{"id":13856,"date":"2019-02-25T03:49:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T03:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=13856"},"modified":"2019-02-25T03:57:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T03:57:54","slug":"enable-high-performance-gpu-for-windows-10-apps-or-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/enable-high-performance-gpu-for-windows-10-apps-or-games\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable High-Performance GPU for Windows 10 Apps or Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is there a way to set preferred GPU for specific applications in Windows 10? Most Windows 10 computers come with 2 GPU (or graphics chips) installed &#8211; an integrated GPU and a dedicated GPU. For graphic intensive applications like games, you can force it to use the dedicated GPU to improve gaming performance. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you how to enable high-performance GPU for Windows 10 apps or games.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Enable High-Performance GPU for Windows 10 Apps and Games<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/6-ways-to-open-pc-settings-in-windows-10\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open up the Settings app<\/a> and navigate to <strong>System<\/strong> -&gt; <strong>Display<\/strong>. Scroll down to the bottom and click on the &#8220;<strong>Graphics settings<\/strong>&#8221; link.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/graphics-settings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"472\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13860\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Now, you can customize the graphics performance preference of any specific applications. For <strong>universal app<\/strong>, select the app from the list, and then click on <strong>Add<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/graphics-settings-for-universal-app.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"443\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13861\" \/><\/p>\n<p> \tFor <strong>classic app<\/strong>, just click on <strong>Browse<\/strong> to locate the .exe file of the desktop program you want to set default GPU for.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/graphics-settings-for-desktop-app.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"409\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13862\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Select the app you&#8217;ve added, and then click on the <strong>Options<\/strong> button to open the configuration dialog.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/windows-10-graphic-settings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"422\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13863\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>Windows 10 considers the integrated GPU as the power-saving GPU, and the high performance GPU is the dedicated GPU or external GPU. Select <strong>High performance<\/strong> and click on <strong>Save<\/strong>.\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/use-high-performance-gpu.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"306\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13864\" \/>\n<\/li>\n<li>If your app or game is currently running, you may need to restart it to use the preferred GPU you just set. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/5-quick-ways-to-open-task-manager-in-windows-10-8\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">open Task Manager<\/a> to view which GPU an application is using.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is there a way to set preferred GPU for specific applications in Windows 10? Most Windows 10 computers come with 2 GPU (or graphics chips) installed &#8211; an integrated GPU and a dedicated GPU. For graphic intensive applications like games, you can force it to use the dedicated GPU to improve gaming performance. 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