Slow and laggy on some PCs

[krank23]

The game worked just fine on my desktop PC, which has an old i5 2500K and an GTX 1070.

Now I'm trying to run it on a more modern machine, a laptop (i7 7700HQ) with a GTX 1060. And the game lags like all heck. Even the mouse cursor lags.

I've tried running the EXE as an admin, I've made sure the game uses the Geforce card and not the Intel one, I've made sure no other programs or games are nibbling at the GPU or CPU, at least not to any noticable degree.

Anyone have the same experience? Suggestions?

[krank23]

"Fix": Forced the game to use the integrated Intel graphics. Apparently the GTX 1060 wasn't good enough, but the Intel Graphics 630 works just fine...

[Alone in the Dark]

Originally posted by krank23:

"Fix": Forced the game to use the integrated Intel graphics. Apparently the GTX 1060 wasn't good enough, but the Intel Graphics 630 works just fine...

I second this. Integrated graphics on the laptop worked a treat while the GTX 860M had a panic attach trying to play its next gen graphics

[ProbablyDrunk]

How do I do this though?

[krank23]

- Find the game EXE (right click game in Steam, Properties, Local files, Browse local files)
- Right click the EXE, change default graphics processor
- The Nvidia control panel will show... after a while (be patient).
- Under "choose pgraphics processor for this program", select integrated graphics.

My Windows is in Swedish so the exact wording might be off.

[Quake II]

It's doing this for me now on my 1080. What a piece of crap

[Quake II]

I reinstalled the game and it fixed the issue

[RedTotalWar]

Originally posted by krank23:

- Find the game EXE (right click game in Steam, Properties, Local files, Browse local files)
- Right click the EXE, change default graphics processor
- The Nvidia control panel will show... after a while (be patient).
- Under "choose pgraphics processor for this program", select integrated graphics.

My Windows is in Swedish so the exact wording might be off.

I don't see any option to change default graphics processor?

[krank23]

Originally posted by RedTotalWar:

Originally posted by krank23:

- Find the game EXE (right click game in Steam, Properties, Local files, Browse local files)
- Right click the EXE, change default graphics processor
- The Nvidia control panel will show... after a while (be patient).
- Under "choose pgraphics processor for this program", select integrated graphics.

My Windows is in Swedish so the exact wording might be off.

I don't see any option to change default graphics processor?

Are you running Windows 11? The option has been moved from the Nvidia control panel and now resides in the Windows Display Settings window (Settings->System->Display). Under "Related settings", click "Graphics", add the Quake 2 EXE to the list if it's not there already, and choose the "Power Saving" option.

Keep in mind this ONLY works on laptops with two graphics cards, for example an Intel and an Nvidia one. If your laptop only has an integrated Intel chip or if you're on a computer that only has an Nvidia card, this won't work.

[RedTotalWar]

Originally posted by krank23:

Originally posted by RedTotalWar:

I don't see any option to change default graphics processor?

Are you running Windows 11? The option has been moved from the Nvidia control panel and now resides in the Windows Display Settings window (Settings->System->Display). Under "Related settings", click "Graphics", add the Quake 2 EXE to the list if it's not there already, and choose the "Power Saving" option.

Keep in mind this ONLY works on laptops with two graphics cards, for example an Intel and an Nvidia one. If your laptop only has an integrated Intel chip or if you're on a computer that only has an Nvidia card, this won't work.

No I'm using a desktop with a 3080. What is the solution in that case?

[krank23]

Originally posted by RedTotalWar:

Originally posted by krank23:

Are you running Windows 11? The option has been moved from the Nvidia control panel and now resides in the Windows Display Settings window (Settings->System->Display). Under "Related settings", click "Graphics", add the Quake 2 EXE to the list if it's not there already, and choose the "Power Saving" option.

Keep in mind this ONLY works on laptops with two graphics cards, for example an Intel and an Nvidia one. If your laptop only has an integrated Intel chip or if you're on a computer that only has an Nvidia card, this won't work.

No I'm using a desktop with a 3080. What is the solution in that case?

No idea, sorry.