Re: BF2042 Wrong GPU picked in dual GPU rig

First of all, why would you even have two different GPUs in your PC?

You should be abel to set the default gpu to run any Program from in the settings of your driver.

Sadly I only know how it works on Nvidia Cards

yeah, windows has a setting for it but it doesnt work

There are productivity tasks which benefit from multiple GPUs. There is a Windows setting, but the game ignores it and starts on the wrong one anyway. There's no setting in the Nvidia driver unless it's a laptop or OpenGL application, but other games depend on what the monitor is plugged in to, the Windows setting or have an option in their own settings.

Right now, the only way to get around this seems to be to go into device manager and disable the other GPU (which is far from ideal - it's inconvenient and disables connected monitors).

Having the Same issues as well with the same work around.

Main GPU - 2080ti 

Additional GPU 2x1080tis - Both do not have a monitor plugged into it

disabling both 1080tis will have Battlefield 2042 launch using the 2080ti

Battlefield 2042 is the only game or application that does this. BF5,BF1,BF4, and BF3 do not have this issue

Confirmed around the office that this a problem

We have 12 workstations with various combinations of GPUs (Most 2080tis or 2080 supers with 1080tis or 1080s). Happens on all of them. It seems BF2042 is set to prefer the slowest/oldest GPU in the system.  It used a GTX970 over a 2080 Super.

Same here. 2080 Ti + 1080 Ti = it uses 1080 Ti ...

@ryannathans Great Question!

this issue still occurs regardless of which slot/position/Bus ID the 2080s have vs the 970s. (results are the same with the 2080ti and 1080ti systems)