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Windows tip: improving battery life and processor power
by Martin Jud
Useful Windows tricks: graphics card roulette
1.7.2020
Translation: Patrik Stainbrook
When Windows doesn't want to work or hits you in the face with a Blue Screen of Death, then it's time to break out the big guns. These nifty little exploits tend to expose the user as the biggest stumbling block while helping the operating system better solve its tasks. Today we're talking about laptop graphics cards.
Integrated and dedicated – both are valid
In the case of a battery-operated laptop with an additional graphics card, it always makes sense to run a dedicated and integrated graphics unit as a team. This allows the runtime of your notebook to be extended. Or not, if you prioritise maximum performance like I did in my stress test.
Ways to boost your performance
Even if most of you already know: this is how you set the graphics card for a specific program.
Option 1
Right click on the corresponding program icon and change your preferred setting in the context menu under «Run with graphics processor».
Option 2
In Windows, go to «Graphics settings» under «Settings» and add the desired program and option, as shown in the picture below.
Well, that's all for today. Maybe that'll be all for my little bag of tricks. But hey, I'll let you decide whether this format appeals to you:
Martin Jud
Senior Editor
martin.jud@digitecgalaxus.chI find my muse in everything. When I don’t, I draw inspiration from daydreaming. After all, if you dream, you don’t sleep through life.
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