Nvidia driver settings

[ZeroFLUcharismA]

Hey guys, i always had amd gpu's and now i am about to buy a laptop with nvidia graphics. After installing the proper driver from the official site, is there anything else i must do with settings, nvidia control panel etc? Or after installing i can leave all settings to default and start gaming like i did with crimson? Will this affect performance? Thank you in advance

 

[FabioXN7]

Generally the majority of people never touch the settings because simply there's no need to do so, only if you are more familiar let's persay with different graphical options and already knows what each one of graphical settings does and how it impacts ingame performance, then you could try tweaking the NVIDIA Control Panel settings by yourself to achieve the best gaming experience. Usually NVIDIA offers 3 different profile settings which are -

1 - Let 3D App Decide - This is the most used by lots of people who owns a NVIDIA card simply because in this setting, only those settings like VSYNC, TXAA, Texture Quality or anything similar that are changed in the "Application" only will take effect having no impact in your NVIDIA Control Panel settings. For example, all the settings changed in game will only take effect in the game you are currently playing and nothing else.

2 - Use the Advanced 3D Image Settings - Only recommended if you want to use NVIDIA Control Panel settings and as I said above if you are already familiar with each graphical setting. In this one, instead of what the Application like the games that you play has to offer, you will use the NVIDIA Control Panel settings instead of those ingame. For example - People usually choose to use Advanced 3D Settings to achieve a better image or texture quality like increase de AA Filter to something like a MSAA or TXAA in which some games may not support or even use the Adaptive VSYNC or to reduce the Input Lag aka (Pre-Rendered Frames). Only use this if you know what are you doing, otherwise just don't touch it or you'll make performance worse. If you mess anything in this profile you can also always reset the settings to default.

3 - Use my preference emphasizing - In this one NVIDIA offers three different Quality options to be set to all your Applications. That are - Performance, Balanced and Quality. I don't really recommend this setting because it limits the quality that some applications could achieve like in games.

Just let the 3D App decide if you don't wanna touch anything, otherwise use Advanced 3D Image Settings and tweak those settings that you think it'll give you a better performance ingame.

Also you don't really need to download any NVIDIA driver through their website, there's an alternative called NVIDIA Geforce Experience. Its a NVIDIA application that allows you to tweak game settings for the best experience, record games with Shadow Play and keep all drivers updated.

Hope That Helps.

 

[ZeroFLUcharismA]

Thanks a lot, that made everything clear to me. When i asked about their website, i was talking about the first windows installation in a new machine, not updating the existing ones. Thank you in advance.