UPDATE: (SOLUTION FOUND!)
After literal months of trying to solve this issue I found the solution to be one setting in the Omen Gaming Hub application.
Solution:
- Open “Omen Gaming Hub”
- On the Left hand side under your device, click “Graphics Switcher”
- Change GPU mode from “Hybrid” to “Discrete”
- Restart your device (You will be prompted to do so by the Hub)
Found this solution by stumbling across a Steam Forum post where OP had similar GPU crash issues with their HP Victus Gaming Laptop. It appears a windows update forced Omen systems to run applications on iGPU, causing, in my case, UE to crash on start up. Seems (from forum) that this is only a temp fix. I highly suggest reading into the forum as the discussion provides good insight into the root cause of the problem.
For now I will be switching between Hybrid and Discrete mode depending on if I am or am not using UE.