Dedicated Graphics

Some computers have two graphics cards. This happens often in laptops, where one of them is a low-power, energy-saving, integrated graphics card; while the other is a much faster, power-hungry, dedicated graphics card.

This page will guide you on using your laptop dedicated graphics in BeamNG.drive to get better performance.

Nvidia Mobile Graphics

To use the Nvidia Dedicated Graphics in BeamNG.drive:

Open the Nvidia Control Panel (Right click the Windows desktop, then click NVIDIA Control Panel from the context menu)
Go to ‘Manage 3D Settings’ and click on the ‘Program Settings’ tab
If BeamNG.Drive isn’t in the list of programs, click on the Add button ,navigate to ‘Steam/Steamapps/common/BeamNG.Drive’ and select the ‘BeamNG.drive.exe’. Update 0.8.0.1 requires to also add the ‘BeamNG.Drive.x86.exe’ and ‘BeamNG.Drive.x64.exe’ files located in the Bin32 and Bin64 sub-folders
Select the High-Performance NVIDIA Processor at point 2, as shown in the image

Always make sure your NVIDIA Drivers are up to date.

AMD Mobile Graphics

To use the AMD Dedicated Graphics in BeamNG.Drive:

Right click on the Windows desktop and choose the Configure Switchable Graphics option
If BeamNG.Drive was launched recently, you will find it in the Recent Applications section
If BeamNG.Drive is not present in the Recent Applications section, click on the Add Application… button, navigate to ‘Steam/Steamapps/common/BeamNG.Drive’ and select the ‘BeamNG.drive.exe’ Update 0.8.0.1 requires to also add the ‘BeamNG.Drive.x86.exe’ and ‘BeamNG.Drive.x64.exe’ files located in the Bin32 and Bin64 sub-folders
Under Graphics Setting choose High Performance

Always make sure your AMD Drivers are up to date.

AMD ‘Adrenalin’ Drivers

To configure your dedicated graphics on the latest AMD software version (Adrenalin), follow this official guide:

http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/DH-017.aspx#SGApplication

The game is still running on the Integrated Graphics

Check your power-plan settings. Some laptops are set up by default to not use the Dedicated Graphics if not attached to the charger, or if not using the ‘High Performance’ power-plan.