I recently got a HP Envy 15-3040nr and every time I open up with the High Performance GPU (The Radeon GPU as apposed to the on board Intel GPU) Minecraft runs for a few seconds and crashes.
When I run in the Power saving mode (On board Intel GPU) Minecraft runs but it runs at about 20-40fps with some video settings turned down. When I switch to the Radeon GPU I can get 100+ FPS with the video settings turned up but only for about a minute then the game freezes up, my screen goes black for a second and I get a message that says "Display driver has crashed but recovered". This makes me think it has something to do with my graphics drivers but I have updates to the most recent version and re installed the drivers but I still have the same problem. Has anyone else had this problem or know how to solve it? Thanks!
It has nothing to do with the GPU itself, the problem is that HP's have horrible cooling which can make the GPU go above 100°C and crash. You should get a different laptop.
Ahh, that makes a lot of sense. I do hear the fans ramp up when I play. The thing is, I can play other games on fairly high settings like Borderlands 2 and Just Cause 2 without any problem. Would it be dangerous to somehow increase the temperature threshold at which the driver crashes because it seems to only happen with Minecraft.
And how effective do you think a notebook cooling pad would be? I'm not really that knowledgeable about laptops and until I get around to building my new PC (I had to leave my old build at home for college) this is the computer I'm stuck with.
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When I run in the Power saving mode (On board Intel GPU) Minecraft runs but it runs at about 20-40fps with some video settings turned down. When I switch to the Radeon GPU I can get 100+ FPS with the video settings turned up but only for about a minute then the game freezes up, my screen goes black for a second and I get a message that says "Display driver has crashed but recovered". This makes me think it has something to do with my graphics drivers but I have updates to the most recent version and re installed the drivers but I still have the same problem. Has anyone else had this problem or know how to solve it? Thanks!
Ahh, that makes a lot of sense. I do hear the fans ramp up when I play. The thing is, I can play other games on fairly high settings like Borderlands 2 and Just Cause 2 without any problem. Would it be dangerous to somehow increase the temperature threshold at which the driver crashes because it seems to only happen with Minecraft.
And how effective do you think a notebook cooling pad would be? I'm not really that knowledgeable about laptops and until I get around to building my new PC (I had to leave my old build at home for college) this is the computer I'm stuck with.