Using arivis Pro on laptops with a GPU

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.

Most modern laptop systems CPUs, and many desktop CPUs also, are configured with a graphics processing unit (GPU), built into the CPU a configuration often referred to as on-board or integrated graphics. These systems are intended to provide better graphics capabilities without the need for a dedicated GPU which can help preserve battery life on mobile systems. However, these onboard graphics typically offer much lower performance than a dedicated GPU. Since most applications can only use 1 GPU at a time, this means that on systems with both onboard graphics and dedicated GPUs the system must choose which GPU to use when launching applications. The windows default for laptop systems is usually to use the onboard GPU as these are more energy-efficient and provide longer battery life. However, for most use cases in arivis Pro that require 3D visualization the use of a dedicated GPU is preferable. Configuring your system to use one GPU over the other can be done in a variety of ways depending on your system.

If you need to preserve battery life, maybe because you are doing image analysis on the go then sacrificing graphics performance for the duration of the session may be an acceptable compromise, but you may also choose to run the application with the dedicated GPU on other occasions. You can specify which GPU to use on launching the application by right-clicking on the application icon and choosing the Run with graphics processor option:

You can then choose with GPU to use as needed and the application will launch.

But it is also possible to permanently set a preference for wich GPU to use that that the application will automatically select a specific GPU on launch unless specified otherwise as above.