[2022] Darktide not using graphics card

Please have a look here, under “Ensure Darktide Uses the Correct GPU”: https://support.fatshark.se/hc/en-us/articles/7709662432413--PC-How-to-Improve-Your-Performance-in-Darktide

Are you on a laptop? I don’t think the game will even launch if it tries to use the Intel GPU

D’oh, I’ve now renamed it as darktide_launcher in the FAQ!

Note that task manager isnt a great tool to measure GPU utilization. It would be better if you used a more widely used overlay such as the Afterburner overlay which tends to give more accurate results. Alternatively you can use HWmonitor

For example here is a screenshot of me running the Hitman3 benchmark which is obliterating my GTX1080. But windows GPU utilizaiton is extremely low. HWMonitor more accurately shows the GPU usage.

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Please refer to: KNOWN ISSUE: Darktide Not Detecting or Utilising GPU Correctly