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
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. Leave it enabled. If a game is somehow rendering on the integrated GPU by mistake, the fix is to set that GAME to use the dedicated card (Windows Graphics settings), not to disable half your hardware.
How Compy treats it
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 Compy Blackbook holds 174 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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