What is ‘Warzone not using GPU’ issue in Windows 10?
If you are experiencing ‘Warzone not using GPU’ issue while trying to play (COD) Call of Duty: Warzone game in Windows 10 computer, then you are in right place for the solution. Here, you will be guided with easy steps/methods to resolve the issue. Let’s starts the discussion.
‘Call of Duty: Warzone’ game: Call of Duty: Warzone is free-to-play battle royale video game available for PlayStation 4 (PS4), Xbox One, Microsoft Windows OS, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. COD Warzone allows online multiplayer combat as sole developer among 150 players, although some limited game modes support 200 players. This game features three main modes including Plunder, Resurgence and Battle Royale.
However, several users/ Warzone game players reported that they faced ‘Warzone not using GPU’ issue while trying to play Call of Duty: Warzone game in their Windows 10 computer. This issue indicates that your Windows computer is unable to play Warzone (COD game) due to issue with GPU or GPU not supported by Warzone game in your device that’s why you are facing this problem. To check GPU usage of Warzone game in Windows 10, you need to open ‘Task Manager’ and navigate to ‘COD Warzone’ game process under ‘Processes’ tab and check the GPU usage of this process under ‘GPU’ section.
If it shows 1-2% GPU usage for your Warzone game, then you need to fix this in order to improve gaming performance and to fix this issue. There could be several reasons behind this issue including issue with graphics card driver, wrong configured graphics card settings, outdated Windows OS and other reasons. Warzone not using graphics card/GPU issue can be occurred if graphics card driver is not properly installed, or is outdated/corrupted or incompatible in your Windows computer. In such case, you need to reinstall or update graphics card driver to compatible version in order to fix the issue. Let’s go for the solution.
How to fix Warzone not using GPU issue in Windows 10?
Method 1: Fix Warzone not using graphics card/GPU issue with ‘PC Repair Tool’
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Method 2: Update graphics card driver in Windows 10
This issue can be occurred due to outdated/corrupted graphics card driver in Windows 10 computer. You can update the driver in order to fix the issue.
Step 1: Press ‘Windows + X’ keys on keyboard and select ‘Device Manager’
Step 2: In ‘Device Manager’, find and expand ‘Display Adapters’ category, find and right-click on your graphics card and select ‘Update Driver’. Follow on-screen instructions to finish update process.
Step 3: Once done, restart your computer and try running COD game or COD Warzone game and check if the issue is resolved.
Download or reinstall graphics card driver update in Windows 10 [Automatically]
You can also try to update all Windows drivers with ‘Automatic Driver Update Tool’. This software will automatically find and download all Windows drivers update including graphics card driver update and then install them into computer. You can get this tool through button/link below.
Method 3: Update Windows 10 OS
Updating Windows 10 OS to latest update version can resolve any issue in Windows computer. Let’s try.
Step 1: Press ‘Windows + I’ keys on keyboard to open ‘Settings’ App in Windows 10
Step 2: In ‘Settings’ App, go to ‘Update & Security > Windows Update’ and click on ‘Check for updates’ button. Download and install the available updates in computer and once done, restart your computer and check if the error is resolved.
Method 4: Modify graphics card settings in Windows 10
One possible way to fix the issue is to change some settings in your graphics card control panel in Windows 10. This method is for NVIDIA graphics card and its settings.
Step 1: For NVIDIA GPU users. Right-click on empty area in Windows desktop and select ‘NVIDIA Control Panel’, or you can also open NVIDIA Control Panel via Windows Search
Step 2: In the opened window, click on ‘Manage 3D Settings’ in left pane and click on ‘CUDA – GPUs’ and select your graphics card under ‘Global Settings’ tab in right pane, and then hit ‘OK’ button
Step 3: Now, select ‘Set PhysX Configuration’ in left pane under ‘3D Settings’, and under ‘Select a PhysX Processor’ dropdown, Select your ‘GPU’ option
Step 4: Save the changes and restart COD Warzone game and check if the issue is resolved.
Method 5: Set GPU preference to HIGH performance
Step 1: Right-click on empty area in Windows desktop and select ‘Display Settings’
Step 2: In ‘Display Settings’ in ‘Settings’ App in Windows 10, scroll down to ‘Multiple Displays’ section in right pane and click on ‘Graphics settings’
Step 3: In the opened window, click on ‘Browse’ button to specify the file location of Warzone and select ‘ModernWarfare.exe’ in game installation folder or you can choose ‘%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Call of Duty Modern Warfare’ path which is default path
Step 4: Click ‘Options’ under COD game appears in graphics settings
Step 5: In appeared window, select ‘High Performance’ radio option and hit ‘OK’ to save the changes. Repeat the same steps for Modern Warfare Launcher.exe. Once done, restart Warzone game and check if the issue is resolved.
Method 6: Run Call of Duty: Warzone game in Windowed Mode
This issue can be occurred if you are running game in Full Screen mode that causes graphics related issue and result in game crashes issue occurred. You can run the game in Windowed Mode in order to fix the issue.
Step 1: Open COD Warzone game and go to ‘Options’ > Graphics tab
Step 2: Under ‘Display’ section, set ‘Display Mode’ to ‘Windowed’
Step 3: Once done, retry running Warzone game and check if the issue is resolved.
Conclusion
I am sure this post helped you on How to fix Warzone not using GPU issue in Windows 10 with several easy steps/methods. You can read & follow our instructions to do so. That’s all. For any suggestions or queries, please write on comment box below.
