# Paraview GPU utilization

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-gpu-utilization/1020
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [December 7, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-gpu-utilization/1020 "2018-12-07T17:59:42Z")
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### Author: ![darkhelmet9](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@darkhelmet9](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/darkhelmet9)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-gpu-utilization/1020/1 "2018-12-07T17:59:42Z")

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Hi,

I’m having some difficulty using Paraview on my Windows desktop. I’ve noticed that while I’m using it, my GPU is being hardly used for rendering tasks, while my CPU usage is spiking. Is there something I have to do to enable GPU usage in Paraview? Or am I missing something?

Thanks.