Windows 10: Selecting a Global GPU Preference in Windows 11

Hello all!I'm I have a 2021 Dell XPS 15. Running Windows 11.GPU and CPU:GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 TiCPU: Intel® Core™ i9-10885H Processor----------------------------------------------------------------------One Sentence Problem Description:This particular i9 CPU has an integrated graphics unit. I would like to utilize my NVIDIA dedicated graphics card instead of my integrated intel graphics unit.----------------------------------------------------------------------Origin of the Problemreviously, Windows allowed GPU manufactures' applications to select between the integrated and dedicated

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GPU preference not working; what's the workaround?

I have a laptop in a docking station on which I cannot select GPU preference at autostart. The laptop has one integrated Intel GPU and one "extra" Nvidia GPU.

I can select GPU preference clicking the context menu which has the intended effect: my program reports Intel/Nvidia as graphics vendor as expected (using OpenGL API glGetString(GL_VENDOR)). However the application is supposed to be autostarted (semi-embedded scenario) and for what I know I cannot autostart it using a context menu (right?)

I've tried editing the windows registry, both manually and using the "Graphics Settings". Both GPU show up (Intel as Power Saving GPU, Nvidia as High Performance GPU). Despite what I set here the application says it is running the Intel GPU. Editing the registry I've tried setting both the program and system default GPU preference - with no effect whatsoever.

Starting the Nvidia control panel to set GPU preference opens a dialog saying "no display connected" and exits. Looking into dxdiag the display is connected to the Intel GPU, and there is another tab labeled "Render" where the Nvidia GPU is listed as "Render only display device". Maybe important, maybe not.

Google searches pulls me to pages where above solutions are suggested. They are obviously not working out for me.

I suspect the docking station is to blame since it works just fine without it.

Question: How to autostart my application with Nvidia GPU preferred, considering registry and Nvidia Control Panel fails and opening using context menu selection works?

Reading this discussion on docking station GPU issue, I followed the advice of one comment to configure duplicate displays instead of extended and registry GpuPreference=2 as default. Works great, but I'm not to happy about being limited to display duplication, and my program halts when switching between the modes, hence leaving the question open.

 

Not able to select gpu when selecting graphics settings in graphics performance preferances

Hello. I have been having this problem since today when i downgraded from windows 11 to windows 10. I was having too much problems on windows 11 so i went to 10. When i was on windows 11 i was able to choose between my apu im guessing it is and my discrete gpu on graphics performance preferences. My apu is a AMD Raedon TM Graphics and my gpu is a AMD RX 5500. Now that im back on windows 10 trying to select my discrete gpu it wouldn't show up. I can see both my display drivers in device manager so i don't know any solution i would think i would be able to use my gpu if my pc clearly detects it. here a screenshot of what i see.

 

How to Set Global GPU Preference in Windows 10 Now That NVIDIA Control Panel Is Blocked from Doing So?

Last night I updated to Windows 10 version 2004 and apparently Windows 10 has blocked NVIDIA Control Panel's ability to set the preferred GPU. Unfortunately, Windows 10's new settings panel is feature-incomplete and lacks an option to set a global GPU
preference. Is there an option hidden somewhere or a registry value I can change to fix this? I have dozens of programs that I would have to otherwise set this setting for individually, so this is turning out to be a miserable user experience with the latest
update.