Windows 10: Set Preferred GPU for Apps in Windows 10

How to: Set Preferred GPU for Apps in Windows 10

How to Set Preferred GPU for Apps in Windows 10

Starting with Windows 10 build 17093, Microsoft is introducing a new Graphics settings page for Multi-GPU systems that allows you to manage the graphics performance preference of your apps. You may be familiar with similar graphics control panels from AMD and Nvidia, and you can continue to use those control panels. When you set an application preference in the Windows Graphics settings, that will take precedence over the other control panel settings.

This new setting allows you to specify which GPU you prefer to use by default for specific Store (universal) and Desktop (classic) apps. Preferences may provide better app performance or save battery life. Choices may not take effect until the next time the app launches.

Generally, the power saving GPU is the integrated GPU on a system, and the high performance GPU is the discrete GPU or external GPU. If you have both a discrete GPU and an external GPU on a system, the external GPU is considered the high performance GPU.

Applications are always allowed to have the ultimate choice of which GPU to use, so you may see additional applications that do not follow the preferences you set. In that case, look for a setting within the application itself to choose a preference.

This tutorial will show you how to set a preferred GPU to use for specific apps for your account in Windows 10.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Add Apps to Set Preferred GPU for in Settings
• Option Two: Set Preferred GPU for Apps in Settings
• Option Three: Remove Apps from Preferred GPU List in Settings

OPTION ONE [/i] Add Apps to Set Preferred GPU for in Settings
1. Open Settings, and click/tap on the System icon.

2. Click/tap on Display on the left side, and click/tap on the Graphics settings link on the right side. (see screenshot below)



3. Do step 4 (Desktop apps) or step 5 (Store apps) below for which type of app you want to add.


4. To Add Desktop (Classic) App to Set GPU Preference for
A) Select Classic app in the "Choose an app to set preference" drop menu, and click/tap on the Browse button. (see screenshot below)



B) Navigate to and select the .exe file (ex: "mspaint.exe") you want to add, click/tap on Add, and go to step 6 below. (see screenshot below)




5. To Add Store (Universal) App to Set GPU Preference for
A) Select Universal app in the "Choose an app to set preference" drop menu. (see screenshot below)

B) Select an app (ex: "Paint 3D") in the drop menu you want to add.

C) Click/tap on the Add button, and go to step 6 below.




6. When finished adding apps, go to step 3 in Option Two below to set the preferred GPU you want for these apps.





OPTION TWO [/i] Set Preferred GPU for Apps in Settings
1. Open Settings, and click/tap on the System icon.

2. Click/tap on Display on the left side, and click/tap on the Graphics settings link on the right side. (see screenshot below)



3. Click/tap on an added app (ex: "Paint 3D") in the list you want to set or change the GPU preference for, and click/tap on the Options button. (see screenshot below)



4. Select (dot) System default (default), Power saving, or High performance for the GPU preference you want for this app, and click/tap on Save. (see screenshot below)
[table][tr][td]GPU Preference[/td] [td]Description[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]System default[/td] [td]To let Windows decide the best GPU for your application.[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Power saving[/td] [td]A request to run the application on the most power saving GPU available.[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]High performance[/td] [td]A request to run the application on the most high performance GPU available.[/td] [/tr] [/table]

*note Generally, the power saving GPU is the integrated GPU on a system, and the high performance GPU is the discrete GPU or external GPU. If you have both a discrete GPU and an external GPU on a system, the external GPU is considered the high performance GPU.




5. When finished, you can close Settings if you like.





OPTION THREE [/i] Remove Apps from Preferred GPU List in Settings

*note Removing an added app from your preferred GPU list will have the app use the system default preferences.
1. Open Settings, and click/tap on the System icon.

2. Click/tap on Display on the left side, and click/tap on the Graphics settings link on the right side. (see screenshot below)



3. Click/tap on an added app (ex: "Paint 3D") in the list you want to remove, and click/tap on the Remove button. (see screenshot below)



4. When finished, you can close Settings if you like.

That's it,
Shawn


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Are you getting any error message?

If you have a multi-GPU system running Windows 10, you can now manually specify the preferred graphics processor an app should use for performance or to improve battery life.

In order to force an app to use a discrete GPU instead of the integrated one, or vice versa to provide better system performance or battery life, I suggest you to follow the below steps.

1. Open Settings, and click/tap on the System icon. Click on System.

2. Click on Display on the left side

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Classic app — these are your traditional Win32 desktop programs.

Universal app — these are those app available through the Microsoft Store.

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6. Select the app you added from the list.

7. Click the Options button

8. Set the graphics preference you want to use:

System default — this is always the default setting, and Windows 10 decide which GPU to use automatically.

Power saving — runs the application on the GPU that uses the least power, which most of the time is your integrated graphics processor.

High performance — runs the application on the most capable GPU, which is most of the time an external or discrete graphics processor.

9. Click the Save button.

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