Disabling integrated graphics for more FPS
Also searched as: disable integrated graphics fps · disable igpu fps · turn off integrated gpu · igpu disable gaming · disable onboard graphics
What it does
Disabling the CPU's built-in (integrated) graphics in Device Manager or the BIOS, expecting your dedicated card to run faster.
The honest verdict
Graded placebo. Your dedicated graphics card is already doing all the rendering — the integrated GPU sits idle while you game and costs you no frames to leave on. Turning it off does nothing for FPS, and it can actually cost you: the integrated GPU powers some video-encoding (handy for recording without touching the game), drives extra display outputs, and is a lifesaver for troubleshooting if the dedicated card ever fails. …
Compy won't recommend it. If you're curious anyway: change one thing at a time, measure it on your own rig, and revert unless it's clearly better — that loop is exactly what Compy is built around.
The full graded entry
The rest of this write-up — the specifics behind the grade — ships inside the app. The Blackbook publishes its verdicts here — the full write-ups stay in the book, on your rig, next to your own measurements.
The Compy Blackbook holds 191 graded entries like this one, judged against your hardware — and every change it does make is reversible, with the receipt to prove it.
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