Summary
Do graphics-intensive applications on your machine keep crashing?
This usually happens when the app uses the integrated graphics card instead of the dedicated one.
To prevent this from happening, it’s crucial that you disable your integrated graphics card.
Hannah Stryker / How-To Geek
Read along to learn how to do it.
Is Your Monitor Plugged Into the Correct Port?
Before turning off your onboard graphics, ensure that you’ve plugged your monitor into the correct port.
Graphics-intensive applications like games or video editing software often stutter or even crash when running on integrated graphics.
This happens because integrated graphics cannot provide these applications' resources to run smoothly.
Additionally, turning off integrated graphics can free up RAM resources.
Integrated graphics rely on your gear’s RAM forVRAMto function properly.
While desktop RAM is not the best alternative for VRAM, it works in this situation.
Because integrated graphics use system resources, it can sometimes causeheating issuesand reducelaptop battery backup.
you’re free to disable integrated graphics to eliminate these issues.
In the rig Manager, double-click “Display adapters” to access its drop-down menu.
Then, right-click your integrated graphics and choose “Disable rig.”
Click “Yes” to the confirmation box that crops up.
You might need torestart your computerto see the changes.
Disable Your Integrated Graphics Using BIOS
you could also disable your integrated graphics through the BIOS menu.
This will prevent Windows from automatically switching back to integrated graphics even after upgrading Windows.
This method is only safe if you have a dedicated GPU.
If you disable onboard memory without having a dedicated GPU, your screen will go blank.
The only way to fix this is toreset your BIOS.
The steps to disable integrated graphics vary depending on the manufacturer of your motherboard.
choose the “Display” tab.
In the equipment section, you’ll see the name of the graphics card that your setup is using.
Now, it’s possible for you to enjoy games and graphics-oriented applications without any hiccups.
