The performance of any video card can be increased not only by changing the hardware, but also by the software. In the first case, we are talking about overclocking it, but this may end badly for the card itself. Therefore, changing the software like setting up an Nvidia graphics card is the best option. It allows you to "painlessly" for the chip to increase its performance. But before setting up the Nvidia graphics card, you need to know its model exactly.
Graphics Model Definition
You can determine the model of the video card used in the system in different ways. The simplest of them:
- Clicking on the desktop with the right mouse button, select the lowest item "Screen Resolution".
- Click on "Advanced Options".
- In the window that appears, information about the video card will be displayed. The Adapter tab will show the model name.
Also, the Aida64 program will allow you to accurately determine the model. It is distributed for a fee on the Internet, but there is also a free version with truncated functions. The free version is quite suitable for us. Download it from the official site and install. Launch, and in the tab "GPU" the model of your card will be indicated.
Installing the correct driver
Before you configure the Nvidia graphics card, you must install the appropriate driver. We learned the model of our graphics, so now we can download the necessary driver for it. Be sure to download it from the official site. Where, by selecting the "Support" section, you must click on "Drivers". There you need to specify the "Product Type" (in our case, GeForce), the operating system, as well as the series and family. We know all this from the name of the video card that we just identified.
Download the driver and install it - there is nothing complicated about it. At a minimum, if an incorrect or outdated driver was previously installed, then new software can already improve the performance of your graphics.
How to configure Nvidia graphics card drivers?
With the installation of a new driver, the setup program is automatically installed. There we can change the parameters, select the operating mode of the video card in games or when watching videos, etc. And if you do not know how to properly configure the Nvidia video card, this program will certainly help.
Typically, the Nvidia Control Center opens from the desktop. Right-click on the desktop and select "Nvidia Control Panel". There we need to select the "Manage 3D Settings". This section contains the key settings for the Nvidia graphics card, such as texture filtering, buffering, synchronization, etc.
Anisotropic optimization
The very first parameter is called Anisotropic Optimization, and when activated, the clarity of 3D objects increases. The higher the filtering value, the higher the clarity of objects in the 3D application (game), however, this will require a bit more graphics resources. Usually this parameter is configured in the game itself, but you can turn it off in the settings of the video card, and then it will be ignored in games.
It is worth noting that texture filtering, although it affects performance, is small. Other parameters affect more.
Filtration and Optimization
Trilinear optimization - this option must be set to "Off". Turning it off allows the driver to lower the quality of trilinear filtering, and this has a good effect on increasing productivity. This filtering is a more advanced version of bilinear. But disabling this option will affect the visual component of the game or other 3D application.
Also pay attention to the option "Anisotropic filtering". It has a setting: 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x. The higher the value, the more natural the texture will look in the game. But, as already understood, a higher value implies a larger graphics resource.
Triple buffering is one type of double buffering. The technology allows you to avoid or at least reduce the number of graphics artifacts. It is worth setting the value of this parameter to “Off” to slightly increase performance.
In the "Texture Filtering" option, the "Quality" and "Performance" options will be available. Select "Performance" - this will reduce the quality of texture filtering, but will add to the processing speed.
These are the most basic settings that allow you to achieve a higher data processing speed by the video card. There are secondary:
- Vertical sync pulse - select "Adaptive".
- PhysX - CPU.
- Power Management - select a mode for maximum performance.
- Smoothing is off.
- Streaming Optimization - Enabled.
After adjusting the performance of the Nvidia graphics card, all changes need to be saved. Immediately, we note that on different models of video cards these settings may be called or look slightly different, and the number of options for sampling can be more or less. However, the idea as a whole is to disable the above technologies.
Conclusion
Yes, the picture quality in games will drop dramatically, but you have to sacrifice something. Users who know how to set up an Nvidia GeForce graphics card will never chop off all the options at once. And you, too, do not immediately turn off all of the above options. Test them one at a time and see how much the FPS rises in the game, whether the “friezes” and “brakes” disappear. If after disabling two or three parameters you can achieve normal operation of the game without freezes, then you should not disable other parameters to the detriment of the schedule.
Now you know how to properly configure the Nvidia graphics card, and you can do it yourself.