Use My %@#$ GPU Windows!!! -- Forcing Windows 10/11 To Use Your Laptop NVIDIA GPU/eGPU

If your game or game engine is giving you terrible performance and you are running on a Laptop using NVIDIA graphics, there is a very good chance Windows and Optimus are choosing the wrong GPU. If you want to get maximum performance out of your machine, you want it to selected the dedicated GPU. If you want more then a few minutes of battery life while unplugged, you want it to select the integrated GPU. Unfortunately, Windows doesn't always get it right... AND Microsoft changed the way you specify which GPU to use. So this tip/tutorial will show you how to choose the graphics card for your game or game engine to run on.
So if you found old instructions telling you to right click the EXE, or change something in the NVIDIA Control Panel, those are out of date and will no longer work. Microsoft is running the show now and the process is kinda trash... but we show you how in this tutorial.
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If your game or game engine is giving you terrible performance and you are running on a Laptop using NVIDIA graphics, there is a very good chance Windows and Optimus are choosing the wrong GPU. If you want to get maximum performance out of your machine, you want it to selected the dedicated GPU. If you want more then a few minutes of battery life while unplugged, you want it to select the integrated GPU. Unfortunately, Windows doesn't always get it right... AND Microsoft changed the way you specify which GPU to use. So this tip/tutorial will show you how to choose the graphics card for your game or game engine to run on. So if you found old instructions telling you to right click the EXE, or change something in the NVIDIA Control Panel, those are out of date and will no longer work. Microsoft is running the show now and the process is kinda trash... but we show you how in this tutorial. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Support* : www.patreon.com/gamefromscratch *GameDev News* : gamefromscratch.com *GameDev Tutorials* : devga.me *Discord* : discord.com/invite/R7tUVbD *Twitter* : twitter.com/gamefromscratch -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[@chiboreache]

windows must die! it's garbage, use Arch Linux instead

[@shurmurray]

0. You should consider debloating your windows; 1. There is one reason to use less (!!!) powerful GPU while making a game: when the hardware is limiting it effectively forces you to write better code and make things better optimized. And when you done your game going to run well on a wide range of hardware. And this is not a joke: many less experienced developers falls into this: when freshly-made game runs only on top-end gaming rig just because they made this game sitting on such rig. Optimizing afterwards is always a pain.

[@dangershewrote1668]

When I play Fortnite it runs fine then it switches to the igpu and struggles, I use performance mode and do t know if that's why. I'm just going crazy trying to figure it out, I'm an vary tech savvy person I just don't know what to do now

[@alexoja2918]

Do you know how to force desktop window manager to discrete gpu? After switching to an ultrawide monitor at a higher refresh rate just using Windows has become taxing for the system. Also, chrome on discrete graphics results in flashing while scrolling, but the integrated graphics can barely handle youtube.

[@cybernit3]

THank you for clearly letting us that Microsoft took over and you can't do this from the Nividia Control Panel. Also another thing is to run your browser on the Monitor you want as the Primary Screen. I was playing Tanki and I didn't have my new 165hz 1440p monitor set as Primary Screen...and wow I tried playing 32 fps.... wtf... but then set it as primary and tried again..165fps and looked nice and smooth... whew scared me... Thanks again! I wasn't even aware of this.

[@paulorodriguez6288]

Let windows decide should never be an option ever

[@DeathbeforeSumo]

For real

[@kikstech]

Sure but is there a way to somehow change this default?

[@PathForger_]

"What Microsoft did was make it worse." This phrase is so versatile - even if divorced of context. ^_~

[@KPCTEB]

Yep beacause that's the way they do it 1 good windows 1 bad 7 was the best 8 was disappointing 10 was ok 11 is shit

[@ynraider]

@@KPCTEB 10 is NOT ok, it's controlling and anticonsumer.

[@SylvanFeanturi]

New UI may be less intuitive, less productive, take longer to use and hide information from you, but it's "clean" and "modern" and "minimalistic" so you're going to like it, damn it.

[@samuelbi11]

it's shit

[@NickPavlov00]

Actually this was very useful, I didn't know my Unity was running on my integrated video card :O This makes developing so much faster!

[@disruptive_innovator]

Yep. I hit this issue once many moons ago and had to dig for answers. Nice to see a smart video about it to guide future generations, especially since Microsoft made it more complicated.

[@dann_craig]

awesome tip for laptop users! The market back in the early VR days this was a killer is killer when trying to run the R on early VR capable laptops.

[@gamefromscratch]

Oh in the first generation of Oculus laptops, it was basically... oh, you've got Optimus... well, you're screwed then. That was more then a bit annoying. Optimus is on the whole a nice bit of tech, but day to day it can be a gigantic pain in the...

[@EnricoSperanza]

@@gamefromscratch In my GE62VR doesn't works :-( May I flag to ON ??

[@Idontwantutoseethis...]

what to do when my GPU 0 (intel) is working, but my GPU 1 (rtx 3050) is always on 0%? please help !

[@Smaxx]

I think the context menu thing was originally by Nvidia, then got removed when Windows took over that functionality. And something you probably didn't know, but AMD has a very equivalent thing called Power Xpress or so (at least I think it's the equivalent).

[@kamarulkasmiran]

thanks GFS , trying to figure out for ages on why my discrete gpu is 0 percent in the task manager and found your video. new subscriber here

[@H1zoneTv]

THanks! all this time I thought that AE and other programs were using my GPU, now its 100% better!

[@andrewlees3946]

Just a a quick tip: instead of Windows+X and then selecting "Settings", just use Windows+I (that's a capital i) to open Settings directly

[@yousuckatube345]

just an FYI you do not have to find the path of the application, windows settings will automatically insert it from shortcut. when you click browse, just add the app from the shortcut located on your desktop (or wherever your shortcut is), the path will automatically be inserted. I just want to include that I also think this is ridiculous that Windows has made the unilateral decision to control all graphics settings. what has two thumbs and is switching to Linux? this guy.

[@Escapist_t]

I DID EVERYTHING you did and still it it using the integrated gpu

[@Jaret7040]

Same here man, this sucks considering I shelled out for a laptop with a 3070 🙃

[@hendyp6325]

did you fix this issue?@@Jaret7040

[@Fastlan3]

Yep, same problem.

[@chromerims]

Superb video on selecting GPU explicitly in current Windows 👍 Thank you.

[@harleyburton8731]

"That's because Microsoft is kindof stupid." That's the answer to so many questions. I'm sure this has something to do with all the stuff around the power regulations stuff that came out of California and a couple states that follow California. I forget the details, but it's the same stuff that had rumors going around that gaming computers were being banned in some states. Either way, it's one thing to set defaults to something light, and something else all-together to add arbitrary hoops for users. Arbitrary hoops, like TPM "requirements" for Windows 11 that can be bypassed with a registry entry.

[@jamesbilly5324]

Worth noting that depending on power settings on laptops, windows can still ignore the preferred GPU and run on integrated. Also worth noting that certain laptops (such as my XPS 15) have the display output wired into the integrated GPU rather than the dedicated one, meaning that putting high load on the dedicated GPU will actually also affect the integrated one, since lots of data is copied constantly. End result is that performance is still throttled by the internal GPU even though the dedicated one is being used for the heavy lifting.

[@rohunvr6165]

THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@Sarcaustik]

so how to make sure it runs on dedicated gpu?

[@z0rr04]

Hi , i bought asus tuf a15 ryzen 9 5900hx with 3060 nvidia gpu. But it is not using nvidia gpu in games instead it's using my amd Radeon gpu

[@aiki6378]

any fix?

[@z0rr04]

@@aiki6378 nope

[@Belidos3D]

Is this a prerelease/beta build you are using here? Because I've just checked and while i have that graphics settings page, my GPU still seems to being managed by the NVidia settings and running everything i have set there on the dedicated card. Also.. for Steam users, the Steam shortcuts don't show in the browser for the GPU settings so you can't set their priority from the shortcut, you need to go into Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\ then go into the folder of the software you want to set and find it's .exe icon in there instead, this may also be the case for some other software platforms like ubisoft and epic too but i don't have them to check.

[@CooperWilliamsMusic]

what if it still wont use the other gpu? is there a way to force it

[@edgarenriqueespana8013]

as usual for the last 30 years, msft screws everything that used to work fine. Apart from that, this video is a well and practically explained matter, thank you.

[@AshnSilvercorp]

There's a real reason I'm moving away from Windows. Changes I never asked for just don't stop...

[@m-vendor]

In Linux even worse. Hybrid gpu is crap technology

[@actually_tes1]

Helped a lot! My computer was barely using my gpu to render video...

[@samueeldaavid]

really thanks dude, it solved some issues such as windowed mode apps with unusual resolutions

[@PacisJusticia]

Thank you for this. I haven't watched the video yet but I've gone through so many steps trying to get my hdmi out port to use the gpu - it works fine with the usb-c to hdmi adapter. My first laptop and I regret moving from a desktop arrangement.

[@DaydreamingInsomnia1]

Omg, thank god you saved my laptop. Was so upset with my purchase that I didn't return in the grace period a year ago. This makes my game playable!

[@z0rr04]

Hi , i bought asus tuf a15 ryzen 9 5900hx with 3060 nvidia gpu. But it is not using nvidia gpu in games instead it's using my amd Radeon gpu

[@The_Orgin]

How does blender work in that case? I mean you can choose what you want in preferences, so is this process required?

[@tee228]

thanks for the tip bro! i dont get why the more powerful gpu isn't the default by default lol... now if only there was a way to force NVIDIA gpu as the primary and ONLY gpu for all of windows.

[@davidjosephjohn8599]

You have a like and a sub. Thanks for the great tutorial. Very well done.

[@tallajailbreakofficiel2320]

Am telling you brother, that was more than awesome, Microsoft really mess up some options here

[@harleyburton8731]

I had never heard of this. I got a new HP Zbook from work. It's spec'd out! 3070, 32G ram, 2T m.2, 4k 120hz display. It's sweet. Loaded UE4 on it and it was running like *. In my case, I was actually able to change the default to my GPU in the NVidia Control Panel though. I'm hoping I'm not just an update behind or something. Also, may be that I'm running Windows 11? What happens when you're effectively building a new executable every run?

[@XxJermanator1xX]

There might be an option in your BIOS that mentions discrete graphics. Make sure you enable the discrete graphics and not hybrid, integrated, or whatever else it might be. That should force the computer to use your graphics card at the machine level and you won't have to worry about windows doing anything stupid

[@mhan6601]

Holy butts this is great info. I was wondering same thing on why some things running on my gpu and not igpu...

[@omerakgoz34]

Actually apps itself decides which gpu to run on. But if an app uses chrome for creating UI, generally chrome automatically runs on discrate gpu which is useless for basic apps like spotify, github desktop, razer synapse, vscode etc...

[@JKBass]

Still works! Thanks for the help bro!

[@orphydiancg7759]

What is Nvidia Optimus? Is the one tech used by Windows 11 when comes to decide between graphics ti use?

[@itzstonermercy2014]

Thank you so much, this issue was making so frustrated until I came across this video i love how detailed you were on explaining the issue and how to correct it, simple and easy to understand, straight to the point thank you sir.

[@z0rr04]

Hi , i bought asus tuf a15 ryzen 9 5900hx with 3060 nvidia gpu. But it is not using nvidia gpu in games instead it's using my amd Radeon gpu

[@itzstonermercy2014]

@@z0rr04 ever since the windows update you have to go in and switch the GPU in GPU settings for specific games for example call of duty modern warfare got a huge increase in performance when I followed the video, additionally you can change your power settings and boost performance further, another thing you can try is editing the graphics settings for your specific card in the nivida settings but that won't switch the card over I suggest make sure your drivers are up to date and follow the video

[@z0rr04]

@@itzstonermercy2014 did everything u said :/

[@nismo3871]

​@@z0rr04im having the same problem, all games is using my AMD IGPU while I have an RTX 3050 on my Acer Aspire, did this already and everything on the internet I could find

[@jeremys9283]

Just what I was looking for, many thanks! Any idea on how to make this work for steam games ?

[@KuraiNoOni]

Wait what? Since when did Microsoft mess that up? Will have check on my Notebook, if my applications still use the correct GPU. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

[@DikoJelev]

10x! That helped me about chrome youtube videos 4k x2 speed. It used to throttle. Finally I understood why - thanks to you.

[@shuvitpodcast]

Great video helped a lot thanks man!

[@occularmalice]

Such a complete PITA when you're updating something like Unity on a regular basis. I'm tempted to build a tool to make this easier. I have to update this stupid way at least once a week.

[@neeshofficial]

If you have g-sync will it do any difference to make your eGPU automatically use it when you open the app or it will not make any differences at all ?

[@marshallodom1388]

In the NVIDIA control panel's program settings the Microsoft Photos Viewer in only able to use the iGPU with no option to change it to dGPU. However, in the Graphics Settings list of apps, Photos is able to be set for either card. Mine is set to use the dGPU. At random times while playing a Game my fan will kick on and when I switch to Task Manager I will see Photos running, probably from taking a screenshot, but I don't remember doing that, and see it using 40% or maybe 60% of the iGPU and then for as long as I can bear playing the Game sluggishly. The same with Search even though I have it suspended (because it never shuts down after doing a search and was probably causing performance issues too). Same with Desktop Windows Manager, but I think that is because the dGPU sends the rendered signal to the iGPU to display it, which in my mind just creates a bottleneck making all the work the dGPU does as useless, choking the iGPU and reducing my performance. I have Desktop Windows Manager set to High Performance in Graphics Settings. If Microsoft want me to only use Graphics Settings for Photos why does it over-ride my choice for Desktop Windows Manager? I don't actually have that app on my NVIDIA control panel list and can't choose to use the High Performance dGPU, so is the NVIDIA control panel actually in control of everything, and running the show, but still not allowed to actually handle everything? Or is Desktop Windows Manager going to override any settings I select with any method because that's the only way I will ever get a signal to the screen for me to see? It feels like Microsoft is marking its territory along with my leg. I used to only get 30 fps, then I set things up "properly" and started getting 70-80 fps, then I started getting interruptions from different apps bringing me back down to 30fps, then it might go back up to 90fps, but only after closing my Game and restarting the laptop. I guess I'm halfway to being able to use my upgraded 2070 RTX video card and get to play a Game uninterrupted, at high performance, as intended, like most people get to do. I don't know if I use the NVIDIA Optimus 'feature', but I am plugged in 24/7 and would rather not use it. I don't know if I can switch to Hybrid video card mode in BIOS because my keyboard's ESC key has been melted in the past by one of the video cards overheating while trying to check out Unreal 5 editor, before I knew Microsoft decided to butt-in and wrestle control of NVIDIA cards away from NVIDIA, who then let them, throwing in Microsoft Store as being the only way to download NVIDIA control panel (which would be an impotent app at that point) as a bonus offering of allegiance, but I can get a USB keyboard tomorrow and keep trying. Thanks again.

[@jaradcohen]

I just brought a gigabyte g5 3060 nvidia gaming laptop and will be using it for a golf sim software called gs pro. I will be running from laptops hdmi to a TV. Will this use the 3060 graphics card or will I have to do what you showed in this vid?

[@orphydiancg7759]

Let windows decide means that an app is locked with integrated or the dedicated card? Or it will switch between them when it's needed?

[@kiillabytez]

A simple solution is to go to Device Manager, making sure you are actually using your GPU and not integrated, and disable your integrated GPU from Device Manager. If for some reason, you need to use your integrated GPU again, you can just re-enable it.

[@diliupg]

What your video shows is very strange. I never setup anything special like this but Unity shows up as one of the Apps using the GPU in the settings panel and I get around 800FPS. Very strange.

[@lucal7756]

Unfortunately it doesn't work for some old games like Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (before "remastered), Max Payne 2 and more: they still detect iGPU only 😞

[@Howwerelivingfishing]

What if I don’t know which application I want to run on the dedicated GPU? Is that where I should select the game I’m trying to run? I don’t know much about computers. I have an hp pavilion laptop and my graphics card is amd radeon / Nvidia, not that I really know what that means. I’m trying to play “metro exodus enhance edition” but I get an error message saying that my graphics card can’t support dxr1.1. I was hoping there could be some kind of way I could fix it without needing to buy a better laptop. I know I can just play on the standard version, but after seeing the trailer for the enhanced version I was really looking forward to playing it.

[@LeitoAE]

What if I want to use dedicated GPU to render a whole picture, even desktop? I ask because when I increase the resolution on my external screen it goes to choppy 24hz and I can not raise it up. In settings it keeps telling me that the screen is being controlled by Intel HD and no matter what I do it stays like that...

[@everett_arce_brushwork9657]

this was awsom thank you man

[@irinapanova7577]

Hi, I recently started having this weird problem where if i just run my game it does run on my better gpu, but if i open a youtube vid and try to play my games always run on my integrated graphics card. This only happens with youtube, i've not had any problems with twitch for example and the issue magically fixes itself if i switch the tab on anything but youtube (even if the video is still running). I tried forcing my games to use my better gpu and my browser to use the integrated one in both ways (windows & nvidia control panel) and despite that nothing has changed. Do you have any suggestions as to how i could fix my problem?

[@yeshuaobi2628]

Its crazy cause I could have sworn I did this before; however, I went back to the settings an realised even on high performance the label shown was the integrated GPU and I had to click on a drop down option called specific GPU (which I am almost sure I did not see as an option before) then select my nvidia GPU from the list.

[@TAINCER_]

Was the first example using only integrated Intel graphics? 30 FPS is not that bad, pretty nice how far this stuff has come. Not perfect for gamedev, but in general. And this was 9th gen Intel.

[@gamefromscratch]

Yeah the iris graphics have gotten better over time and from the 600+ versions can run most game dev tools

[@lemagreengreen]

What I don't fully understand is why the tab is still in the Nvidia control panel if it doesn't do anything?

[@Toysourboy]

The issue is only 3d settings is an option on my laptop, no other settings exist snd nvidia op something doesnt exist for me

[@aquau5777]

Is there a way to do this without selecting every game and program manually? I swear windows is the most asshat backwards OS I have ever used. How Linux hasn’t overtaken it (Where I can actually just use my dgpu without doing anything tedious) is beyond me.

[@KyuVulpes]

Yea, that's interesting because I use Linux, so if I need a program to run using the dedicated GPU on my laptop, I just prepend `primusrun` before the executable.

[@khanscombe619]

I'm using "2" standalone GPU of each nVidia & AMD. Mostly games can figure it out but how to I manually switch between or direct an pp (media players, streaming out or encode in) to use other with its own display? "2" different media creative apps in Adobe or such while watching a simple film or feed?

[@trevorpirie9623]

I kept adding use open GL to the additional command line feature in Unity. This is a better solution.

[@alexoja2918]

If I could force the discrete graphics card for everything by driving a nail through the IGP, I would.

[@kasiphia]

Hey I noticed my GPU 0 is the dedicated GPU, and the GPU 1 is the integrated GPU. Is that normal? I thought the first one is supposed to be the integrated one.

[@l.o.f1425]

finally an actually helpfull video thx

[@dgame97]

I reinstalled my system may times before i thought i screwed up something,becauce everytime i set High Power Nvidia in Control Panel,it switch to the Integrated Graphics and the button grey out. So there is no way to fix it?

[@allanschrillo5402]

thank you so much for some reason minecraft decided to run on my integrated gpu and took 10 seconds to load a new chunk

[@eleomel1]

Thank you mate you save my day.

[@gluax7553]

Hey! I have two of the same GPU on my computer. I'm on windows 11. No matter which choice I use for specific GPU task manager only ever shows one of the GPUs being used. Task manager does show both GPUs in the GPU section. And Nvidia control panel also shows it... but I can't get this to work at all do you know anything that could help me please?

[@PatrickJFurther]

yep my windows 10 still isn't letting me run certain programs on nvidia graphics so dumb. Thanks for the attempted fix.

[@ryshask]

Formatting my windows based gaming laptop and selling it... I'm done spending days fixing broken stuff.

[@matthewdelange3449]

I wish this worked for me... I would disable Optimus/Intel Integrated and use my external monitor on my GPU only if that was an option- Asus decided my GTX 1050 doesn't get a fan or HDMI/USB C out, so by all accounts never buy a laptop... I miss when my hardware did what it said on the box

[@joebowieaddick]

Will doing this help performance for live sports streaming through "Opera/Google browser..?

[@Future_AnimSchool]

Where is your temple sir i would like to become your follower , i have been going crazy was thinking about selling my laptop since i thought the fucking gpu broke or something

[@BrussLSprouts]

The old way you said doesn’t work, does in fact work

[@TheBattleRabbit860]

I have a Dell G15 5515 with GeForce RTX 3050 and everything has been working perfectly until yesterday. Windows did an update, and then my games all started running like crap. I updated the GPU drivers, and now War Thunder works pretty good (it won't recognize I have more than 3 GB of video memory when I try to download the Ultra HD graphics) and every game besides that still runs like crap or not at all. I have tried everything from file repair to removing the update, removing GPU drivers and going to previous ones, reinstalling drivers and update. Everything. I have no idea what to do next, and the only other thing I can think is to do a factory reset. I would prefer not to do that though, is there anything you can think of that I can try? (I followed these steps to make sure my games are in fact using the correct GPU).

[@HardWorkandFaith]

Did you figure it out? Same issue but I did the factory reset and I’m still where I was

[@rollolol6053]

Yeah, same here. Does anyone know how to fuck Microsoft and their shitty management and restore properly working GPUs?

[@RoyBarina]

All Windows 11 brought is nothing but limitations. am I right? At least they're consistent with that "1 good 1 garbage" releases..

[@ComputerJunkie00]

Just bought a new ASUS TUF Dash F15. Windows 10 insists that I use either the integrated GPU or, hell, the CPU itself instead of the dedicated GPU. I've tried everything I can think of--updated drivers, installed all the Windows 10 updates, fiddled with the 'Graphics Settings' page in Settings>Display, literally nothing is working. I even disabled the iGPU in Device Manager, thinking the system would be forced to use my RTX 3070. Nope! Instead it tried running the game purely on my CPU. I'm at my wits' end and about to break/RMA this damn thing.

[@HardWorkandFaith]

Did you figure it out?

[@ComputerJunkie00]

@@HardWorkandFaith I did! It wound up being something very silly--an in-game setting in God of War 2018 that I completely overlooked lol

[@aarbor6606]

when checking applications, there is not a version of nitro sense that matches the correct version on my laptop. my laptop has 3.01.3024 installed, and the only available versions to download are 3.01.3046 and 3.01.3028. i have double-checked that i am looking under the right model of computer.

[@user-oz2cv7so1b]

All of my apps works on GPU, but somehow the display is on Integrated (basically, opening anything system is lagging, while opening any soft is smooth). Please, advise me how I can solve this issue😢

[@BlazeMakesGames]

yeah I have a god damn 3080 in my brand new laptop and a lot of games are running like shit because microsoft decided to do this. I should not be getting 30fps in minecraft of all things on this machine. At the very least they should add some global settings or something cause having to find add each program manually is such a massive pain in the ass. Let me just default everything to my good graphics when plugged in and bad graphics on battery. There's no reason it has to be this complicated.

[@garethfairclough8715]

Man, I have the opposite problem. This new windows 11 laptop from Dell insists on using the 3060 gpu all the time! This results in battery life dropping from 5-6 hours in a browser down to about 30 minutes.

[@OPENPCreviews]

Me too. I set it to use the integrated GPU but it still uses my Nvidia one :\

[@lowg4br146]

@@OPENPCreviews lucky.. i got the opposite

[@Mosstone]

I did all this before but my laptop still decides to boot games with intel graphics half the time

[@BlazeMakesGames]

God dammit even after trying this I still can't get games to run right. In fact some even run worse as if there's literally no GPUs installed on the machine. Like I booted up a game and got literally 0 FPS and the task manager showed it was using neither GPU. I even tried the nuclear option and just disabled the integrated graphics, and STILL it refuses to use the right GPU somehow. There's ONE choice! And it still picked the wrong one!

[@tonson5214]

Same here, every solved it?

[@alexnackley3865]

Yes! Thank you!

[@XenoCarmesin]

Worked with my Gigabyte G5! Thanks! 😃

[@Danny8Ter]

Did it? My g5mf is making me go crazy. I did everything and my gpu won't work properly

[@SoaringSimulator]

And if you disable in the BIOS your integrated GPU?

[@turtgracilla250]

can I just remove my integrated GPU in the system of my laptop? what the worse thing might happen?

[@user-mi7vm1rh2p]

I'm having problems with my gpu every gpu i use it doesnt like to work i can play games using my intel graphics but when i use my gpu for games every game i go on crashes, could this be the problem or could it be something else? My thinking is that my 3.0pcie slot is damaged in some way

[@jackhebdon8360]

interesting... when i try to run any kind of game on my pc it doesnt use my gpu its really weird

[@ninporiri3964]

I was wondering wtf is happening my rtx isn't capable playing an old games barely 30fps. I missed windows 7

[@argefilmdk8510]

I can't get this to work on Republic Commando. And for some reason my graphics card went from being 2 to 3, in the task manager.

[@draconic5551]

Well my laptop used to run great I've done many factory resets I don't know what the problem is It refuses to use the MX150 it is forcing it to use the intell graphics I have tried all these settings I have tried every setting in every video I have watched I can't even watch a KZbin or a Crunchyroll video on my laptop I have no idea what's going on I've tried forcibly disabling in device manager the integrated graphics but it's still won't use the other one I don't understand

[@anthonyfuentes947]

Does this work for egpu? Because my laptop uses the rtx 2060 instead of my egpu 3080. Can I fix it to not use it my integrated graphics card on my internal monitor?

[@anth0ny_unplugged173]

I have a BIG UNFIXABLE problem here.... My dedicated gpu has a problem where it uses more than 2gb vram it crashes so i have to use integrated card, (i do this for gta v) and it works fine But i installed a game yesterday and it crashed on my dedicated card so i switched to integrated card again BUT IT WONT RUN ON THAT CARD IT JUST LAUNCHES THE GAME ON MY DEDICATED CARD AND CRASHES IT JUST IGNORES THE OPTION WHERE I PUT IT TO RUN ON THE INTEGRATED CARD UGH

[@cartmemes5034]

windows 11 doesn't have an "open file location" option on start.

[@undauntable6456]

My GPU isnt showing on that option since an update last night please for the love of god help. I've been trying to find a fix for the past 13 hours

[@demmy2291]

it's running on my dedicated gpu but still getting bad performance when unplugged any idea whats happening there?

[@xSGTBONGRiiPPxxADVENTURESx]

is there any reason to untick the hardware accelerated gpu scheduling? i had noticed mine was on and wasnt sure if that would make any difference in day to day tasks?

[@gamefromscratch]

It gives the application control over GPU memory instead of OS handling it. It can result in minor improvements and might get more important over time. It can also introduce bugs, lag and glitches so....

[@xSGTBONGRiiPPxxADVENTURESx]

@@gamefromscratch thank you im new to pcs so thats very helpful to know!

[@stash_of_g]

damn most useful vid i've seen

[@BrainSlugs83]

I didn't even realize Optimus was still a thing. Thought they got rid of that years ago. Edit: your reasoning for why it still exists was valid in 2007 -- today though, the fact that they can't just ramp the GPU down and use it efficiently is maddening.

[@Bleeperish]

Maaaaan, I was just thinking about why this was happening when lo and behold...

[@mikotoh]

no matter what i do, my nvidia card wont show up 'graphics preference', and its driving me NUTS. to top it off, no buttons work in nvidia experience either! wow!

[@worldwidegamers157]

There is no option to go to the file location of the app when I press more. Help me guys