Plex Media Server Force GPU Transcoding

Server Version#: Windows 10 x64
Player Version#: 4.30.2

I have a windows 10 x64 system with a 17-4770 and it has quick sync. I don’t want to the server to use quick sync as I have just bought a nvidia quadro P2000.

Has anyone dealt with this where Plex continuously uses quick sync even after installing a PCIE GPU - I want to force the use of the GPU - I have PCI-E in bios selected. But when streaming it still kills my CPU

Transcoding video with QuickSync does not hit the CPU and does not show up in the CPU utilization column. It uses the embedded GPU.

What is shown in the Plex Dashboard? When using hardware accelerated transcoding, you should see (hw) for both the decode and encode.

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Uninstall the driver for the onboard graphic in windows.
Disable the onboard graphic in BIOS.
Connect the monitor to the new graphics adapter card.

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