GPU usage not going past 10 %

[Tina sahay]

I have a dell g5 se(ryzen 7 4800H, RX 5600M, 16 gb ram, 512 gb ssd) laptop. Got it in April 2021, and played a couple games. Tried the same games today and it couldn't go past 8 fps. The AMD Radeon software and Alienware control centre said that the GPU was at 10% (and the CPU was at 70%). The GPU was at 59C and CPU was at 55C, so I dont think that it is thermal throttling.

My drivers are up to date and it started reaching 18 fps after the update but its still pretty bad. Any idea what I should do?

[LmnSour]

Check you windows power setting (set to max performance).  What was your CPU clock speed? 

[mr fobs]

It sounds like you may be able to switch between onboard graphics and discrete. It sounds like maybe it defaulted to integrated if this is the case?

 

Edit: Also make sure you are plugged into power and not using battery power.

[Tina sahay]

On 7/7/2021 at 7:51 PM, LmnSour said:

Check you windows power setting (set to max performance).  What was your CPU clock speed? 

It is around 2-4 ghz

 

[LmnSour]

2 hours ago, Tina sahay said:

It is around 2-4 ghz

 

Could be the integrated GPU as mentioned above.

[Tina sahay]

On 7/7/2021 at 7:51 PM, mr fobs said:

It sounds like you may be able to switch between onboard graphics and discrete. It sounds like maybe it defaulted to integrated if this is the case?

 

Edit: Also make sure you are plugged into power and not using battery power.

I know that you can switch between GPUs but I'm not sure how to? I tried disabling the integrated graphics in device manager but Minecraft still uses integrated graphics for some reason. Frame rates are low, and the amd software still says 15% use(better than b4 I guess but not rly). 

Edited July 9, 2021 by Tina sahay

[mr fobs]

15 minutes ago, Tina sahay said:

I know that you can switch between GPUs but I'm not sure how to? I tried disabling the integrated graphics in device manager but Minecraft still uses integrated graphics for some reason. Frame rates are low, and the amd software still says 15% use(better than b4 I guess but not rly). 

Go into NVIDIA control panel and there is something about it under one of the left side settings which GPU to use. I believe its under 3D settings. Also some Manufacturers have like a physical switch or software that lets you switch back and forth.