Nvidia Optimus & 1.0 lag

[SpectrePR]

Any 1.0 beta server with any player count always gives me a crazy 40 FPS less than .98.
I *think this might be due to 1.0 running alongside mumble and somehow or another tricking Nvidia Optimus to run integrated graphics and not my discrete GPU, which would always give me the smoothest gameplay on .98, 90+ bots, max settings, for example. If you're using Nvidia Optimus, please let me know if you have the same problem.
I am troubleshooting right now, but in the mean time, anyone know a fix? Thanks.

[LITOralis.nMd]

There are a few free programs that will force your notebook to use the discrete card.
I don't have access to a notebook atm that has it installed and forgot the program name.

One way to do it without that software is like this:
Software Level (NVIDIA Control Panel)
Right-click Desktop or Control Panel > NVIDIA Control Panel > Manage 3D Settings > Preferred Graphics Processor > High-performance NVIDIA Processor.

[SpectrePR]

I had done that to PR 1.0's launcher, but it did not raise fps. I fixed it and now it runs PR normally when I tell it to run mumble as well as PR with discrete graphics. Don't know why, but other optimus users might need to do the same. Thanks for the input.

[LITOralis.nMd]

Thanks for that, going to put in a support ticket to get this looked at going forward.

Would you mind posting your system specs, specifically your GPUs and CPU, so I can look into this further.

[SpectrePR]

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System Information
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Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130318-1533)
BIOS: InsydeH2O Version 1.0 A12
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2760QM CPU @ 2.40GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 16332MB RAM
Page File: 4367MB used, 28294MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
System DPI Setting: 120 DPI (125 percent)

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Display Devices
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Card name: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family <----------Integrated
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip type: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
DAC type: Internal
Display Memory: 1696 MB
Dedicated Memory: 64 MB
Shared Memory: 1632 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.012Hz)

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Sound Device
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Description: Headphones (3- Vengeance 2000)
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Driver Name: Symphony.sys
Driver Version: 7.00.0012.0425 (English)
HW Accel Level: Basic
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0

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Disk & DVD/CD-ROM Drives
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Drive: C:
Free Space: 359.5 GB
Total Space: 943.9 GB
File System: NTFS
Model: M17X_RAID0

Drive: D:
Model: HL-DT-ST DVDRWBD CA30N
Driver: c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys, 6.01.7601.17514 (English), , 0 bytes

Drive: E:
Model: ELBY CLONEDRIVE SCSI CdRom Device
Driver: c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys, 6.01.7601.17514 (English), , 0 bytes

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System Devices
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Name: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0126&SUBSYS_04BA1028&REV_09\3&11583659&0&10
Driver: n/a

Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M <-----------------------Discrete
Device ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1211&SUBSYS_04BA1028&REV_A1\4&361D66C5&0&0008
Driver: n/a

[camo]

how do i do this with ATI graphics cards? As far as i can see it has no option to choose preferred graphics processor. Sorry i dont know much about this stuff.

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System Information
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      Architecture: 64-bit
          Language: English (Australia)
       Motherboard: Acer            Aspire 5740                    
         Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU       M 430  @ 2.27GHz (Physical: 2, Logical: 4)
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[LITOralis.nMd]

Camo, you have an Acer, this is tutorial for HP with same type of intel iGPU + ATI GPU,
Switchable Graphics on Notebooks Configured with Intel and ATI GPUs | HP? Support

Should walk you through most of it.