Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling (HAGS)

What is HAGS?

Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling allows Windows to offload some work to the GPU, theoretically providing increased performance in some scenarios. For more details check out Microsoft's developer blog post on the topic: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/directx/hardware-accelerated-gpu-scheduling/

Why disable HAGS?

HAGS may cause performance issues and failures with OBS and hardware encoders. It is recommended that if you are having these issues you disable HAGS as a troubleshooting step.

How to disable HAGS

Windows 10

• Click here to be immediately taken to the relevant settings page.
• Alternatively, go to Settings → System → Display → Graphics Settings.

From there, set "Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling" to OFF, then reboot your computer.

Windows 11

• Click here to be immediately taken to the relevant settings page.
• Alternatively, go to Settings → System → Display → Graphics Settings → Change default graphics settings

From there, set "Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling" to OFF, then reboot your computer.