Question GPU not showing up in task manager?

[mxnerd]

Why?

The monitor is plugged in the AMD HD 8470 HDMI port, not on board Intel iGPU 4600

System: Windows 10

 

[VirtualLarry]

Maybe the built-in driver for the HD(?)8470 is so old, that it doesn't support the Task Manager API calls / hooks for reporting GPU usage.

Also, I see references to VMWare, if this is a VM, then yeah...

 

[mxnerd]

Maybe the built-in driver for the HD(?)8470 is so old, that it doesn't support the Task Manager API calls / hooks for reporting GPU usage.

Never heard of this before, but it could be a possibility.

Also, I see references to VMWare, if this is a VM, then yeah...

No, it's the main PC. Not VM.

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I plugged in 2nd monitor to on board INTEL iGPU port and the task manager still wouldn't show AMD GPU info.

 

[AnandThenMan]

Task manager likes to hide devices that are not in use.

 

[mxnerd]

Task manager likes to hide devices that are not in use.

Like I said I plugged in 2nd monitor into on-board INTEL iGPU and AMD GPU still won't show.

 

[mxnerd]

Well, found the answer. Only GPU with WDDM 2.0 are supported.

HD 8470 is only 1.3. INTEL 4600 is 2.0

Yep, my GPU is too old.

 

[adamge]

I sometimes have the same question when I look at Task Manager in modern Windows and it lacks the performance graphs for the HDD/SSD/storage. Perhaps it is the same answer?