It is quite common for laptops to switch between 2 video cards to preserve battery life.
- Integrated video card (usually Intel) features low performance and low energy consumption, but its performance is enough for basic tasks such as web surfing, or working with office programs.
- Dedicated (discrete) video card (usually NVIDIA or AMD) features high performance and high energy consumption, and is intended to be used only for tasks such as watching HD videos, playing 3D-accelerated games, etc.
Of course, video editing process requires a high performance of the graphic card, so you might want to try switching to either discrete or integrated card.
As the hardware configuration might differ, this is recommended in order to see which settings are more efficient in your case.
Note that if one of the cards is disabled in BIOS, it will not be possible to switch the cards.
Also, your laptop should be plugged into a power source while video editing, since working from battery also reduces video card performance.
To make sure your product uses the dedicated card, please follow the steps below:
If your discrete graphics adapter is AMD (ATI):
- Right-click the Desktop and select Radeon (Catalyst) Control Center.
- Go to Power -> Switchable Graphics Application Settings.
- Add videoeditor.exe manually (depending on the module of Movavi Video Suite you have problem with) and then select "High performance" as preferred adapter.
- Click OK to confirm changes and close the window.
If you already have it set, please try the integrated adapter.
If your discrete graphics adapter is NVIDIA:
- Right-click the Desktop and select NVIDIA Control Center.
- Go to Manage 3D Settings -> Program settings.
- Add videoeditor.exe manually (depending on the module of Movavi Video Suite you have problem with) and then select "High-performance NVIDIA GPU" as preferred adapter.
- Click OK to confirm changes and close the window.
Relaunch Movavi program after that and check the performance.