topic Re: Nvidia GTX 950M and HW acceleration in AutoCAD Forum

Nvidia GTX 950M and HW acceleration

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 20:13:38 GMT

Hi to all,

My autocad 2016 uses wrong graphic card. I choose run with nvidia card but i have always the same screen in acceleration config. How to solve?

The program uses always Intel hd..can anyone help me? Thanks

This is my pc setup:

win 10

intel i7

Ram 16Gb

Intel graphics HD 520

Nvidia GeForce GTX 950M (4Gb)

Re: Nvidia GTX 950M and HW acceleration

TheCADnoob — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 20:27:54 GMT

you may have to disable the intel card in you bios

Re: Nvidia GTX 950M and HW acceleration

pendean — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 20:44:13 GMT

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/autocad/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/AutoCAD-uses-the-wrong-graphics-card.html

Then go here to see if there is an Autodesk driver for your system/autocad to use http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/syscert?id=18844534&siteID=123112

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Anonymous — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 20:44:29 GMT

I tried but doesn't work

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Anonymous — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 07:05:24 GMT

hello,

did you find any solution yet? i have the same issue with revit 2014 installation and my laptop has the same configuration as your's .

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Alfred.NESWADBA — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 08:21:13 GMT

Hi,

welcome @Anonymous.autodesk.com!

When an nVidia is built into your system parallel with another graphicscard (Intel HDxxxx normally) then you can right-click on the starticon of your program (AutoCAD or Revit) and in the context menu you have the choice ("Run with graphics processor" ...) to select the GPU to be used for this task, select the nVidia one and see if that is working.

- alfred -

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Anonymous — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 14:34:26 GMT

Hi, i use this method. I verify that autocad uses the gpu of graphic card. But when i check the hw acceleration still display intel hd, even if nvidia gpu is working. Why?

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Re: Nvidia GTX 950M and HW acceleration

Alfred.NESWADBA — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 14:48:40 GMT

Hi,

I have a similar configuration, Intel HD530 and nVidia GTX970M and for me it is working well (currently on Windows 10).

What driver versions do you have installed for your GC's?

- alfred -

Re: Nvidia GTX 950M and HW acceleration

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 14:58:54 GMT

Great, i hope you can help me. The version of Nvidia driver is 364.51, your?

Re: Nvidia GTX 950M and HW acceleration

Alfred.NESWADBA — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 15:44:54 GMT

Hi,

>> The version of Nvidia driver is 364.51, your?

Same for me.

These are my settings in _GRAPHICSCONFIG.

And there is an interesting thing now happening. I tried to get the Intel GC used by AutoCAD ... and even if I select the Intel one in the context menu to be used AutoCAD ignores this setting, it again starts on the nVidia. So my situation is reverse to yours, I can't switch to the Intel GC.

So maybe there are Intel settings which makes the setting not configurable, therefor look to that screenshot about the Intel 3D-settings (sorry for German, I hope you'll get the same position and so can copy the settings from my screenshot).

HTH, - alfred -

Re: Nvidia GTX 950M and HW acceleration

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 15:53:57 GMT

That's very interesting, i set (easily thank to your screen) the profile of intel graphic but doesn't change anything. But i think that there is a config in intel control panel which force the usage of GC. What do you think? There are other possible config to set?
Thanks for your help

Re: Nvidia GTX 950M and HW acceleration

Alfred.NESWADBA — Sun, 10 Apr 2016 16:01:17 GMT

Hi,

>> But i think that there is a config in intel control panel which force the usage of GC

I don't know about any such setting.

The only setting I know where you can control which GC should be the prefered one is within the nVidia system control (or "control panel", don't know how it's called in English), there is a section for "3D settings" and there is on one side an option to chose the GC that should be the prefred one and another section, where you can set the GC to be used for every single program.

But all that is within the nVidia settings, nothing found in the Intel controls.

- alfred -

Re: Nvidia GTX 950M and HW acceleration

Anonymous — Sat, 23 Apr 2016 13:32:37 GMT

I updated ndvidia drivers to 364.72 but still have same problem. Also i set to run with correct GC but autocad doesn't uses Nvidia one. I don't understand if it's a problem of driver's conflict or some set. If someone have Nvidia gtx950M and run correctly autocad please contact me. Thanks

Re: Nvidia GTX 950M and HW acceleration

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 00:32:50 GMT

I solved mine by just reducing the screen resolution

Re: Nvidia GTX 950M and HW acceleration

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Apr 2016 06:50:25 GMT

Which resolution? I have 1920x1080

Re: Nvidia GTX 950M and HW acceleration

Anonymous — Wed, 18 May 2016 14:31:59 GMT

Up
Hope in the answer day will find solution

Re: Nvidia GTX 950M and HW acceleration

Anonymous — Sun, 18 Sep 2016 14:51:34 GMT

Hi. I was wondering if anyone has solved this problem. I'm looking at purchasing a laptop with the same gtx950m card. Thanks