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Force Razer Blade to use GPU over Thunderbolt 3

Kreed
By Kreed
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I'm having an issue where my Razer Blade 15 refuses to use my GPU over thunderbolt 3. I have a 4k monitor connected. It works great in game, but when I'm on the desktop my GPU sits at 0% and my CPU spikes to 100% when I try to drag a window or watch a youtube video. 

I've tried setting my default to be the 1060 via Nvidia Control Panel but it doesn't seem to work. Does anyone have any insight?

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5 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

whats the gpu in the enclosure, the blade 15 has a 1070 right?

There is no enclosure. I'm using a normal thunderbolt 3 dock and want it to use the 1060 that's already in my laptop.

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10 minutes ago, Kreed said:

There is no enclosure. I'm using a normal thunderbolt 3 dock and want it to use the 1060 that's already in my laptop.

oh, i see, im not sure.

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Are you having issues when dragging around windows? If you aren't it's perfectly normal for the dGPU to be idle when a game or other GPU intensive task isn't running. Nvidia Optimus switches between the iGPU and dGPU on the fly to reduce power consumption.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

 

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Yeah. Dragging windows causes major slowdown and my CPU hits 100% utilization

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