Configuring laptop systems to use dedicated GPUs.
Using arivis Pro on laptops with a GPU
Overview
If you have a dedicated GPU. make sure you go into the graphics driver preferences and configure it to use the GPU by default for any arivis application.
- Win 7-8:
- Right-click on the desktop and open the graphics card control panel. Select Manage 3D Settings from the tasks on the left, then select the Program Settings tab. Click the Add button and browse to your arivis installation. Then select the option to use the high performance GPU.
- Win 10 and above:
- Go to the Start menu and open the Settings app. Go to the System settings and then to Display. Scroll down the panel to find the Graphics settings link. Click the Browse button and navigate to your arivis installation, then select your dedicated GPU.
Note that this needs to be done for all arivis installations on your device, so if you are using arivis Pro and arivis Pro VR you will need to configure both.
Setting default GPU
On systems running Windows version earlier than windows 10
On older systems the default GPU selection is done through the driver interface. We can start by right-clicking on the arivis Pro app icon and then select Run with graphics processor> Change default graphics processor...
On newer systems we need to do this through the graphics control panel. Depending on your installation it can be opened in a variety of ways (e.g. through the Start menu, Taskbar shortcuts, or right-clicking on the desktop). This will open the driver window for the GPU you are using. In this example we are using a NVIDIA GPU and so this opens the NVIDIA Control Panel:
We can then click the Add button to select the path for the arivisPro.exe application and then select which GPU to use by default below.
From then on, the system will default to that GPU when launching the application.