Setting a program to use High-performance graphics cards

Setting a program to use High-performance graphics cards

Below are the steps taken to set Mastercam to your NVIDIA card.

Right click on the desktop and choose "NVIDIA Control Panel"



Select "Manage 3D settings" from the list on the left if it does not come up automatically and select the "Program Settings" tab



From the drop down, select the version of Mastercam you're using but if you do not see the program in this list, follow the next step.
Select "Add" to add a program to the list and find the version of Mastercam you're using in the list of programs and "Add Selected Program"



Then, set the program to use the High-performance NVIDIA processor (This option will only be available if your computer has multiple graphics cards)



Select "Apply" to confirm changes made

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