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I recently got a new computer. Upon hooking a 4K monitor to it, the screen occasionally lags. What I've noticed, though, is that it only lags directly after the screen image hasn't changed at all for a short period of time. For instance, if the screen is stagnant, and I move my cursor, it lags for a second, catches up, and then runs smoothly again until I stop moving the cursor. Thus, if I put something animated on the screen, it works completely fine, no lag at all.
I then noticed if I opened another window and covered the animation with it, or dragged the animation window off the screen, it still ran smoothly. But as soon as I minimized the window with the animation, closed it, or shrunk it to hide the animation, it would suddenly start lagging again, which leads me to believe it's a graphics card setting.
Does anyone know how to disable this 'eco' setting?
Here are the specs:
- Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
- Screen: 4K Sceptre U27 LED Monitor
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730
- Motherboard: msi H81M ECO
Codesmith
Posted 2018-12-05T15:58:46.500
Reputation: 372
Thanks for the feedback! It is plugged directly into the GPU HDMI port, and all drivers appear up-to-date. I looked in Device Manager > Display Adapters, and I'm only seeing the NVIDIA driver. I also couldn't find an option in the BIOS to disable on-board graphics, and the 'Initiate Graphic Adapter' was already set to PEG and not IGD, which I presume means it's using my NVIDIA card? I added my mobo specs above too, in case it helps. – Codesmith – 2018-12-05T18:17:49.437
Go to Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Power Options, Under "Hide Additional plans" select High Performance. – Pancakedinner – 2018-12-05T19:27:52.553
:-/ nope.. good thought though. I checked the advanced settings too; still couldn't find anything that fixed it. – Codesmith – 2018-12-05T21:53:55.300
Your motherboard is designed to be ECO, but I wonder if it has a high performance setting... or like you asked before, disable ECO mode. – Pancakedinner – 2018-12-05T21:58:16.370