Edit: I was able to run some benchmark tests, so I don’t need help with this anymore, but after running the tests, I’m pretty sure my computer is having hardware issues. I don’t really have any other options, though, so I just have to deal with it.

The computer I was using stopped working and I had to switch to a different computer but despite having a significantly better GPU, games are performing only slightly better. I want to benchmark test the GPU to see if it’s a potential hardware problem or if something else is causing a bottleneck.

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My laptop has two graphics cards lol but I totally get what you meant

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Do they make laptops that have two GPUs or are you using an external GPU?

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https://superuser.com/questions/908824/why-does-my-laptop-have-two-graphics-cards

It’s not uncommon. The main use is running the powerful GPU only in games and such, while using the other one the rest of the time, to reduce power consumption, heat and noise.

See also Nvidia Optimus:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA_Optimus

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Bought a laptop with two pre built. Dedicated and a 1080ti it’s not amazing but it does what I need it to do lol

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What? How large is you laptop?? When you say “two graphics cards”, do you mean two GPUs or two full boards?

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It’s pretty common for a laptop to have a dedicated gpu, plus the integrated gpu that’s actually part of the cpu.

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