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does not use graphics card

Discussion in 'Troubleshooting: Bugs, Questions and Support' started by estradaraul106, Jan 22, 2020.

  1. estradaraul106

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    the game does not take advantage of the dedicated graphics card that I have ...
    my team is:
    -I3-2100
    -16GB RAM
    -NVIDIA GT 710
    I need help to play BeamNG Drive
     
    #1 estradaraul106, Jan 22, 2020
  2. IAchievedBacon

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    The problem is you're using a GT 710 and an i3 CPU. Both of those are less than minimum specs for this game. I use a GTX 1050ti and an i5-7400 and I get 60FPS on normal settings.
     
    #2 IAchievedBacon, Jan 22, 2020
  3. henryjhost

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    Make sure your video output cable (HDMI, VGA, DVI), is plugged into the graphics card. I would also recommend depending on where you are picking up a secondhand i5 2400 or i7 2600 as the game will run much better on a quad core processor and getting a cheap RX 470 or 570 for a dedicated gpu, as yours isn't really strong enough to play beam.
     
    #3 henryjhost, Jan 22, 2020
  4. Nadeox1

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    Can you specify if this is a laptop, or a desktop?

    If a desktop, what said above me is right. Make sure the monitor the game is using is actually plugged to your GT 710 video ports, and not the motherboard.

    If a laptop, it depends entirely on your Windows Power Plan + Nvidia Control Panel settings:
    https://wiki.beamng.com/Dedicated_Graphics
    A pet-peeve of dGPU on laptops is that sometimes they refuse to work even when the settings are apparently correct. This does not depend from the game itself, it's more how the whole dGPU thing works (painfully..)
     
    #4 Nadeox1, Jan 23, 2020
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