Predator Helios 300 Not handling minecraft.

So I recently got a new laptop (Predator Helios 300) and It can handle Red dead redemption 2 on ultra and high and still get a constant 50 which is ok in that game but I get like 40 in minecraft with low settings. My specs are Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU 2.60GHz 16G GTX 1660 ti 120Hz Moniter. I have tried a lot of things such as downloading latest drivers, turning off vsync, turning graphics down, checking I am in performance mode and I am always plugged in besides when I go to sleep and I unplug it. I watch these benchmarks with the same specs and these people are getting over 200 fps easily and I am stuck around 40 fps. if someone can help me out that would be appreciated.

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Leostat

If you run it in windowed mode and open up task manager, which gpu does it show it as using, and what's the % use on the CPU and GPU like

? (Assuming java edition rather than bedrock as well!)

UltanIsPotato

This is what is shows in my performance.

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UltanIsPotato

Leostat said:

If you run it in windowed mode and open up task manager, which gpu does it show it as using, and what's the % use on the CPU and GPU like ? (Assuming java edition rather than bedrock as well!)

is that what you were needing?

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Leostat

Yus, annoyingly both GPUs are in use, under the processes tab, does it show which gpu Minecraft is using? I have a feeling it my be the gfe thing Nvidia includes if it's using the correct gpu already

UltanIsPotato

Leostat said:

Yus, annoyingly both GPUs are in use, under the processes tab, does it show which gpu Minecraft is using? I have a feeling it my be the gfe thing Nvidia includes if it's using the correct gpu already

How do I find which one it is using?

UltanIsPotato

UltanIsPotato said:

Leostat said:

Yus, annoyingly both GPUs are in use, under the processes tab, does it show which gpu Minecraft is using? I have a feeling it my be the gfe thing Nvidia includes if it's using the correct gpu already

How do I find which one it is using?

If you mean by when I am in minecraft and I click F3 and it shows my GTX 1660 ti then thats the one it shows in minecraft. I changed the "preferred gpu" in nvidia control settings for minecraft and it didn't help.

Leostat

If you click into the gpu's , by any chance is gpu0 usage coming from copy, and of you right click the graph and change to show all cores, is it some cores are maxxed out?

If no cores are maxxed out and it's just gpu copy it could be the nvidia experience settings as nothing seems pinned to a 100%, it's an app which controls the fram rate / power use of games

Also are you running optifine?

(Minecraft is a pain to troubleshoot due to how it works!)

UltanIsPotato

Leostat said:

If you click into the gpu's , by any chance is gpu0 usage coming from copy, and of you right click the graph and change to show all cores, is it some cores are maxxed out?

If no cores are maxxed out and it's just gpu copy it could be the nvidia experience settings as nothing seems pinned to a 100%, it's an app which controls the fram rate / power use of games

Also are you running optifine?

(Minecraft is a pain to troubleshoot due to how it works!)

I am indeed using optifine as you probably know people say its a fps booster.

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Leostat

And the Nvidia gforce experience settings? Something is artificially limiting the frame rate but I'm afraid I don't know what

UltanIsPotato

Leostat said:

And the Nvidia gforce experience settings? Something is artificially limiting the frame rate but I'm afraid I don't know what

Is this what the settings are?

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UltanIsPotato

I turned off batter boost

Leostat

Any difference?

UltanIsPotato

Leostat said:

Any difference?

No there is no difference.

Leostat

Is the igpu usage always at 70% when you are running Minecraft? That's a tad odd if it's not copy 🤔 under the processes tab, sort by gpu use when Minecraft is running, does it show the Nvidia in use? (I don't trust the in game over lay!)

xapim

@UltanIsPotato make sure you setup the dgpu manually on nvcp per/game app most times even if its set to the dgpu wont pick it up so force it manually and of course make sure youre always on AC never game on battery only

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UltanIsPotato

Leostat said:

Is the igpu usage always at 70% when you are running Minecraft? That's a tad odd if it's not copy 🤔 under the processes tab, sort by gpu use when Minecraft is running, does it show the Nvidia in use? (I don't trust the in game over lay!)

Is this the right thing? I cant find a thing to sort by gpu use.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/6029997/uploads/editor/xc/y0touzc2arwq.png

UltanIsPotato

xapim said:

@UltanIsPotato make sure you setup the dgpu manually on nvcp per/game app most times even if its set to the dgpu wont pick it up so force it manually and of course make sure youre always on AC never game on battery only

I have but it still doesn't work.

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Red-Sand

Try defaulting your entire Nvidia Control Panel Settings and test again (Restore option)

UltanIsPotato

Red-Sand said:

Try defaulting your entire Nvidia Control Panel Settings and test again (Restore option)

This made it decrease my fps a bit actually.

Leostat

UltanIsPotato said:

xapim said:

@UltanIsPotato make sure you setup the dgpu manually on nvcp per/game app most times even if its set to the dgpu wont pick it up so force it manually and of course make sure youre always on AC never game on battery only

I have but it still doesn't work.

Nah under the processes tab not the usage tab , one of the columns tells youhow much gpu a process is using

Also in the above screenshot you haven't set the right exe for Minecraft, it's a fiddely one. While Minecraft is running , right click the process in task manager , open process location . It should take you to a Java exe. That's the thing you need to set to use the graphics card (and also the reason frame rates can be so choppy, windows doesn't see Minecraft as a game due to it being written in Java)

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