Hey everyone, I recently built my PC, and while everything seems set up correctly, I'm running into major issues with games crashing. I've only tested Fortnite and Marvel Rivals so far, but in Marvel Rivals, it crashes after about 5 minutes of gameplay. I noticed in Task Manager that my CPU usage is significantly higher than my GPU usage, which seems odd. Initially, I thought it might just be during the shading preparation, but it continues even during gameplay. I'm using a Ryzen 7 9800X3D and a 5080 SFF OC.
An update: I realized the game was using almost zero GPU power. By changing the graphic settings in Marvel Rivals to high performance, my GPU finally started working, but I'm wondering if there's a way to set my graphics card as the default for all games. How can I ensure my GPU is utilized instead of the CPU for all my gaming?
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NVIDIA gaming drivers have been pretty buggy this generation. I’d recommend rolling back to a previous version. A lot of my friends with NVIDIA cards have run into crashing problems, and going back to an earlier driver has helped many of them get things under control. It might not be the only issue, but it's a good starting point!
I tried that, but I think the major issue was that my games were using the integrated graphics instead of the dedicated GPU. I switched Marvel Rivals to use the NVIDIA GPU, and now it's running fine. But doing this for every game feels like a hassle. Is there a way to globally set the NVIDIA GPU as the default?