# Nvidia GPU not utilised

**URL:** <https://talk.atomisystems.com/t/nvidia-gpu-not-utilised/962>\
**Category:** Support Questions\
**Created:** [June 5, 2018, 1:34am UTC](https://talk.atomisystems.com/t/nvidia-gpu-not-utilised/962 "2018-06-05T01:34:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Active](https://talk.atomisystems.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Active](https://talk.atomisystems.com/u/Active)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 1:34am UTC](https://talk.atomisystems.com/t/nvidia-gpu-not-utilised/962/1 "2018-06-05T01:34:45Z")

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Problem: ActivePresenter does not use my Nvidia GPU even when specifically set to use it  
ActivePresenter Version: 6.1.6 (previous versions also had the same symptom)  
OS: Win7  
Notes:  
Nvidia has a tray icon which shows the programs that are accessing the GPU. Even though I’ve set ActivePresenter to specifically use the GPU, it never does. This leads to some lag when screen capturing, because it’s using the weak Intel HD 3000 chip on my motherboard.

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**Author:** ![phuongdao](https://talk.atomisystems.com/user_avatar/talk.atomisystems.com/phuongdao/32/6290_2.png) [@phuongdao](https://talk.atomisystems.com/u/phuongdao)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://talk.atomisystems.com/t/nvidia-gpu-not-utilised/962/2 "2018-06-05T01:45:53Z")

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Hi,

The version 6 haven’t been optimized to use GPU for recording/rendering. Please consider using ActivePresenter 7 instead. You may need to change two options as in below picture:

 ![image](https://talk.atomisystems.com/uploads/default/original/1X/9f03b4ccb720971f5838c156301e0df564449765.png)

Regards,

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**Author:** ![Active](https://talk.atomisystems.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Active](https://talk.atomisystems.com/u/Active)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2018, 1:18pm UTC](https://talk.atomisystems.com/t/nvidia-gpu-not-utilised/962/3 "2018-06-05T13:18:09Z")

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Thank you.  
I didn’t realise I was using an old branch!

EDIT: Just to confirm that updating solved the problem. Thanks.