From a73fcb343cf63db7105f1e14bf0dd0c5616f3f22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: lightningterror <18107717+lightningterror@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 18:19:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] GS: Default to DX12 on  NV/AMD.

DX12 trades blows with Vulkan on AMD depending on cpu usage and will be stable on RDNA 3 so let's default to it.

NVIDIA: 590 drivers on Nvidia are bad causing performance regressions so let's switch to DX12 as the default.
---
 pcsx2/GS/Renderers/DX11/D3D.cpp | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/DX11/D3D.cpp b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/DX11/D3D.cpp
index 6471e12e80..dac263a851 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/DX11/D3D.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/DX11/D3D.cpp
@@ -426,7 +426,8 @@ GSRendererType D3D::GetPreferredRenderer()
 			if (!feature_level.has_value())
 				return GSRendererType::DX11;
 			else if (feature_level == D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_12_0)
-				return check_vulkan_supported() ? GSRendererType::VK : GSRendererType::OGL;
+				//return check_vulkan_supported() ? GSRendererType::VK : GSRendererType::OGL;
+				return GSRendererType::DX12;
 			else if (feature_level == D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_0)
 				return GSRendererType::OGL;
 			else
@@ -439,7 +440,8 @@ GSRendererType D3D::GetPreferredRenderer()
 			if (!feature_level.has_value())
 				return GSRendererType::DX11;
 			else if (feature_level == D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_12_0)
-				return check_vulkan_supported() ? GSRendererType::VK : GSRendererType::DX12;
+				//return check_vulkan_supported() ? GSRendererType::VK : GSRendererType::DX12;
+				return GSRendererType::DX12;
 			else if (feature_level == D3D_FEATURE_LEVEL_11_1)
 				return GSRendererType::DX12;
 			else