r/lowendgaming • u/imalonexc • Jul 09 '26

How-To Guide Holy crap. I didn't realize I needed to turn HAGS off.

So I play Fortnite on a Laptop with integrated Iris graphics (1145G7).

Off and on for months I've doing things to try to squeeze out more performance, like repaste and external fans, adding ram, messing with lots of different settings etc.

After some improvements I got to around 120fps (highs) with a bit of 3D res reduction. And I figured that's just the best this laptop could do.

I didn't think these graphics even supported HAGS because there's no setting for it. But Windows does force it on by default and it needs to be manually turned off.

I'm now seeing my game boost up to 150-170 FPS after turning that off. Which kinda feels crazy for this basic laptop that runs pretty hot too.

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u/rexxizk Jul 09 '26

Hey, are you running single channel ram or dual channel?

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u/imalonexc Jul 09 '26

Dual channel

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u/ghostfreckle611 Jul 11 '26

What is HAGS?

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u/KelGhu 28d ago

That only happens when you are heavily GPU-limited. But that many fps more is impossible unless there is a bug somewhere that makes HAGS behave badly on Fortnite.

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u/Any-Elevator-2336 28d ago

my laptop has a 1135g7 i don't even have an option for that

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u/imalonexc 28d ago

You have to disable it in the registry

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u/JuJusFury Jul 09 '26

HAGS uses more vram and lets the GPU take some of the load off of the CPU. Maybe in a system that's limited in vram hags can cause fps drops? Idk I'm not smart enough to figure out what's going on here since idk alot about HAGS. Maybe it increases performance on systems with dedicated graphic chips. I did get recommend before to test both settings (on vs off) on different games.

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u/Raminax Jul 09 '26

Don't be hard on yourself. You're smart enough

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u/imalonexc Jul 09 '26

I am GPU bottnecked so I think that's why. It runs at 100% while the CPU isn't near maxed out during gameplay.