This is clearly not optimal under all circumstances, often resulting in lower image quality and/or lower performance than desired in various games. So for example, if you select the Quality option on the slider and click Apply, it will automatically change your NVCP settings such that it will globally force 4x Anti-aliasing and 8x Anisotropic Filtering, as well as general texture filtering changes, on every game you play. Selecting this option allows you to use a slider to adjust the NVCP settings that are automatically applied to all games, as shown in the following table: Use my preference emphasizing: This setting is not recommended. Use the Advanced 3D Image Settings: This is the recommended setting, as it allows the NVCP settings to override/enhance games, and gives you a great many options to do so via the Manage 3D Settings section of the NVCP, as covered further below. This is not recommended, as it reduces your ability to enhance and further control game graphics quality and performance via the NVCP. Only settings you actually select in a game will be in effect. Let the 3D Application Decide: Selecting this essentially disables the impact of any Nvidia Control Panel settings on games. Here you can set the overall manner in which your GPU determines which settings to use: These are detailed over this and the next three pages. There are three major sub-components here: Adjust Image Settings With Preview Manage 3D Settings and Configure Surround, PhysX. This is the main section for configuring important graphics and performance-related settings on your Nvidia GPU. Apologies to readers who use these configurations. 3D Vision and Virtual Reality, Surround and multiple displays), as well as the more common multi-GPU SLI settings and features, have been omitted because I personally don't use or have access to such configurations for testing purposes. Settings specifically related to less common configurations (e.g. I consider this the most critical section of the NVCP, containing the key settings that apply to every Nvidia GPU user, providing the greatest control over performance and image quality in games. To prevent this guide from becoming overwhelmingly lengthy, only the 3D Settings section of the Nvidia Control Panel is covered in detail below.
#Only 3d settings in nvidia control panel install
If the Nvidia Control Panel is missing important files, giving errors, or otherwise behaving strangely, do a clean installation as covered on, then download and install the latest GeForce driver package. See the Advanced Tweaking section for more details. If the Nvidia Control Panel won't open when launched, open the Services utility (Start>Services.msc) and make sure the 'Nvidia Display Driver Service' is set to Automatic or Manual, not Disabled. You can also right-click on this file and select Send To>Desktop to create a shortcut.
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Open Windows/File Explorer, go to C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\Control Panel Client and launch the nvcplui.exe file.
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#Only 3d settings in nvidia control panel windows
If you wish to prevent the Nvidia tray item from loading up in the background at each Windows startup, see the Advanced Tweaking section later in this guide. To show or hide the Nvidia tray item in the Notification Area you can tick or untick the 'Show Notification Tray Icon' item under the Desktop menu at the top of the Nvidia Control Panel.
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