Windows 10: Issues with Discrete GPU and Turbo Profile on Battery after Windows 11 24H2 Update

Hello,After performing a clean install of the Windows 11 24H2 update on my ASUS TUF laptop, I noticed some issues when running on batteryiscrete GPU: The discrete GPU no longer appears in the Device Manager when running on battery. It seems completely disabled, but works fine when the laptop is plugged in.Turbo Profile in Armoury Crate: The turbo performance profile in ASUS Armoury Crate is also unavailable when running on battery, though it works normally when the laptop is plugged in.Dynamic Refresh Rate: I'm unsure if dynamic refresh rate was available before the update, but currently, it

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How to prevent Windows components from always using the discrete gpu and draining battery?

I use Legion Toolkit to shutdown my discrete GPU but Windows Components always bring it back online and nothing I do seems to keep these things from turning the GPU back on.

These are the biggest offenders:

• TextInputHost
  
• SearchHost
  
• StartMenuExperienceHost
  

These three components drain the most battery simply by forcibly turning the power-hungry GPU back on when on battery.

 

Game didn't use the discrete GPU

I have one game that runs just fine before but now it won't use discrete GPU no matter what I do it still won't use it, the game is Grounded (Steam version) it recently has a full release update and since then the game won't use a discrete GPU even though I force it to but the game still not using a discrete GPU.

It's only on this game, I can play other games just fine they're all using discrete GPU automatically.

Things I've tried to fix it:
1. Set the game to run using discrete GPU in NVIDIA Control Panel
2. Verify integrity of game files in Steam

3. Re-install the game 2 times

4. Set my laptop to use discrete GPU all the time

And recently I got a Windows 11 22H2 & NVIDIA driver update, so it's all up to date but the game still not using discrete GPU.
What do you think the problem is? Is it my laptop? Is it the NVIDIA driver or Windows 11 updates? or is it the game that causes the issue?

Thank you

 

Factory reset Windows 11 24H2 (build 26100.863)

Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.

There are no currently listed problems resetting version 24H2 of Windows 11 and no specific steps you need to perform, are you experiencing any problems with that insider build that is causing you to perform a Windows reset?