Is it acceptable to employ elevated configurations in RDR2 when running on a Radeon 680M iGPU?
Is it acceptable to employ elevated configurations in RDR2 when running on a Radeon 680M iGPU?
Are you sure about adjusting some in-game settings to mid or high with this integrated GPU? The RDR2 in-game indicator shows 7000MB, which seems off. Is it acceptable to use more than the actual VRAM? I’m considering increasing settings like Shadow Quality to Mid and Parallex to Ultra, while keeping Texture Quality at Mid. Even with RTX cards, I usually set texture quality to Mid. I prefer not to reveal my laptop details because others might think poorly of me. Hope you understand!
This will also likely reduce the already very low FPS even further. However, you can adjust it to match your comfort level with FPS. If you're playing in full screen mode, consider switching to window mode, which may improve performance.
I'm not sure what you meant by "Higher than real vram" APU—it uses only system RAM and has no dedicated VRAM. Using more than the installed RAM means relying on virtual memory stored on disk, which is significantly slower compared to using fast NVMe SSDs.
Maintain textures at a medium level and shadows at low intensity to ensure optimal frame rate. Increasing them too much will lead to significant problems. Shadows heavily affect GPU performance, so keeping them low is essential while textures remain high without any major advantages.
Everyone, I'm just attempting to adjust shadows to mid for better character face rendering, ensuring a cleaner visual without messy faces. I'll share the results here.
Also, in Horizon Zero Dawn, the warning about not using igpu caused me issues—ignoring the window led to strange glitches and colorful screen lines. I hope this time it won't happen again.
Disaster in temperatures, but that's okay with me.
Most things are off or low except shadows to mid. My native screen is 720p, but performance is limited by MSI Afterburner at 40fps. The laptop gets really hot even before the game starts. It instantly jumped to around 74°C on the integrated GPU and kept getting higher. I had to turn on the RTX card again just to play within safe limits. These temperatures are uncomfortable, especially since they keep rising every ten minutes or so.
Thanks for your help at least—I tried my best.
I recently discovered a hidden "cpu boost" option in the Control panel settings. Should I modify regedit to turn it off for better performance? Also, could this affect my SSD power management? I've noticed over time that faster CPU speeds correlate with higher SSD power usage.