Hello,
I have my display plugged in the first GPU and nothing on the second one. That would have been an easy fix ahah.
I tried to force the use of gpu 0 using the individual app selection in the nvidia control panel, and I also tried in the windows graphics settings to select high performance gpu on steam and AOE IV but no result.
Help us please 
i love AOE and specialy the fourth !!
I’m having the same issue, it’s using like the 2 graphics cards instead of just using the one that I picked via Nvidia Control Panel
go to Device Manager and disable the second GPU while playing AoE4. That should solve it.
oh god, this is already say… i’m loosing hope …
In windows settings, under display settings, advanced display settings there is an option to set an application to use a specific gpu. Specifically: windows settings > system > display (scroll all the way down) > graphics settings.
Optionally, nvidia control panel or amd Ccc can help you force an application use a specific gpu
It might be that the devs hard coded to use 2nd GPU because usually gaming laptops have 2 GPUs, 2nd one being the gaming one. If this is the case, the above 2 options might not work.
If all else fails, switch GPUs on the mobo…
Thanks bro, i never get the idea of just switch the gpu, that’s easy and i forget that solution…
Thanks you bro !!! I am trying this !!
i found something in the aoe 4 steamapps; MemEnv.ini i think this one is for the pb we try to understand, i search for more information, can someone who have aoe 4 on a 1 gpu pc can send this MemEnv.ini to me ?
Hi everyone! Laptop user here!
I have the same problem as you, AOE IV is using my gpu 0 (integrated intel gpu) instead of my nvidia gtx (which is my gpu 1) despite having it setup on both nvidia control panel and windows graphics settings.
If someone has a solution to fix this please answer!
Have you tried this suggestion someone brought up earlier? Go to Display Settings > Graphic settings and check there:
Yeah I already did that.
Here is my “waring.log” in “C:\Users[username]\Documents\my games\Age of Empires IV”
(I) [00:28:25.164] [000017744]: Enumerating Graphics Adapters
(I) [00:28:25.164] [000017744]: Choosing first adapter
(I) [00:28:25.164] [000017744]: Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti video dedicated: 8441036800 shared: 17135296512 system dedicated: 0
(I) [00:28:25.164] [000017744]: Checking against Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 video dedicated: 10567548928 shared: 17135296512 system dedicated: 0
(I) [00:28:25.164] [000017744]: Adapter chosen because it had more dedicated vram 10567548928 > 8441036800
(I) [00:28:25.165] [000017744]: Checking against Adapter: Microsoft Basic Render Driver video dedicated: 0 shared: 17135296512 system dedicated: 0
(I) [00:28:25.165] [000017744]: Adapter ignored, we already have a good dedicated, and this one doesn’t have better dedicated memory
(I) [00:28:25.165] [000017744]: Chosen adapter: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 video dedicated: 10567548928 shared: 17135296512 system dedicated: 0
I want to use RTX 3060 Ti, but the game chooses 3080. It seems to be choosing a higher performing GPU, ignoring the setting on Windows or Nvidia Control Panel…
Hello ! Did it work ?
There’s a section about troubleshooting systems with multiple gpu’s on the official support page. Here you go, hopefully this helps.
Hello,
I already tried that with no results unfortunately !
If you benchmark your 2nd GPU does it reach 105°C ?
If so you really need to look into why that is happening.
Benchmarked the scnd gpu’s and no problem, when i play aoe i just focus on the second to play he is not for this but no choice
Nothing to use now… i keep searching
Might be a bug. Maybe report it?
I have the same problem. I have a GPU0-3070 and a GPU1-1070 and the game decides to always choose the 1070. Of all the options presented, nothing has worked for me. However, if I have managed to play with the 3070 by going into device manager and disabling the GPU 1070. I suppose that until they solve it we have no other option.
