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How to use a program with dedicated graphic card in Windows Sandbox

Anonymous
2025-01-05T03:26:37+00:00

Hi,

I was trying to run programs on Windows Sandbox with my laptop GPU (RTX 3080Ti), but all of them ended up using Intel integrated graphics instead.

I tried to change the GPU preference (for Windows Sandbox itself) in the graphics settings to high performance, but whatever program that runs in the sandbox, for instance video playback, still gets run on Intel integrated graphics.

dxdiag on Windows Sandbox shows both integrated GPU and the RTX 3080Ti as Render 1 and Render 2, so I'm guessing this is not a driver issue?

Any solutions to this?

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-01-06T07:40:49+00:00

    Hi,

    Unfortunately, Windows Sandbox does not support the use of dedicated graphics cards. It is designed to use the integrated graphics card of your computer. This is because Windows Sandbox is a lightweight virtual machine that is meant to be used for testing and running applications in a secure environment.

    If you need to use a program that requires a dedicated graphics card, you may need to run it outside of Windows Sandbox on your host operating system. Alternatively, you could consider using a different virtualization solution that supports the use of dedicated graphics cards, such as Hyper-V virtual machines.

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