How to tell if a directx11 application is using the gpu

[DiscoLights2001]

So... I'm writing DirextX11 application and I can't tell if it is utilizing my GPU because it seems to have very little impact on the GPUs usage, so I was Just wondering if there was a way to check which display adapter it's using.

Sorry if it's a stupid question but I'm quite new to DirectX and if someone could point me in the direction of something that could help that would be great.

(By the way i'm using a GTX 970 so it my should GPU does support it).

[unidentical]

You can use something like MSI afterburner to monitor gpu usage.

[Damocles]

go to nvidia control panel, top left corner under "desktop" enable display GPU activity icon in notification area. Click the icon to see what's running on the gpu.

[DiscoLights2001]

Thanks that helped

[trag1c]

Simply use the IDXGIDevice to query the driver for available adapters and pass the adapter you want when you create your ID3D11Device. (You will also have to pass a D3D_DRIVER_UNKNOWN value as well.) This is assuming you are have multiple adapters such as IGPU and a dedicated GPU.

 

When you query the driver you can also retrieve information about the adapter in question such as VRAM, vendor, card description among other things.

Edited July 27, 2016 by trag1c
Fixed type name error.