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GPU

May 15, 2019 11:51PM PDT

GPU, basically whenever I go into the device adapters it’s only recognizing the basic Microsoft graphics instead of my GPU

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What is this machine?
May 16, 2019 2:45AM PDT

Make and model?
What OS?

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No PC details so
May 16, 2019 9:00AM PDT

The basics of this would be to go over the drivers and maybe the BIOS for the machine in question.

When I see this I make sure the BIOS is current and the drivers are from the maker of the motherboard (or laptop maker) then install in this order: Motherboard package, audio, video, LAN and WiFi. Then any machine specific apps from the makers.

Windows Update or Microsoft's Driver Update is not used.

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I have a Surface Book 2 and
May 21, 2019 5:24AM PDT

it has a Nvidia GPU along with the integrated Intel. I control which GPU is used through the Nvidia Control Panel software. There is a section in the Nvidia CP that shows all my apps and allows me to assign which GPU to use. The Intel was the default setting for every application.