(Image by How-To Geek author, Eric Z Goodnight) Each has its own advantages and disadvantages and this guide should help you decide which is best for you.ģD: It’s not like this anymore. We’ve come a long way from anaglyph 3D and red/cyan glasses, and there are three main technologies that are competing right now. The world of 3D TVs and monitors is pretty wild and complicated, however. 3D is everywhere now, and it’s getting cheaper, so it’s easy to just add that to the list of features you want.
Browse for the Windows UWP app you want to run with the dedicated GPU, and add it.įrom the ‘Select the preferred graphics processor for this program’ dropdown, select your GPU.įor those of you who’d like to see everything that’s been said above, but in a video, check out our tutorial below.So the holiday season is upon us, and you’re considering getting or gifting a new display. Select the Program Settings tab and click the ‘Add’ button. Open the NVIDIA control panel and go to 3D Settings>Manage 3D Settings. That doesn’t mean you can’t force them to use the dedicated GPU, just that the process is different for an NVIDIA GPU. Unfortunately, this doesn’t work for Windows UWP apps. These solutions will still work but the options may be found under a different menu.
We should mention that some options may differ depending on your driver version and the GPU model you have. The app will always use AMD graphics card. Select ‘High performance’ and you’re done. On this panel is an ‘Add Application’ button.Ĭlick it and select the EXE of the app you want to force to use the AMD graphics card.Īfter you add the application, open the dropdown next to it for setting graphics options. Here you will see a list of apps that AMD already recognizes as needing better GPU support. Under ‘Power’, select ‘ Switchable application graphics settings‘.From the list of panels on the left, select ‘ Power‘.Select ‘ Catalyst Control Center‘ from the context menu.Open the AMD Catalyst Control Center app by right-clicking on an empty area on your desktop. Instead, you add apps to the AMD Catalyst Control Center. You don’t have an option in the context menu. With AMD, you can select which apps will use the dedicated graphics card. You can force an app to use your AMD graphics card but it isn’t as easy, or as accessible as the NVIDIA option. Select ‘High-performance NVIDIA processor’ from the sub-options and the app will run using your dedicated GPU. The right-click context menu will have a ‘Run with graphics processor’ option. Right-click the app you want to force to use the dedicated GPU. Go to the Desktop menu and enable the ‘ Add “Run with graphics processor” to Context Menu‘ option. Right-click on an empty area on your desktop and select the ‘ NVIDIA Control Panel‘ option from the context menu. That said, you can still force an app to use the dedicated GPU.
Whenever it detects that an app needs additional, more powerful resources, the dedicated GPU kicks in. It’s worth mentioning that NVIDIA uses Optimus Technology. In the window that opens, select ‘ High Performance‘ and click ‘ Save‘. Click the ‘ Options‘ button under the app once it has been added. Once selected, click the Browse button and select the app.
An average PC comes with two graphics cards.