I'm using a laptop with both nVidia and Intel graphics cards. The Intel card is actually fast enough to play Minecraft, and I'd rather not use the nVidia card because it causes the battery life to drop to effectively zero. However, it seems I can't send the game to full screen while using the slower graphics card; it crashes instantly if I do.
How can I get the game to go into fullscreen mode?
Best Answer
You probably can't. It probably has to do with indirect rendering . The nvidia card is probably the one writing to the screen, and supports a high resolution. But if you try fullscreen, the intel graphics try to write directly on the screen, which wont work since the nvidia card is doing that, or because it doesn't support such a high resolution. But try lowering resolution, see if that works.
Of course, this is guesswork, as I don't even know what model, drivers, settings, etc, you have.
Suggestion: Go to options -> video settings, select "power saver" mode, and use the nvidia card.