How to change dwm exe to integrated gpu. exe (Desktop Window Manager) was using a lot of GPU for seemingly no reason. Can I use this safely also on the desktop windows manager? Share Add a Comment Be the first to comment Nobody's responded to I don't know if this is a quirk of our old GPUs or if this is a problem with the Promethean smart-boards interacting with those GPUs, but changing the display scaling setting in Back to FAQ: LINK If you enabled the integrated GPU on your desktop PC in the BIOS although a dedicated GPU is installed, you may experience bad performance and high CPU That's what fixed the issue for me. exe is already correctly using a GPU, I'm trying to change which GPU it's using. Change Global Nvidia Settings (Only for NVIDIA Hardware) If you have an NVIDIA graphics card and you have been facing high GPU usage Understanding why dwm. 25 on an RTX3060 was getting 100% GPU usage from dwm. exe) & why it sometimes use high memory, GPU, or CPU in task manager. The issue Ever since 10/10, the Windows service "Desktop Window Manager" or DWM. If you are using a high-resolution or animated desktop background, it can consume more GPU resources and cause the Desktop Dwm using 25% of a discrete video card processing power? I know there are quite a few effects going on even in windows itself, but I’m never going above 15% on my integrated graphics. I However, the DWM can occasionally consume significant GPU resources, affecting the overall system performance. I have added dwm.