Nvidia's leading graphics card manufacturer is releasing a host of additional programs to support and configure its hardware. It is software that helps optimize the settings of the Nvidia video card so that gamers can observe smooth and high-quality graphics in the most demanding and modern games.
In addition to automatic selection of parameters, you can manually set driver settings, optimize games for the power of equipment, and so on. Let's see how you can configure video cards.
All configuration methods
This article will discuss methods that will optimize the operation of a video card for any games that run on your computer. You can change equipment parameters using the following tools:
- Nvidia control panel
- GeForce Experience.
Also, the optimal settings can be selected in the opposite way - not through the parameters of the video card, but through the settings of the game itself. It does not make sense to consider this method, since each individual game has a different set of configurations and graphics quality levels. You can choose the best settings experimentally.
If the user is well acquainted with the capabilities of his computer and video card, then he will be able to independently set the graphics settings to the optimal level. But what if the detailed configuration of the Nvidia graphics card is required at the driver level?
Nvidia Control Panel
This tool is installed with the official driver package. To install the program, you need to visit the official website of the company, go to the "Drivers" section, select the exact name of your video card and download the software package. Separately, installing the control panel will not work.
After installation, you can proceed to the detailed configuration of the Nvidia video card for games. Right-click on the desktop and select "Nvidia Control Panel" from the menu. You can also get into this window through the “Control Panel” - “Equipment and Sound”.
Types of settings
All parameters in the control panel are divided into categories - Video, Display, 3D Settings, Stereoscopic 3D. Let’s go through each of them and see what they affect.
Video
In this section, you can adjust in detail the display of colors on the screen using the capabilities of the video card. The first subsection suggests manually setting the sliders for brightness, contrast, etc. The second subsection contains the quality parameters of video playback. In general, these values do not affect gaming performance, so move on.
Display
This section configures the Nvidia graphics card for overall performance. You can change the resolution of the display, rotate it, adjust the monitor settings, and so on. This list with parameters will help you configure the video card for the game if the game itself does not have the necessary sliders and categories. So you can achieve the desired resolution, brightness, etc. Actual for outdated games.
3D options
This is where the performance tuning of the Nvidia graphics card takes place. Each item has 3 modes: selection of application configs, advanced and user settings.
If you are not sure of your knowledge, then rearrange the checkmark to user settings. In this case, you will only have to move the slider from the “Performance” position to “Quality”.
In the advanced settings, you can select the value of each parameter. After that, the video card will apply them regardless of the graphics settings in the game. For weak PCs, this feature allows you to “squeeze” several FPS, but for powerful PCs, on the contrary, increase the load and improve the picture of the game.
GeForce Experience
This user application allows you to optimize the graphic settings of the game according to the capabilities of your video card. After installation, the program will scan the entire library with games and offer the best option. You can apply them with one button "Optimize".