Best nvidia control panel settings?

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ThO. Nov 25, 2018 @ 3:13pm

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Sapph Nov 25, 2018 @ 3:14pm

defaults. There is really no point touching anything in there.
THe only thing you may want to change is the amount of pre-rendered frames. But that depends from game to game.

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Bad 💀 Motha Nov 25, 2018 @ 3:28pm

Power Management = Prefer Max Performance
Shader Cache = Disabled
Pre-Rendered Frames = 1
Vertical Sync = Pick whats best suited for your needs

PhysX = GPU

Output Color Format = RGB
Output Dynamic Range = Full

Revelene Nov 25, 2018 @ 8:10pm

Good ol' defaults, for the most part.

Let the 3D application decide. Seriously, I've had to troubleshoot for way too many people that mess with these and do not understand that everything under Global will override application settings. Pick your settings in game, no need to mess with anything here.

PhysX should automatically pick the GPU, but in some instances it may use the CPU if left on auto. Go ahead and switch this to GPU.

Set your color format and dynamic range to the best your monitor can handle. It usually defaults to the best, but it doesn't hurt to check.

Autumn_ Nov 25, 2018 @ 10:17pm

Originally posted by Revelene:
Good ol' defaults, for the most part.

Let the 3D application decide. Seriously, I've had to troubleshoot for way too many people that mess with these and do not understand that everything under Global will override application settings. Pick your settings in game, no need to mess with anything here.

PhysX should automatically pick the GPU, but in some instances it may use the CPU if left on auto. Go ahead and switch this to GPU.

Set your color format and dynamic range to the best your monitor can handle. It usually defaults to the best, but it doesn't hurt to check.

Only way I learned ♥♥♥♥ in there was reading, half understanding and going 'Why the ♥♥♥♥ not' and turning it on/off, and playing a game.
Soon found out what most of it did, the majority is self explainitory though.

And most of the time you shouldn't touch any of it, because default is quite literally the best.
(Exept for Power management, and PhysX, set those 2 up.)

It's also fun to ♥♥♥♥ with games sometimes, and force Vsync off in some games, like Terraria, you can get 4000 fps or some ♥♥♥♥, and it makes days go by in seconds.
Or make the physics of other games go crazy.
Quite funny for a while, so long as you remember what you change (or just set it to default again.)

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:
Power Management = Prefer Max Performance
Shader Cache = Disabled
Pre-Rendered Frames = 1
Vertical Sync = Pick whats best suited for your needs

PhysX = GPU

Output Color Format = RGB
Output Dynamic Range = Full

Why Shader Cache off?

Bad 💀 Motha Nov 25, 2018 @ 10:54pm

Shader Cache will tax the hell out of your Drive and it has very little benefits being enabled.
This was a new feature they added into the drivers for all Geforce GPUs around the time of the GTX 10xx series release. However many games actually run worse with it enabled. Plus again it will tax your drive writes, if you have an SSD, you definitely do not want it enabled.

Games all on their own usually have a means of creating a shader cache when the user loads up and runs the game fully the first time. There is zero reason to keep creating and/or refreshing this gpu caching.

Autumn_ Nov 25, 2018 @ 10:55pm

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:
Shader Cache will tax the hell out of your Drive and it has very little benefits being enabled.
This was a new feature they added into the drivers for all Geforce GPUs around the time of the GTX 10xx series release. However many games actually run worse with it enabled. Plus again it will tax your drive writes, if you have an SSD, you definitely do not want it enabled.

Games all on their own usually have a means of creating a shader cache when the user loads up and runs the game fully the first time. There is zero reason to keep creating and/or refreshing this gpu caching.

Alright then, I'll see if there is any change tomorrow or whenever I'm on.

Lord Flashheart Nov 26, 2018 @ 3:58am

I suggest also turning on the nvidia DSR resolutions in the contol panel. Select the higher resolution ingame so it does best suited to each game. It is better for older games where the GPU is not maxed out.

Revelene Nov 26, 2018 @ 8:13am

Originally posted by Bad 💀 Motha:
Shader Cache will tax the hell out of your Drive and it has very little benefits being enabled.
This was a new feature they added into the drivers for all Geforce GPUs around the time of the GTX 10xx series release. However many games actually run worse with it enabled. Plus again it will tax your drive writes, if you have an SSD, you definitely do not want it enabled.

Games all on their own usually have a means of creating a shader cache when the user loads up and runs the game fully the first time. There is zero reason to keep creating and/or refreshing this gpu caching.

I've had the opposite experience. Games run just fine with it left at default and it doesn't overtax my drive.