High quality - high performance NVIDIA control panel, which one should ı use?

[ImperialCavalry]

I'm looking to reduce heat of my GPU much as possible, (with my own ways to cool my entire computer case) I'm also looking to increase the speed of my games(no high image/graphics quality) My question is: those two specific setting have any seperate meaning for games that I miss or I don't understand? I'm not a expert about these things thats why I'm asking, I already lowered my in games settings in most games, (Shadow quality always in OFF or lowest as possible) (Texture Quality is in mostly Medium-mid) I cannot tell AA since every game have its own AA tech in it, but I never choose CMAA, I think MSAA 2x and/or FXAA. I have a GTX 1050 Ti with a i7 processor and 16GB ram

Thank you

 

[ImperialCavalry]

Texture Filtering Quality on NVIDIA CONTROL PANEL I mean. (texture filtering quality is the full name of that setting)

 

[ImperialCavalry]

Can I enable/force FXAA on that panel? so I can reduce some heat MSAA does in modern games like Rainbow six siege? I'm told FXAA is old but fast and heat-friendly.

 

[dontlistentome]

As much as possible I like to choose the setting that allows the application or game to determine things. Then when I fire up the game I go into the menu and set it the way I want. If the game does not include the setting in the menu, then you can create an override for the specific game in the Nvidia control panel.

As far as telling you what does what, just experiment one setting at a time and see for yourself what works best for you.

One thing to note- gaming puts the most load on the videocard. Therefore the ONE time you can be sure the card is generating the most heat is while gaming. Increasing game framerate will also contribute to the card running harder, therefore hotter. "I want to reduce heat but game at high framerate" is a contradiction. A 1050 Ti is not a very hot running card so you have that going for you, which is nice.

High performance generally means this choice sacrifices image quality for higher framerate. High quality means the opposite, it emphasizes image quality and sacrifices framerate to get that quality.

 

[ImperialCavalry]

Thanks for the reply, I forgot to mention, I use Bandicam to limit my frame rate to 30 or max 41, its also nice to know my card is not a very hot card, regardless of the graphics settings I always do limit my fps in games, that sometimes depends on the game though, some older games requires more -usually- CPU power since uses only 1 core so I increase the fps a bit more.

But ı think the general/common rule is not running any game above 60fps, since my goal is reduce the heat as much as possible.

I also use power setting profiles (custom) at Windows Power Options to also reduce my overall system heat