How to Force An App To Use The Dedicated GPU On Windows

Right-click on an empty area on your desktop and select the 'NVIDIA Control Panel' option from the context menu. Go to the Desktop menu and enable the 'Add “Run with graphics processor” to Context Menu' option. Return to your desktop. Right-click the app you want to force to use the dedicated GPU.

1. How do I force an app to use my GPU?
2. How do I make my dedicated graphics card default?
3. How do I force my laptop to use a GPU?
4. How do I force my laptop to use AMD GPU?
5. How do I force 100 GPU usage?
6. How do I enable my GPU?
7. Is 100% GPU usage bad?
8. How do I switch from integrated graphics to GPU?
9. How do I force a Game with AMD GPU?

How do I force an app to use my GPU?

Right-click anywhere on the desktop, and then select Display settings. In the right panel, scroll down to look for and click on Graphics settings. Under Choose and app to set preference, select Classic app and click on Browse. Then, browse to the app or game exe file that you want to force to use a GPU.

How do I make my dedicated graphics card default?

Set discrete graphics card as default

1. Right-click any blank space on the desktop and choose NVIDIA Control Panel.
2. Click Manage 3D settings, go to Preferred graphic processor, and select High-Performance NVIDIA processor and then Apply.

How do I force my laptop to use a GPU?

Go to NVidia's Control panel and select NVidia GPU to be used as prefered graphics processor: You may need to restart any opened program / browser or simply restart your computer. Keep in mind that this may increase power consumption i.e. this setting will drain your battery faster (if using laptop).

How do I force my laptop to use AMD GPU?

Here is how to update your laptop with AMD Graphics from AMD Forum: Laptop graphics update...
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Manual Configuration

1. Right Click on the desktop.
2. Click AMD Radeon Settings from the menu.
3. Cilck on System.
4. Click on Switchable Graphics.

How do I force 100 GPU usage?

I recommend forcing 2-4X MSAA, or SSAO/HBAO. Have an on-screen display and enable the GPU Usage monitor, and Framerate. Get your settings set up right to where the game is cycling 90-100% all of the time. If you set the driver options to performance, you get lower quality and lower GPU usage.

How do I enable my GPU?

How to Enable a Graphics Card

1. Login as an administrator to the PC and navigate to the Control Panel.
2. Click on "System", and then click on the "Device Manager" link.
3. Search the list of hardware for the name of your graphics card.
4. Tip. Make sure the on-board graphics unit is disabled when enabling a freshly installed graphics card.

Is 100% GPU usage bad?

It is built to run at 100% utilization,so it should be safe,unless you are pushing the limits too much. Even mining GPUs last years spending all the time at 100%. But running at 100% definitely affect its life span, the transisitor wear out on usage. Still it will run for years unless you are unfortunate enough.

How do I switch from integrated graphics to GPU?

Switching to the dedicated Nvidia GPU

- Open the tab Program Settings and choose the game from the dropdown menu. - Next, select the preferred graphics processor for this program from the second dropdown. Your Nvidia GPU should show as High performance Nvidia processor. Finally, save your changes.

How do I force a Game with AMD GPU?

Switching to the dedicated AMD GPU

One way to do that is right-clicking on an empty space on the desktop and choosing Radeon Settings from the menu. - Navigate to Preferences > Additional Settings > Power > Switchable Graphics Application Settings. - Select the game from the list of applications.