Enable HAGS

Overview

• ID/URL: enable-hags
• Description: Enables HAGS (Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling)
• Risk Level: Safe

Details

Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling (HAGS) is a Windows feature that shifts more GPU management and scheduling tasks from the CPU to the GPU, reducing CPU overhead and potentially improving performance and latency

Apply

$regPath = "HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\GraphicsDrivers"
$keyName = "HwSchMode"
$value = 2

If (-not (Test-Path $regPath)) {
    New-Item -Path $regPath -Force | Out-Null
}

Set-ItemProperty -Path $regPath -Name $keyName -Value $value -Type DWord

Write-Host "Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling enabled. A restart may be required."

Unapply

$regPath = "HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\GraphicsDrivers"
$keyName = "HwSchMode"
$value = 1

If (Test-Path $regPath) {
    Set-ItemProperty -Path $regPath -Name $keyName -Value $value -Type DWord
    Write-Host "Hardware-Accelerated GPU Scheduling disabled. A restart may be required."
}
else {
    Write-Host "Registry path not found."
}