I'm on the same kind of machine. My biggest problem with Code is that I can see the sluggishness when I open a file, and watch it render the syntax highlighting

I'm on the same kind of machine. My biggest problem with Code is that I can see the sluggishness when I open a file, and watch it render the syntax highlighting. I didn't know about this setting. Forcing the GPU "on" has made this go away. Now I can only detect a tiny bit of rendering in the minimap. I'm always plugged in while coding anyway, so I can leave it, but it seems like Code should be able to tell you're plugged in, and do this automatically.