Do I need to tell Lightroom to use the Graphics Card in my new laptop?

HI!
I have a new laptop and have successfully transferred my pics, catalogue and LR settings across.
It has better specs than my last one, including a decent (I think!) dedicated graphics card. I have always had integrated graphics before so am not sure how this works. Do I need to tell applications, such as Lightroom, to use the graphics card, or will this be automatically be done by the software/operating system? If I do need to do anything, is this in each software (like Lightroom), the computer settings, or in some third party control software?
Thanks for your thoughts.

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