How to disable integrated graphics to only use the 560X on the acer nitro 5 NH.Q3REP.027

Recently we bought a laptop which is the Acer Nitro 5 NH.Q3REP.027 (with an AMD 2500U and RX560)

Minecraft is the game which wants me to solve an issue for it so here I am.
The game uses the integrated graphics instead of using the graphic's card which causes massive FPS issues and everything related to performance.
Minecraft has that huge impact on the CPU, when it updates the landscape (chunks) it makes the frame rate suffer a lot (1 to 5 fps) for quite a long time like 30 seconds.

Minecraft is not the problem here (not the only game which encounters this issue, there is also Apex Legends, Rainbow 6 Siege, and more, not all though) . The issue is related to the iGPU, instead of taking use of the graphic's card it takes the Vega 8 existence into reality and yeah it's really bad.

I want to disable the iGPU and make the game only use the GPU itself (the 560X).

The problem is I can't find the iGPU option in the BIOS in order to disable it.
Looks like there is no such option for it.
I really searched everywhere in the BIOS, on the internet it looked like I wasn't the only one, no answers still.

Where should I be looking to completely disable the Vega 8 iGPU to make the game only use the 560X ?

Thanks in advance

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andylb

Follow my walkthrough below to make any game use the Rx 560x

The new AMD Adrenalin 2020 Control Center is designed to give support for your hardware and contains Mobile Driver support for this exact model, the Graphics Drivers on the Acer site are only base drivers. If you haven't already downloaded and installed it then click the link below to download it. If you get a failure installing the new Control Center then download and run DDU https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html for a clean uninstall of your current AMD Center and Drivers then try to install again

https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-20-1-1

Most of the problems I have encountered answering questions similar to yours are that users do not have the GPU set up correctly in the Control Center and are gaming on their Dedicated Vega 8 GPU which gives poor performance and is not designed for gaming. I have your exact model and my gaming experience using the AMD 2020 Control Center is good, Follow these instructions

First make sure you game with your battery charged to 100% BEFORE gaming and KEEP plugged into the main AC power while gaming. Make sure "High Performance when on AC", is selected in your Windows Power Plan and in Nitrosense. If you fail to do this your CPU will run at around 50% of capacity and you will experience poor game performance

Open the New AMD 2020 Control Center and click the GAMING tab then click the 3 dots in the upper right hand corner and select ADD A GAME, navigate to your games .exe file and double click it to add it, or you can select SCAN FOR GAMES and let the Control Center search your harddrive for games to add. After successfully adding the game click on the game and you will be taken to another window and click the LAUNCH GAME tab.
Only in this way will your games use the Discrete Rx560x GPU, NEVER launch your game through a desktop shortcut or any other way, do it in the manner I have described.

Please remember that online gaming may experience low fps and stutter due to the games servers and bottlenecking and that has nothing to do with your GPU.

PLEASE CLICK YES IF I HAVE ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION, THANKYOU

Giercownik

Thank you so much I will let you know if it worked when I get home. In an hour or so.

Giercownik

So yeah I am back to tell you that it would have worked only if it saved my selection, I will show you that in a screenshot.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/6029997/uploads/editor/ta/o5llplrpko8c.jpg

So it's selected by defauld the GPU 1, which is the integrated graphics,

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/6029997/uploads/editor/bj/3o9kc6qfd26x.jpg

Then I choose the GPU 2 which is the RX 560X

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/6029997/uploads/editor/ql/3jtxizzyl02h.jpg

It is in polish, but that's just an overview of what it looks like for me.

When I go to my Games I select minecraft it says that the display graphics are the Vega 8 integrated, and coming back to settings it goes back to what it was, GPU 1.
To be clear, I selected GPU 2 and when I wanted to start the game it said it was the Vega 8. It doesn't save my modification to the profile, how do I do it. I thought I was stupid but there's no option to save that display option (when I chose GPU1 or GPU2) It just goes back to default on GPU1. I launched minecraft through adrenalin but it sais Vega 8 integrated graphics.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/6029997/uploads/editor/ho/g1bjrqp1gd3c.jpg

How am I doing it now?

andylb

Reread my walkthrough. You don't select the GPU, if you have imported the game correctly it will automatically play on the Rx 560x. You don’t go to custom or anything like that. Just import the game, and then click Gaming/Launch game

GAMING6698

Giercownik said:

So yeah I am back to tell you that it would have worked only if it saved my selection, I will show you that in a screenshot.

So it's selected by defauld the GPU 1, which is the integrated graphics,

Then I choose the GPU 2 which is the RX 560X

It is in polish, but that's just an overview of what it looks like for me.

When I go to my Games I select minecraft it says that the display graphics are the Vega 8 integrated, and coming back to settings it goes back to what it was, GPU 1.
To be clear, I selected GPU 2 and when I wanted to start the game it said it was the Vega 8. It doesn't save my modification to the profile, how do I do it. I thought I was stupid but there's no option to save that display option (when I chose GPU1 or GPU2) It just goes back to default on GPU1. I launched minecraft through adrenalin but it sais Vega 8 integrated graphics.

How am I doing it now?

Many Minecraft players report about this

Go to Start > Settings. Select System > Display > Graphics settings to open the configuration menu in the Settings application. Customize graphics performance preference for specific applications.

There you need to add java and javaw and set on high performance.