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Can anyone tell me how can I set PD16 to use the dedicated GPU (Nvidia) on my laptop and not use the integrated Intel GPU, please?

The Nvidia control panel shows PD16 is using the integrated GPU and I'm unable to change it as it it greyed out.

Thanks!

Please tell us what your video card (GPU) so other members who have the same may have some idea about the problem.
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James, I know that this doesn't answer your question fully but it might help.

Also these are the cards that are compatible:
[NVIDIA]
GeForce 8500GT/9800GT and above
GeForce GT/GTS/GTX 200/400/500/600/700/800/900 Series

However, what do you expect to get using the card over the built in graphics.

If you have a newer computer or CPU, the GPUs are very good and deliver capabilities that rival or exceed some of the nVidia card's performance. .
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Quote Hi,

Can anyone tell me how can I set PD16 to use the dedicated GPU (Nvidia) on my laptop and not use the integrated Intel GPU, please?

The Nvidia control panel shows PD16 is using the integrated GPU and I'm unable to change it as it it greyed out.

Thanks!

Please tell us what your video card (GPU) so other members who have the same may have some idea about the problem.
There are recent complaints about updating new drivers, which does not work as it should.
For this case Reverting to the old drivers should resolve.

I have the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

Quote James, I know that this doesn't answer your question fully but it might help.

Also these are the cards that are compatible:
[NVIDIA]
GeForce 8500GT/9800GT and above
GeForce GT/GTS/GTX 200/400/500/600/700/800/900 Series

However, what do you expect to get using the card over the built in graphics.

If you have a newer computer or CPU, the GPUs are very good and deliver capabilities that rival or exceed some of the nVidia card's performance.

I have the following hardware:
Intel i7 - 7700 HQ (integrated GPU HD 630)
My dedicated GPU is NVIDIA GeForce 1050 ( 10 series )

I can see that the 10-series is not in the list. I'm editing 5k video (360) and the HD 630 is as good as useless. I also realised that the shadow files don't help at all. (Maybe I'm using them wrongly)

I downloaded a trial copy of Premiere Pro CC and it just picked up the NVIDIA by default. The performance difference is night and day! And the proxy (shadow) files in Premiere Pro do make a difference.

Thanks

So as a closure to this topic:

You _cannot_ use dGPU Nvidia GTX1050 with PD16.

Look elsewhere if you need to use dGPU.

Hi,

I am using PD15 and the NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti, and having a similar issue.
It does not pick up the card by default and uses my internal GPU for rendering etc.
I can't select a card within PD somewhere.

If I disable my internal GPU in the BIOS, it uses the NVIDIA card without problem, and rendering is 2x faster!
Also the preview is working fluently as it should!

I,m still trying to fix this as I need my internal GPU for my 3rd monitor.... Just starting with Powerdirector movie making
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I have the following hardware:
Intel i7 - 7700 HQ (integrated GPU HD 630)
My dedicated GPU is NVIDIA GeForce 1050 ( 10 series )

I can see that the 10-series is not in the list. I'm editing 5k video (360) and the HD 630 is as good as useless. I also realised that the shadow files don't help at all. (Maybe I'm using them wrongly)

I downloaded a trial copy of Premiere Pro CC and it just picked up the NVIDIA by default. The performance difference is night and day! And the proxy (shadow) files in Premiere Pro do make a difference.

Thanks

Your CPU supports Intel Quick Sync. You will need the latest driver (8/1 obtained directly from Intel and NOT win update or any other means. When you go to Produce/Encode you should see Intel Quick Sync and in your preferences you will also see it along with Open CL. Check both. This will generally produce the fastest encoding times using H 2.64. My own non scientific tests confirm this fact. IF your project has no changes/effcts/etc and just raw clips you may benefit from SVRT but the gain needs to be around 25 %. I always deploy SVRT analysis on the timeline just to double check.

This is a confusing subject so please ask if you need clarification.

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However, what do you expect to get using the card over the built in graphics.

If you have a newer computer or CPU, the GPUs are very good and deliver capabilities that rival or exceed some of the nVidia card's performance.

Ditto! Actually spend some time on youtube and you will see some surprising benchmarks which validate your/our claims. This is actually the reason I went looking for the Intel driver direct from the mothership. /lol Note: with the windows update driver I never had Intel Quick Sync and my Nvidia GPU was never used and the CPU usage pegged at close to 100% using what PD calls Hardware acceleration which I will politly say is misleading. /cough