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ptc-47635681-Visitor
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May 26, 2014
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Changing Graphics card

  • May 26, 2014
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I currently have custom gaming PC which has a Gigabyte Nvedia 770 with 4gb built in and 8gb of ram, although it is not designed for CAD I believe that it could run better than my integrated graphics on my 3770k.

I'm not sure but I believe that Creo is only using my CPU which is being over loaded, I even got a new cooler when it reached 105 degrees C when rendering.

Does someone know who to check in Creo parametric what graphics card is being used and if there is a way of switching to my other graphics card.

Greatly appreciated if anyone can help.


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Dale_Rosema
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Dale_Rosema23-Emerald III
23-Emerald III
May 27, 2014

Alex,

Welcome to the forum.

Check out this link. The second item deals wtih system requirements.

PTC is very particular about systems that they certify compliance.

Thanks, Dale

http://de.ptc.com/WCMS/files/135225/en/creo2_hw_notes.pdf

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ptc-47635681-VisitorAuthor
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May 27, 2014

Thanks for the response but I was wondering if there was a way of manualy changing what card it uses.

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neomechanikos1-Visitor
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May 27, 2014

You can use a program like GPU-Z It will show you the load that is being placed on your graphic(s) card and how much VRAM is being used so you can see which one the system is defaulting to when Creo is running. As far as telling which graphics card to defualt to there are two things I can think of if it is a graphics-switching system:

  1. Take a look into the advanced driver settings to see if there is a way to manually force it to run the better card when Creo is loaded...profiles that recognize xtop.exe or something.
  2. Disable the integrated video card altogether in the BIOS...you may have to update your BIOS to get this feature.

I've been successful with option 2 on some systems. Good luck!

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ptc-47635681-VisitorAuthor
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May 27, 2014

I have already checked using asrock extreme tuner, task manager corsair link and gigabyte OC guru. All of them have told me that the CPU is being used. I can't seem to find a way of turning off the built in GPU, as well did you mean the gigabyte graphics card or in the Creo drivers.

Thanks for the time and help you've put in although it has not solved my problem.

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neomechanikos1-Visitor
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May 27, 2014

What is the model number of your motherboard? There should be a setting in the motherboard BIOS to turn off the integrated graphics.

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