How can I get Tekkit to use the dedicated video card

[JunkyPic]

I have a laptop with the following specs:

CPU - i5 2340M

Video Card - GeForce GT 540M 2GB

RAM - 8 GB DDR3

The problem is Tekkit Lite(well, Minecraft in general) uses the default CPU's integrated graphics controller and I cannot, for the life of me, make it use the dedicated Video Card.

I mean for f**k's sakes, I can run Skyrim on High and I barely can get Tekkit to run at 20 FPS. I've installed Optifine and set everything to low and it's somewhat playable.

Point is, how can I get Tekkit/Minecraft to use the dedicated video card.

[Lorus111]

I have a laptop with roughly the same spec, you need to go into the nvidia control panel, click "manage 3d settings" in the left of the window, switch to the "program settings" tab, click the "add" button next to the drop down box, browse to your java directory and select java.exe (or javaw.exe depending on what your computer uses), click "open" (or double click the java.exe), then in the "Select preferred graphics processor for this program" drop down box, select "high performance nvidia gpu". Click apply and you done.

[0402Robbie]

This worked, for me I use windows 7 and added the jave.exe file and it works great. I was getting 13 - 26 FPS with low setting and not using the graphics card. Then added java to the GPU, now I get 80 - 100 FPS with high settings on. Thanks again for the info.