti and not the integrated graphics?
I can see through Nvidia’s gpu activity screen which ones are using it.
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I know this will sounds like six in one hand and half a dozen in the other, but do you see any difference in described performance when plugged in vs on battery?
Zero difference.
Posted on 1/27/24 at 12:54 pm to ApisMellifera
After digging deeper in google, I found a post on Tomshardware.com that was describing my exact scenario.
This guy had a lenovo laptop and said he went into its vantage software and turned "hybrid" mode off and that solved it. So I went into the advanced settings on my nitrosense dashboard and toggled ON "discrete gpu only". After a restart everything is working normal now.
A little weird that the discrete gpu was the one giving me the problems but now just using that has everything working fine. Any clue why? Just curious at this point.
This guy had a lenovo laptop and said he went into its vantage software and turned "hybrid" mode off and that solved it. So I went into the advanced settings on my nitrosense dashboard and toggled ON "discrete gpu only". After a restart everything is working normal now.
A little weird that the discrete gpu was the one giving me the problems but now just using that has everything working fine. Any clue why? Just curious at this point.
Posted on 1/27/24 at 5:05 pm to ApisMellifera
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After digging deeper in google, I found a post on Tomshardware.com that was describing my exact scenario.
This guy had a lenovo laptop and said he went into its vantage software and turned "hybrid" mode off and that solved it. So I went into the advanced settings on my nitrosense dashboard and toggled ON "discrete gpu only". After a restart everything is working normal now.
A little weird that the discrete gpu was the one giving me the problems but now just using that has everything working fine. Any clue why? Just curious at this point.
It sounds like it's more of some settings conflict frickery between your laptop and Nvidia than it is purely a GPU problem. But anyway, glad you got it sorted.
On an utterly unrelated note, other than being weird frickery, I recently noticed that games had a hard ceiling at 60fps. Couldn't figure out why. Did a full DDU wipe plus driver install, still happening.
Apparently Windows had reset my monitor's resolution to 60fps at some point, and because I have Gsync on, it was hard locking me...
Posted on 7/22/26 at 5:28 am to ApisMellifera
Usually when an Acer Nitro or Predator starts laggy behavior on the discrete GPU out of nowhere, it’s either Windows power plans resetting or thermal throttling kicking in hard.
When the GPU spikes, those fans sound like a jet engine and the heat drops performance fast. If anyone's using their setup for Discord or work calls while gaming on these, that fan noise is a nightmare to filter out.
Had the exact same issue on my 3070ti laptop and picked up Camomile to clean up the mic audio so my friends wouldn't hear the fans blowing at full speed.
Definitely double-check your Nvidia Control Panel power settings first, but if your laptop is ramping up fans just to keep the GPU cool, tweaking your audio suppression helps a ton.
When the GPU spikes, those fans sound like a jet engine and the heat drops performance fast. If anyone's using their setup for Discord or work calls while gaming on these, that fan noise is a nightmare to filter out.
Had the exact same issue on my 3070ti laptop and picked up Camomile to clean up the mic audio so my friends wouldn't hear the fans blowing at full speed.
Definitely double-check your Nvidia Control Panel power settings first, but if your laptop is ramping up fans just to keep the GPU cool, tweaking your audio suppression helps a ton.
This post was edited on 7/22/26 at 7:28 am
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