Can't play minecraft on laptop without specifying GPU

[Uwillparish]

Hey guys,

 

I have a MSI ge62 laptop with a gtx 970m and when I try to play minecraft on it, whenever i join my server the client crashes(crash log below) unless i right click minecraft and choose the nvidia GPU specifically. Is there any way to fix this?

 

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# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:

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#  EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x00007ffede536e77, pid=3472, tid=10048

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# JRE version: Java SE Runtime Environment (8.0_66-b18) (build 1.8.0_66-b18)

# Java VM: Java HotSpot 64-Bit Server VM (25.66-b18 mixed mode windows-amd64 compressed oops)

# Problematic frame:

# C  [ig8icd64.dll+0x16e77]

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# Failed to write core dump. Minidumps are not enabled by default on client versions of Windows

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# An error report file with more information is saved as:

# C:\Users\Layne\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\hs_err_pid3472.log

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# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:

#   http://bugreport.java.com/bugreport/crash.jsp

# The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.

# See problematic frame for where to report the bug.

#

AL lib: (EE) alc_cleanup: 1 device not closed

Java HotSpot 64-Bit Server VM warning: Using incremental CMS is deprecated and will likely be removed in a future release

[CarterDavison]

Open Nvidia Control Panel and look in "Manage 3D Settings" and then "Global Settings" for a way to change your default / preferred GPU to the 970m

[guitarboy012001]

never heard of anything like that..... interesting, maybe there is a default GPU selection menu in the properties of the game?

[Uwillparish]

Open Nvidia Control Panel and look in "Manage 3D Settings" and then "Global Settings" for a way to change your default / preferred GPU to the 970m

This worked, i tried setting the default gpu for the game, but i guess it has to be global.

Thanks again

[CarterDavison]

This worked, i tried setting the default gpu for the game, but i guess it has to be global.

Thanks again

No problem