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HOW TO CHOOSE WHICH GPU A GAME USES ON WINDOWS 10

By Chris Hoffman
Published May 23, 2018


Windows 10 now lets you select which GPU a game or other application uses right
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Windows 10 now lets you select which GPU a game or other application uses right
from the Settings app. Previously, you had to use manufacturer-specific tools
like the NVIDIA Control Panel or AMD Catalyst Control Center to control this.



This feature was added in Windows 10's April 2018 Update. If you don't see the
Graphics Settings option, you haven't installed the update yet.

Related: Everything New in Windows 10's April 2018 Update, Available Now


HOW TO ASSIGN AN APPLICATION TO A GPU

To assign an application to a GPU, head to Settings > System > Display. Scroll
down and click the "Graphics Settings" link.



Select the application you want to configure. To select a game or traditional
desktop application with an .exe file, select "Classic app" in the box, click
the "Browse" button, and then locate the .exe file on your system. Most
applications' .exe files will probably be somewhere in one of your Program Files
folders.



If you want to select a new-style Universal app, select "Universal App" in the
box, select the application from the list, and then click the "Add" button. 
These apps are generally installed from the Microsoft Store and don't have .exe
files. They're often called Universal Windows Platform or UWP apps.



Any applications you add appear in a list on the Graphics Settings page. Select
the application you've added, and then click the "Options" button.




Select whichever GPU you want. "System default" is the default GPU that's used
for all applications, "Power saving" refers to the low-power GPU (typically on
board video like Intel Graphics), and "High performance" refers to the
high-power GPU (usually a discrete graphics card from someone like AMD or
NVIDIA).

The precise GPUs used for each setting are displayed in the window here. If you
just have a single GPU in your system, you'll see the same GPU's name under both
the "Power saving GPU" and "High performance GPU" options.

Click "Save" when you're done. If the game or application is currently running,
you may need to restart it for your changes to take effect.






HOW TO CHECK WHICH GPU AN APPLICATION IS USING

To check which GPU a game is using, open the Task Manager and enable the "GPU
Engine" column on the Processes pane. You'll then see which GPU number an
application is using. You can view which GPU is associated with which number
from the Performance tab.



Related: How to Monitor GPU Usage in the Windows Task Manager




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editions, where his story was on the cover. He also wrote the USA's most-saved
article of 2021, according to Pocket.

Chris was a PCWorld columnist for two years. He founded PCWorld's "World Beyond
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systems like Linux and Chrome OS. Beyond the column, he wrote about everything
from Windows to tech travel tips.

The news he's broken has been covered by outlets like the BBC, The Verge, Slate,
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Techmeme. Instructional tutorials he's written have been linked to by
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Ars Technica, and John Gruber's Daring Fireball. His roundups of new features in
Windows 10 updates have been called "the most detailed, useful Windows version
previews of anyone on the web" and covered by prominent Windows journalists like
Paul Thurrott and Mary Jo Foley on TWiT's Windows Weekly. His work has even
appeared on the front page of Reddit.

Articles he's written have been used as a source for everything from books like
Team Human by Douglas Rushkoff, media theory professor at the City University of
New York's Queens College and CNN contributor, to university textbooks and even
late-night TV shows like Comedy Central's @midnight with Chris Hardwick.

Starting in 2015, Chris attended the Computer Electronics Show (CES) in Las
Vegas for five years running.  At CES 2018, he broke the news about Kodak's
"KashMiner" Bitcoin mining scheme with a viral tweet. A wave of negative
publicity ensued, with coverage on BuzzFeed News, CNBC, the BBC, and TechCrunch.
The company's project was later reportedly shut down by the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission.

In addition to his extensive writing experience, Chris has been interviewed as a
technology expert on TV news and radio shows. He gave advice on dark web scans
on Miami's NBC 6, discussed Windows XP's demise on WGN-TV's Midday News in
Chicago, and shared his CES experiences on WJR-AM's Guy Gordon Show in Detroit.

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