Unplayable performance

It sounds as if SWTOR may be using your onboard graphics controller instead of your GPU. I have the same card in my build and it works flawlessly, my internet connection is another story mind you lol. Just lets me help other people when my 50m mbps african internet connection is bogged down at this time of night 🙂

I recall seeing a fix for exactly this error a few days ago, let me do a check and I will post a reply when I find it.

Hang in there!!

Yeah that's what I think the problem is too but I have no idea how to fix it. Glad to hear it runs great on the card though. I did as search and couldn't find anything, praying you have better luck my savior!

Unfortunately I just can't seem to find the thread I was referring to.  First and foremost, ensure you have the latest NVIDIA Drivers for the GTX 970m. If that fails try a google search for "Onboard graphics instead of GPU" and go through some of the fixes. If you would, also attach a dxdiag.txt to the post in case one of the more experienced forum users can locate the problem for you as I recall that's how the other user's error was discovered.  Sorry I couldn't be more help mate, I'm sure it's frustrating!

Yeah I just updated my drivers and I've switched my PhysX  and 3D setting over to just my GPU in Nvidia control panel. Also added dxdiag to the original post. Thanks for trying!

Also I did try right-clicking on the launcher and gone down to :"run with graphics processor" and it does say that my GPU is default

Update: I updated my intel integrated graphics drivers and I tried disabling the card in device manager (looked for a way to do it in the BIOS but couldn't find anything) but still nothing. I opened an in-game ticket to maybe get some customer support but just got the generic copy-pasted message which just gave me the basic troubleshooting steps which I did before I even made this thread. Please any help would be appreciated

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Greetings,

I am Protocol Droid M0-T0, Human-Cyborg Relations.

We are sorry to hear of the technical problem you have encountered with Star Wars™: The Old Republic™.

First of all, please allow us to direct your attention to our Customer Service forums where you may be able to find help or advice from players with similar technical issues as yourself.
Our Customer Service forums can be found here: http://www.swtor.com/community/forumdisplay.php?f=11
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If characters or NPC's are missing graphics or body parts or if the game world is not rendering correctly, please consult http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=729911 for additional assistance

We can also recommend the following Help Center resources for other technical issues:

If you are having problems patching or launching the game, please visit our Launcher Troubleshooting Guide at http://www.swtor.com/support/helpcenter/5260 and follow the steps outlined in the guide. The majority of patching and stability issues can be resolved using this resource.

If you’re having problems with graphics in the game, please make sure that Windows, your Direct X installation and your graphics card drivers are all up to date. Restart your system to apply updates if you need to, and then check this article for information which may help to improve your framerate: http://www.swtor.com/support/helpcenter/4584

If your computer is crashing or freezing when running the game, there may be a problem with the memory or the hard drive in your system. To check these, please follow the instructions laid out here: http://www.swtor.com/support/helpcenter/5259

If you are experiencing any other technical issue, please visit our regularly updated, Top 10 Issues and Solutions thread: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=498597

Once again, our thanks for bearing with us as we work on further optimizations, and our apologies for any performance issues that may have inconvenienced you.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us again if you have any further questions or concerns.

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Sincerely,

Protocol Droid M0-T0 (aka Mark).