Как установить предпочтительный графический процессор для приложений в Windows 10

В последних сборках Windows 10 Redstone 4, релиз которой должен состояться весной этого года, появилась новая функция — выбор предпочтительного GPU для работы с той или иной программы. В основном это нужно для ноутбуков, в которых бывает две графики — от Intel и от AMD или Nvidia. Первая обычно используется для экономии энергии при работе с нетяжелыми задачами — серфинг в интернете, просмотр фильмов, работа с документами и т.д. Ну а для игр или трудоемких 3D-приложений подключается более мощная дискретная графика (при этом за вывод на монитор всегда отвечает интегрированный GPU от Intel). По умолчанию за переключение видеокарт отвечает видеодрайвер дискретной видеокарты, и в панели управления Nvidia или AMD можно настроить, какие приложения с какой видеокартой будут запускаться.

Microsoft решила несколько упростить и одновременно доработать переключение: теперь оно и для видеокарт от Nvidia, и для видеокарт от AMD настраивается в одном месте, и также появилась возможность выбора предпочтительного GPU для приложений из Магазина Windows — с учетом того, что там все же есть несколько требовательных 3D-игр, это не лишено смысла.

Находится эта настройка в Параметрах > Система > Дисплей > Настройки графики:

Теперь выберите, для приложения какого типа вы хотите задать предпочтительный GPU — для классического или универсального (из Магазина Windows). Далее нажмите на кнопку «Обзор» и укажите путь до нужного приложения, если оно классическое, или выберите его из списка, если оно универсальное:

Теперь нажмите на программу > Параметры и выберите, какую видеокарту вы хотите использовать. Энергосбережение означает, что выбранная вами программа будет запускаться с интегрированным GPU, высокая производительность — с дискретным, по умолчанию — решать будет видеодрайвер:

Переключение видеокарт для игр в Windows 10

В последнем обновлении операционной системы Windows 10, выпущенном в апреле этого года, для пользователей стала доступна функция выбора предпочтительного графического процессора (переключение видеокарт) для исполняемых файлов игр и программ из приложения «Параметры». Раньше, как всем известно, для управления этим необходимо было воспользоваться специальными инструментами.

Их предоставляли разработчики NVIDIA в своей Панели управления и AMD Catalyst в Центре управления. В первой необходимо было сделать выбор между интегрированным или высокопроизводительным процессором, а с AMD, к сожалению, я не имел дела.

Теперь, в новой версии ОС, появился дополнительный параметр «Настройки графики». Его мы и будем использовать для этих целей. Если вы не увидите такой параметр у себя в системе, значит еще не установили нужное обновление.

Чтобы назначить конкретному приложению или игре определенный графический процессор, который будет по умолчанию обеспечивать их функционирование, сделайте следующее. Откройте системные «Параметры», перейдите в раздел «Система» и подраздел «Дисплей».

Прокрутите страницу немного вниз и нажмите на ссылку «Настройки графики». Из раскрывающегося списка выберите ту категорию приложения, которое хотите настроить в данный момент. Обычные игры и программы с исполняемым файлом формата «exe» относятся к категории — классические. Нажмите на кнопку «Обзор», а затем найдите нужный исполняемый файл в своей системе.

Если вы выберете универсальное, добавится еще один список, в котором перечислены все установленные UWP-приложения. После того, как найдете нужное, нажмите на появившуюся кнопку «Добавить».

В первом и втором варианте все приложения, которые вы добавляете, отображаются в списке. Нажмите на каждое из них, после чего станет доступна кнопка «Параметры». После перехода по ней вы сможете задать индивидуальные параметры графики.

ПЕРЕКЛЮЧЕНИЕ ВИДЕОКАРТ

• энергосберегающий графический процессор;
• высокопроизводительный GPU.

Системное значение — это графический процессор по умолчанию, используемый для всех приложений. Энергосбережение — относится к маломощному встроенному, как правило, от Intel. Высокая производительность — относится к дискретной видеокарте, например от NVIDIA или AMD.

Нажмите «Сохранить», когда закончите. Если игра или программа в настоящее время запущены, вам может потребоваться перезапустить ее, чтобы изменения вступили в силу.

Как проверить, какой GPU используется? Для этого откройте Диспетчер задач, и включите столбец «GPU Engine» на вкладке «Процессы». Затем вы увидите номер видеокарты, используемой приложением. Спасибо за внимание!

How to Find Windows 10 Computer Specifications & Systems Requirements

Here’s an overview of how to find computer specification requirements, versions, and languages available for Windows 10.

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System requirements for installing Windows 10

These are the basic requirements for installing Windows 10 on a PC. If your device does not meet these requirements, you may not have the great experience intended with Windows 10 and might want to consider purchasing a new PC.

RAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) for 32-bit or 2 GB for 64-bit

Hard drive size:

32GB or larger hard disk

Note: See below under “More information on hard drive space to install or update Windows 10” for more details.

Compatible with DirectX 9 or later with WDDM 1.0 driver

Display: 800×600 Internet Connection:

Internet connectivity is necessary to perform updates and to download and take advantage of some features. Windows 10 Pro in S mode, Windows 10 Pro Education in S mode, Windows 10 Education in S mode, and Windows 10 Enterprise in S mode require an internet connection during the initial device setup (Out of Box Experience or OOBE), as well as either a Microsoft account (MSA) or Azure Activity Directory (AAD) account. Switching a device out of Windows 10 in S mode also requires internet connectivity. Learn more about S mode here.

There may be additional requirements over time for updates, as well as requirements to turn on specific features within the OS.

Keeping Windows 10 up-to-date

Windows 10 is designed to deliver updates for the supported lifetime of the device. Two types of updates may be provided: quality updates and feature updates. Quality updates include both security and non-security updates and are typically targeted to be released once a month. Feature updates also include security and non-security fixes as well as new features to Windows 10 and are typically provided twice a year. Ensuring that your device receives these updates and is kept up-to-date is important for your device security. Windows 10 periodically checks for updates so you don’t have to. When an update is available—and sufficient free disk space is available on your device—it will be automatically installed. So that Windows 10 continues to stay updated, it’s important to ensure your device has sufficient free space. See additional applicable details in the following notes.

Important notes about updates:

• A device might not be able to receive updates if the device hardware is incompatible, if it lacks current drivers or sufficient available hard drive space, or if it’s otherwise outside of the Original Equipment Manufacturer’s (“OEM”) support period. Visit the Windows Lifecycle Fact Sheet or the Lifecycle FAQ for Windows products to learn more about the servicing timeline for each feature update.
  • Some of the disk space needed for installing updates is only temporarily required. Typically, ten days after installing an update, a disk cleanup will be automatically performed to delete copies of the older, unneeded Windows files and free up space again.
• Not all features in an update will work on all devices.
• An internet connection is required to perform updates and Internet access (ISP) fees might apply.
• If you need assistance installing an update, Windows 10 Update Assistant may be able to help.

More information on hard drive space requirements to install or update Windows 10

The size of the Windows operating system that comes with your device and the amount of space needed to download and install Windows updates, are highly variable as they depend on a variety of factors. Visit here to learn why. The factors that impact the amount of free hard drive space needed to take an update include: the versions of Windows previously installed on the machine, the amount of disk space available to reuse from Windows files, such as the virtual memory pagefile or hibernation file, which applications are installed on your device and how those applications store data. Starting with the May 2019 Update, the system requirements for hard drive size for clean installs of Windows 10 as well as new PCs changed to a minimum of 32GB. The 32GB or larger drive requirement is set to leave space for users to install apps and to keep data on the device. Installing Windows or updating from a previous version of Windows on devices with less than 32GB storage will continue to work if the device has enough free space available. When updating, Windows will attempt to automatically free up enough hard drive space and guide you through freeing up even more if the automatic cleanup is not sufficient. You can also take steps to free up space on your own. For more information, see Free up space to install the latest Windows 10 update or visit the related FAQ.

Feature-specific requirements for Windows 10

In addition to the requirements above that are needed to run Windows, some features have additional requirements. In some cases, features included with updated versions of Windows 10 will be best experienced with newer processors. For specific hardware support please refer to your Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). Below are some additional details regarding requirements for key features:

• BitLocker Drive Encryption (available with Windows 10 Pro or Windows 10 Enterprise only) requires a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 1.2 or higher and Trusted Computing Group (TCG)-compliant BIOS or UEFI. BitLocker can be used on devices without TPM, but you will need to save a startup key on a removable device such as a USB flash drive. TPM 2.0 and InstantGo support is required when you want to automatically encrypt the local drive when joining a device to Azure Active Directory (AAD). Check with your PC manufacturer to confirm if your device supports the correct TPM version and InstantGo for the scenario you want to enable.
• BitLocker To Go requires a USB flash drive (available in Windows 10 Pro and Windows 10 Enterprise only).
• Client Hyper-V requires a 64-bit system with second level address translation (SLAT) capabilities and additional 2 GB of RAM (available in Windows 10 Pro and Windows 10 Enterprise only).
• Cortana is only currently available on Windows 10 for the United States, United Kingdom, China, France, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Mexico, Japan, Canada, Spain, Australia and India.
• Microsoft account is required for some features.
• Miracast requires a display adapter which supports Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM) 1.3, and a Wi-Fi adapter that supports Wi-Fi Direct.
• Movies & TV application is not available in all regions. For the most up-to-date list of regions, please go to the Movies & TV information page.
• Secure boot requires firmware that supports UEFI v2.3.1 Errata B and has the Microsoft Windows Certification Authority in the UEFI signature database.
• Skype is available only in select countries and regions. Calling to select countries and regions only. Excludes special, premium and non-geographic numbers. For details, visit the Office FAQ page.
• Snap: The number of applications that can be snapped will depend upon the minimum resolution for the application with a limit of two applications in Tablet mode and four applications in Desktop mode.
• Speech recognition will vary by device microphone. For a better speech experience, you will need a:
  • High fidelity microphone array
  • Hardware driver with microphone array geometry exposed
• Tablet mode is available on tablets and 2-in-1s with GPIO indicators or those that have a laptop and slate indicator will be able to be configured to enter «tablet mode» automatically.
• Touch: To use touch, you need a tablet or a monitor that supports multi-touch.
• Two-factor authentication requires the use of a PIN, Biometric (finger print reader or illuminated infrared camera), or a phone with Wi-Fi or Bluetooth capabilities.
• Windows Hello requires a camera configured for near infrared (IR) imaging or fingerprint reader for biometric authentication. Devices without biometric sensors can use Windows Hello with a PIN or a portable Microsoft compatible security key.
• Xbox application requires an Xbox Live account, which is not available in all regions. For the most up-to-date list of regions, please go to Xbox Live Countries and Regions website.
• Wi-Fi Direct Printing requires a Wi-Fi adapter that supports Wi-Fi Direct and a device that supports Wi-Fi Direct Printing.

Updated graphic cards for Windows 10 on AGP

Dear all, I have some ATI HD4670 1GB graphic cards on AGP slots running on Lenovo workstations with Windows 10 Pro 32bit.

These cars are supported in Microsoft Windows 10 with Microsoft’s driver 8.970.100.9001 (ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series) with basic functionality and very reduced performances compared with those I was used to have with Windows 8.0 and AMD Catalyst driver.

AMD has declined further support for these cards on Windows 10: latest AMD Catalyst driver developed for Windows 8.0 is not recognized in Windows 10 and causes crashes if I forced the installation with workarounds; according to AMD, in fact, only above basic Microsoft driver is suggested for windows 10, even if performances are dropped down.

To avoid further issues, I wonder if there are other/newer AGP video graphic cards on the market with full DirectX and OpenGL functionalities in Windows 10, such as, with current & official driver development and support.

Please let me know if there are other AGP graphic cards I can use instead of these ATI HD4670 1GB to ge full updated DirectX and OpenGL support on Windows 10.

Thank You, Paolo

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Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

I understand your concern in this regard.

To confirm the new Graphics cards that are supported with your device, you can get in touch with your device manufacturer for better assistance. Meanwhile you can try with the below mentioned troubleshooting steps and see if it helps you.

Method 1:

Try updating the Graphics card drivers from device manager and check if it helps:

a) Open run command by pressing Windows key + R and type “devmgmt.msc” (without quotes) and hit Enter.

b) Spot and expand the “ Display adapters ”.

c). Right click on the Graphics card driver and select “ Update Driver Software ”. When it prompts to choose an option How do you want to search driver, then go with Search automatically for updated driver software. If you have a driver available on your PC, then select Browse my computer for driver software, then select the appropriate location, where the driver located on your PC for updating it. ( Ensure that PC is connected to Internet while performing this step )

d). Once this is done, restart the computer to check the problem fixed. If it doesn’t fix the issue, then Right click on the same driver and select “ Uninstall ” then restart the system and let the system install the driver automatically on Start. Check and see if it resolve the issue. ( Recommended step )

Method 2:

Try installing drivers in compatibility mode. Compatibility mode runs the program using settings from a previous version of Windows.

Follow these steps to install the drivers in compatibility mode and check if that helps.

a. Download the latest and available driver from the manufacturer’s website.

b. Uninstall the existing graphics card drivers from your PC through Control Panel.

c. Right-click on the driver setup file and click on ‘Properties’ .

d. Click on the ‘Compatibility’ tab and check the box ‘Run this program in compatibility mode for’ and select Windows 8/8.1 or 7 operating system from the drop down menu and proceed with the installation. Once this is done, restart the computer and check if the issue persists.

Keep us posted if you require further assistance.

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Thank You so much for Your kind reply, but unfortunately even trying to install in compatibility mode for Windows 7 or Windows 8 is not useful: installation of executable 13-1-legacy-vista-win7-win8-32-dd-ccc from AMD (of course unzipped in a new directory andthen compatibility mode on setup.exe) leads to clean installation of Catalyst Manager without its graphic driver.

When trying to force installation of legacy driver from above directory I am denied as such driver is decalred incompatible and Microsoft driver 8.970.100.9001 is replaced instead.

It seems to me that AMD has no plan to assist and update drivers for their AGP cards running on Windows 10, therefore I am asking if someone is aware of any other AGP video graphics card of other brands fully supported on Winows 10 in terms of latest DirectX and OpenGL, and not only basic video functionalities.

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As suggested in my previous post, to confirm the new Graphics cards that are fully supported on your device with Windows 10, you can get in touch with your device manufacturer. Alternatively you can use your favorite search engine for find them on web.

I appreciate your cooperation in this regard.

Keep us posted if you require further assistance.

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Unfortunately AMD is not supporting anymore these cards on Windows 10.

Therefore I am looking if there is any other AGP graphic card in the market with full support of DirectX and OpenGL on Windows 10 before assuming that all mainboards with AGP slot for graphic cards cannot run Windows 10 with graphical accelerations.

Thank You for You care and attention to my question, Paolo

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I will support the steps provided by Yashwanth to install the display drivers for Windows 8/8.1 from the manufacturer’s website (AMD) in compatibility mode and check if that works.

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Hope this would help. If issue still persists post back with current status of your computer and result of the proposed suggestion, we will be happy to assist you.

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Thank You for Your help.

I downloaded the installer 13-1-legacy_vista_win7_win8_32_dd_ccc.exe from AMD, which is the last AGP driver for Windows 8.1.

I installed in Windows 8.1 compatibility mode with Administrator rights, the installer goes smoothly with the Catalyst interface but NO customized driver is installed, only the standard Microsoft ATI Radeon HD 4600 driver v.8.970.100.9001 outlined above is reissued. If I force a manual installation of the ATI driver (selecting for example CE1605404.bin), it reports me that it is not compatible and if I select to install it despite incompatibility, after a while I am told that instalaltion cannot be finished because of such incompatibility.