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Minecraft using the wrong GPU

If you have a laptop with both an integrated GPU and a dedicated GPU, Minecraft may use the integrated GPU by default. This can cause performance as well as issues launching the game. To fix this, you can force Minecraft to use the dedicated GPU.

To force Minecraft to use the dedicated GPU on NVIDIA, follow these steps:

  1. Open the start menu.

Win Start

  1. Search for NVIDIA Control Panel and open it.

Search NVIDIA Control Panel

  1. In the NVIDIA Control Panel, click on Manage 3D settings in the left sidebar.

Click NVIDIA Control Panel

  1. Click on the Program Settings tab.

Click Manage 3D Settings

  1. Click on the Add button

Click Add

  1. Click on OpenJDK Platform Binary in the list of programs, then click on the Add Selected Program button.
    • Its possible that multiple OpenJDK Platform Binary programs are listed. In this case you can hover over each one with your mouse to see the full path. You will want to select the one that is located in the .ftba directory. If there are multiple, you will want to repeat this step for each one.
    • You might also see net.minecraft.client.main.main in the list of programs. If you do, you will want to repeat this step for that program as well.

Select OpenJDK Platform Binary

  1. In the Select the preferred graphics processor for this program dropdown, select High-performance NVIDIA processor.

Select High-performance NVIDIA processor

  1. Apply the changes by clicking on the Apply button in the bottom right corner.

Click Apply