Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege - Fix: Graphics Card Not Detected

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege may not detect the GPU on some computers. This problem usually occurs on laptops.

There are a few things you can do to let the game detect your graphics card. To fix this issue, follow these steps.

How to Let the R6 Detect Your GPU?

Method #1

Running the R6 Siege as an administrator can help.

• Go to the folder where the game is installed.
• Right-click on the RainbowSix.exe application.
• Tap the Properties
• Tick Run this program as an administrator on the Compatibility tab.
• Click on the OK

Method #2

• Open your NVIDIA Control Panel. You can download the latest NVIDIA graphics card driver here.
• Go to the Manage 3D settings.
• On the Global Settings tab, set the Preferred graphics processor to High-performance NVIDIA processor

• Then, go to the Program Settings tab
• Click the Add
• Select the Rainbow Six from the list
• Set preferred graphics processor to “High-performance NVIDIA processor“
• Click on the Apply

Method #3

If your computer has integrated graphics, you should disable the Intel video card in Device Manager.

• Right-click on Windows Start logo
• Go to Device Manager
• Under the Display adapters, right-click on the Intel video card
• Click Disable device

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Meanwhile, it is best to disable Intel HD Graphics in Bios. Of course if you know how to do it.