The Ugly Truth of Nvidia Control Panel Optimization Guides

[@kxmachina]

Edit: Mythbusting video is out! (part 1) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/ombPYaGHlM2Sbbc Here are the settings I tested: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UdR8BbLaFhbVv8VNhMhK4o3fdyskaKRj2cMYJSj2Q7A/edit?usp=sharing

[@MrAeral]

Thanks

[@CoCo.-_-]

hey dude im trying to show someone something but all my comments to guide them to the comparison are being filtered, i don't know what could be causing it?

[@kxmachina]

@@CoCo.-_- Not sure why that is, not seeing anything held for review on my side!

[@CoCo.-_-]

@@kxmachina rip, thanks anyway, have no clue why youtube would stop me even helping someone find something on google haha

[@Fir7Yan]

Say hello to apex, wz, Fortnite. Get more smooth and +fps with performance.

[@exilb]

This video is so nicely edited and helpful... but the best thing is that you resumed it in around 3 minutes instead of a 20 minutes long essai

[@acativ9]

true. i HATE long videos, especially the videos that are 10+ minutes for no reason. the only real reason for them being long is so that they can get money out of it, which is fine, people want money, its not charity work right? but please give us what we clicked for in 2 or 3 mintues and if you want to make a longer video then talk in further details and make it obvious that the rest of the video is for those who are curious about it or have other questions, you know?

[@Jeremy-bb1rq]

@@acativ9 "I HATE long videos" 2024

[@acativ9]

@@Jeremy-bb1rq ? what?

[@sungnankang]

​@@acativ9tiktok raised kids he means

[@HappyVLR]

@@Jeremy-bb1rq if you had a brain you wouldn't comment that but aight

[@zachbaldwin2925]

I think everyone goes through the phase of messing with as many settings as possible to squeeze performance out of their machines just for them to perform similar while breaking several other things.

[@exilb]

so painful but so true at the same time ;(

[@TheMoblieStuff]

Yes, but I learned a lot and can now optimize much better. Well, just go to the panel to see if there are any unnecessary throttling, everything else is done in Windows or in the Game

[@zachbaldwin2925]

I think it is great for everyone to start off with a bac pc so that they learn what each part does and what each game setting does & overall understand computers more

[@Bee_Mavrick]

That was me the other night with ark. And it's crazy cause I'm not into fps. I just had to know, was I getting decent frames, and I was. Someone said I was getting 25fps, but I get between 30 and 40. With dips below 25. But not often. Now I just want to maximize what I have. Maybe I can play asa on epic settings one day.

[@andreinaf]

My computer cant sleep and i cant use one drive anymore, but everything is a small sacrifice for -2 ping

[@LulaksHD]

All I've used the control panel for was when a game didn't have frame limiter so I put the maximum framrate to 200 instead of running it uncapped at 900+FPS and 99% utilisation constantly. It was also useful to turn on/off Vsync in some games where it caused problems with either jittering or heavy input delays.

[@shivamverma7151]

yes same here, i use the amd radeon software (amd equivalent of nvidia control panel) to limit my fps to 60 on GTA vice city, because the in-game one limits it to 30 and when uncap it runs at 500 which has issues like cars are always braking themselves and you can push cars by running into them.

[@gammaboost]

@@shivamverma7151In that case, I don't think they tested it without vsync

[@The_Man_In_Red]

I do the same, I put NVC Global limit to 144 to match my refresh, then I use RTSS per-app limit of 60-144 (usually 90 FPS) to tweak individual games. This keeps menu FPS below 2000 and makes sure my frametimes are very tight, usually around 12-17ms no matter what I'm playing. I stopped messing with NVC settings years ago but things like DLDSR, resolution and video color settings are all good to tweak and setup to your preference. And as you said it's useful to force stop Vsync or ensure 16x anisotropic gets applied if in-game doesn't include it, etc In my experience Unity games are the easiest to "optimize" with ini edits, thread priority, etc But none of that is accomplished in control panel.

[@rasmust8044]

a good thing is also using custom reses for stretched res

[@aleanscm9350]

This feature is missing from Linux and you are forced to run on 60fps or with v sinc

[@abrokenpal]

The only good return I have had from Nvidia Control Panel was where I had severe screen tearing due to a mismatch between refresh ratio of my monitor (144hz) and the arbitrary FPS lock (60 FPS) I set for Forza Horizon 5 through Nvidia Control Panel (You cannot use 30/60/120 locks in the game with a 144hz monitor, it will be 48/72/144). Disabling the trilinear optimization from Nvidia Control Panel fixed the tearing issue for me in that game.

[@shadesoftime]

It's not a "trilinear optimization", it's "triple buffering", which means having 3 buffers to which frames are drawn so that a buffer not currently being changed can be displayed without any tears (those appear when the monitor is showing a buffer where part is the old frame and another part is the new frame that wasn't done rendering). "Trilinear filtering" is another word you might have seen in the panel and it's one of the cheaper options for mipmap texture filtering

[@kiillabytez]

One solution is to ensure your FPS never drops below your refresh rate. If your frames are dropping because of this, it's wise to lower your resolution until your frames are stable.

[@BaxBadger]

This is a great video, especially coming from a smaller creator. I would've liked to have seen a link in the description to a list of which settings you changed between the three banchmarks and what they were changed to. It's not that I don't believe you, your argument makes perfect sense. However, when you use terms like "mythbusting misinformation", it's a good idea to include information like this so your viewers can verify it for themselves should they want to. Once again, great job on the video!

[@kxmachina]

Great suggestion, I've added it in the description. Thanks!

[@KirbysBack]

​@@kxmachina Just wanted to say I subbed to you for this reason alone. You listened to the feedback and actually did something about it. Good job man.

[@Oscarr_Official]

Exactly. And he has no idea why these optimizations are done. TWEAK CONTROL PANEL TO TWEAK: Gpu+cpu latency, Mfaa on (so you need msaa x2 ingame to look likw x4-x8), and g-sync setup is essential.

[@commisionerq1374]

@@kxmachina i dont really get this video about nvidia control panel optimization but lets be real if you know nothing about any optimization you prolly never touch nvidia control panel so you watch youtubers that do optimization without knowing what they do i remember i have a friend with like the best setup ever and he has his power managemant at balance when he put it on maximum performance he got more fps the only PROBABLY setting that nvidia control panel have that increase fps is the power management thats all it is

[@waferbarr]

i do it for the placebo bro

[@snow8024]

good video, well edited and good mic. Looking forward to seeing you grow!

[@MrAeral]

Same

[@Asgaron2]

Definitely

[@natto6157]

an important thing to mention here is that, some settings, actually do something like reflex for example, or shader cache (altough no performance be gained) it does help with latency. There's also system fallback memory which in case you run out of vram, switches to ram and help with memory issues

[@saviourr69]

Could you please explain the reflex and shader cache settings im interested in them

[@natto6157]

@@saviourr69 hey I'm not exactly an expert, but from what I know reflex should be set to "ultra" (if you have a good gpu like 20/30/40 series) or just "on" if you have a lower end GPU. Shadercache won't impact much but when set to low amounts can cause stutters, you can set it to 10gb, or if you have a hard drive with lower capacity (like 250 gb or 120gb) set the shadercache to a lower amount

[@Tryptaminedm]

@@natto6157You are confusing Reflex (in-game only settings) with the low latency mode setting found in Nvidia control panel. In every game that supports Reflex, you should 100% have it enabled as it is by far our best option and it overrides the NVCP setting. HOWEVER, what most of these idiots always seem to recommend is to set Low latency mode in NVCP to "ultra" which INCREASES latency instead of decreasing it in MOST games, because it is completely bugged, and simultaneously decreases your FPS by altering the render queue. Look up videos of actual latency testing with advanced hardware on YT - you will see. Sometimes it will literally 2x input latency. Instead, set low latency mode to "on", vertical sync to OFF (increases latency), G-sync enabled, and frame cap in-game (#1 choice) or per individual game in NVCP settings (#2 choice) to a comfortable FPS that your system can sustain without stuttering which will happen usually when it hits 100% GPU usage even at 100+ FPS. In single player games, just frame cap to where your GPU is below 100% usage like 90% of the time, and 100% of the time for competitive games. I autistically self-tested every setting mentioned here, it's definitely the best configuration 9/10 times.

[@xenogreen3816]

​@@saviourr69 The shader cache is only used the first time a shader is built when running a game. The next time the game wants the same shader it will pull it from the cache rather than building it again. This can help reduce stutter on games where shader building happens a lot to prevent the stutter on shader generation. "Shader cache only works on OpenGL DX9 DX11" DX12 and Vulkan have there own shader cache.

[@xenogreen3816]

​@@saviourr69Reflex ingame and low latency mode from NVCP they are the same tech afterall. the reason why Reflex is better is because Reflex doesn't need to travel to the game pipeline it's already in the game while Low latency mode needs to go the game pipeline in order to reduce latency which is slow.

[@Bebo991_G]

What about some feature options like (low latency mode: ultra) those do affect fps in the negative but has a noticable impact on rendering latency

[@-jam-07]

Before I get my very 1st NVIDIA card, I used APU chipset (Ryzen 5 3400G) to play and do various things (but mostly playing). I followed various video tutorials on how to optimized the Vega 11 in performance, but all failed until a one video tutorial that shown the modded version of the adrenaline, it run smoother than the official adrenaline software, but sometimes it worsen the issue. (It was called R.ID driver). The point was it's better to just use the driver itself and not use the additional program for the sake of optimization, because sometimes seeking for the best of best performance of your hardware will only lead to more issue and/or problem. Anyway, great video it's informative and clear. The content is clear unlike others who makes the video longer by adding unnecessary things. Keep it up, I hope there will be more like this in the future, and your version of optimization guide too. 😁👌

[@condorX2]

1:23 Thx for the benchmarks result. I'm gonna restore my Nvidia settings to default now and only use it to cap my fps at 60.

[@XkncO1]

@@Druttsky Problem?

[@muskelin]

Cap it at 90. Input lag would feel more better

[@s0ulll0warri0r]

you cant be serious

[@ninjalega]

Are you able to do your own pc optimization guide? Would love to watch that.

[@NotReallyLaraCroft]

Your pc is already "optimized" as long as it boots and works as intended.There are no hidden performance boosting features.

[@DragonOfTheMortalKombat]

​@@NotReallyLaraCroft not exactly Croft, some GPUs come with underclocked memory for no good reason, in that scenario, MSI afterburner can help to achieve optimal performance. Similarly, enabling XMP is a form of optimization. Using optimised settings in games, disabling Optimus etc. are also a part of " optimizing " the pc. Changing TDP, fan speed curve etc.

[@DragonOfTheMortalKombat]

​@@NotReallyLaraCroft oh and bonus, DLSS swapper. And those dlss to fsr mods and fs3 mods.

[@orwennesfh4813]

@@NotReallyLaraCroft Not really. Many newly manufactured computers have VBS with Bitlocker enabled by default, which can cause CPU performance to drop and disk read/write speeds to drop. There are also almost all CPUs that can achieve increased performance while lowering temperatures with undervolt.

[@fenix5fire]

@@NotReallyLaraCroft actually yes, but no. All tweaks should be made on per case basis. There is no universal solution for performance boost, but changing something individually for each piece of software/hardware may and usually will give you either better performance or improved stability

[@JohnnyRedvers]

I came here since my screen was looking a bit off for a little while. Text wasn't looking great and little things here and there were beginning to really frustrate me. So I did the search for optimisation which I have done a lot of times. This video was one of the recommendations. After watching I decided to Restore the NVIDIA settings and the quality improved immediately. All the small things that were annoying were fixed and all text looks perfect. I have no idea why things were off but restoring the default NVIDIA settings fixed everything for me. Thank you for this video.

[@Censerz]

Hey how did u restore things

[@JohnnyRedvers]

@@Censerz I'm pretty sure it's in the video but if not (I can't remember since watching a few weeks ago) go to Nvidia Control Panel. There should be an option somewhere top right of screen to Restore Defaults. Hope that helps.

[@theboy2777]

Well said. Please test Hardware accelerated GPU scheduling and Game mode next please. Great video

[@davidquezada50]

That works for me. Try to benchmark it

[@M_CFV]

The first one you listed is required for DLSSFG so that's an obvious advantage

[@theboy2777]

Yeah but some people report micro stutters in some games with this toggled on@@M_CFV

[@rogerbowen5753]

I saw another video where they recommended turning game mode off. I did that and ran my Final Fantasy XV benchmark, I got the highest score ever! Haven't tried HAGS yet. EDIT: I tried the Final Fantasy XV benchmark with HAGS on and off and got better results with it on.

[@theboy2777]

Yeah ive been testing these two settings on my 5800x3d, 4070ti rig the past weeks and my results are the same as yours , HAGS feels good on and i have game mode off. I also use Ultra low latency mode. @@rogerbowen5753

[@stanisawolech5344]

Nice short video with no ads. Keep it up

[@generallowres4636]

I do believe you. Some of the settings in NVIDIA Control Panel are useless. BUTTTT this whole thing could be a CPU bottleneck. The benchmarks were nowhere near in-depth enough for me... You also mentioned you 'knee-capped' your PC... Yeah, that makes no sense. Why would you do that? What did you do to it? What did you do to 'knee-cap' it?

[@Crimmmz]

Thanks for the peace of mind, I’ve been going down the optimization rabbit hole

[@MrHoodlin]

The amount of fricken times that I've been told to "set power management mode to maximum performance" AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

[@drayle]

The most common use case for the nvidia control panel for me is if you have an iGPU, and the game you are playing does not use your dedicated GPU (it is rare, but it does happen for minecraft for example, or OpenMorrowind). You then only have to select the right GPU, specifically FOR THE GAME, not globally. You want to use the iGPU when browsing the web, and your dGPU when playing.

[@jufejufinho]

There are some games that are not optimized that really benefit from these configurations. Like Tarkov, which is poorly optimized, on standard settings you get about 30 fps on a 3090/ryzen 9 combo, but by correcting some things in nvidia control pannel and windows it goes up to 240 fps.

[@n40k1]

I don’t like Nvidia Control Panel, but the thing is that it isn’t only about performance, it’s about a lot of things. From performance, to old game’s compatibility or other technologies. The descriptions are usually crap, but there is plenty of information about each one on the Internet, you just need to read to comprehend.

[@arcaneszn]

This video was so well done! Thank you for taking the time to benchmark this topic, I would love to see future videos on other popular tweaks. Great job!

[@JenNittahl]

The fact that this video doesn't have nearly as much views as the optimization videos bothers me

[@cyclonous6240]

Hey, would you please make a video about performance impact of using NVCleanInstall?

[@xenogreen3816]

NVclean does not increase performance at least it good to strip app like GFE.

[@cyclonous6240]

@@xenogreen3816 atleast I get peace of mind that I have stripped GFE and the telemetry before the installation and other bunch of non required stuff that comes be default.

[@mihailcirlig8187]

​@@cyclonous6240I have a lot less stutters with NVCleanstall and even games I have on an HDD dont stutter almost at all now

[@airshark2764]

It doesnt improve performance, but it can be used to reduce latency.

[@michelleclaudiavanderharst3022]

Thank you! This confirms my own experience :-). Though i must say that one of the guides had a very good tip: disabling Image Scaling and enabling Image Shapening. This feature resulted in every game being not so blurry anymore. But fps wise, i didn't get much more.

[@Nir]

These types of tweaks are not for FPS, or at least shouldn't be advertised as such. They are only really for reducing input delay, which is basically only noticeable in Fortnite.

[@Hasmatix]

It doesnt give less inputlag

[@bethebestyoucanbe123]

@@Hasmatixit does clown

[@Hasmatix]

@@bethebestyoucanbe123 it doesnt moron. Why u act like u measured it.

[@Sibaat_Khan]

Hey dude as a cave man who(bought laptop after 9 years) I got new things to knw, a lot of new modern tech and old technique vs auto management confused me and your video helped me to understand more myth to bust. Thank you

[@cxlciummmiv]

Someone finally said it. Its also really stupid to turn your power management to the highest performance option because your pc will just run balls out at all time.

[@M_CFV]

Only when 3D applications are running. Says it right there.

[@cxlciummmiv]

I want you to try it out for yourself.

[@shunixel]

My game sttuters when run in balanced mode and less lag, smoother on high performance mode. It's a laptop

[@flamingscar5263]

Well no, not only does it specifically say when a 3D application is running, it also only takes effect when a certain power draw is hit, if the GPU is hardly doing anything then it doesn't take effect

[@melihtopcu97]

I had a hunch that this is the case. Thanks for clarifying it!

[@wink7062]

Do a test for stripped Nvidia drivers in nvcleaninstall VS default install drivers?

[@Tryptaminedm]

I'll save you the trouble - it 100% works. Increases average FPS a bit but mainly it increases 1% lows in demanding games a LOT or at least it did for me. I'm talking 50% gains in one particular UE4 game with trash optimization. I have no idea why though. Some people report zero benefit on their systems too so who knows - just something to try out for yourself and see what happens.

[@TyTystick]

It's not so much an increase in performance, but a noticable decrease in RAM and VRAM usage because of Nvidia bloat being removed

[@airshark2764]

@@TyTystick Totally agree with you on this point.

[@lynrayy]

The really best and useful parameter in nvidia control panel is VSync. There is a multiple modes, and best one is fast mode. If you don't have display with dynamic Hz, it will remove desync without framerate drop! But be careful, it may broke some elements in game, for example, i got unworking screens (ingame world assets) in Atomic Heart. It was really hard to find out why it is not working

[@lynrayy]

Also nvidia control panel may help on old laptops with GPU and integrated graphics. You should click RMB on game shortcut or launcher and select "run with high performance nvidia processor". Very helpful in minecraft for example.

[@ravenking2458]

Awesome video man, I've personally spent a lot of time using and you're absolutely correct. Tweaking those settings and they made literally no improvements. The point also to be noted here is the titles for a lot of these videos are just pure clickbait suggesting performance boosts even upscaling technologies have failed to reach.

[@andrefrancis3010]

You guys don't know what your saying. I tweak my settings everytime especially vsync on to fast and got 20fps.

[@ballgitte]

just shared this and your two mythbusting videos in a couple servers. great content, short and sweet! (AND also based off actual sources/facts/benchmarks)

[@Savitarax]

The real benefit of software guides is not raw FPS uplift, but in increasing consistency and timing. Which is arguably more valuable in today’s day and age.

[@ME0WMERE]

I don't think the guides help that either. He said the 1% highs and 1% lows were also basically identical - if they really did improve consistency (i.e. decrease fps variance), you'd expect the 1% lows to be higher and the 1% highs to be lower.

[@avatarxs9377]

@@ME0WMERE maybe they were high to begin with?

[@Luckykohl_gaming]

the only thing i have changed is set the 3d settings to "let 3D application deside" to get rid of the black lines between blocks in minecraft

[@letoxic888]

What about input latency? visibility inside the game? loading times? You didnt include those

[@jujuu1339]

most games where latency matters already override the nvcp settings (reflex, etc.) LOD and arthroscopic filtering do work (at least through NV profile inspector) loading times are more CPU/storage dependant, though maybe resizable bar will help.

[@DarkPrinceGandalf]

@@jujuu1339 This is true. Also generally speaking having a higher framerate has the biggest positive impact on latency in game.

[@ZenTunE-]

People say that, but I don't see how the input lag would have any correlation to these settings. If the fps isnt any better, why would the input lag be? High graphics don't cause extra delay, higher frametimes do.

[@RandomGreenKirb]

Changing graphics won't affect load times

[@davidquezada50]

Works for me in fighting games and games I lock at 30 fps

[@vadnegru]

Adding MSAA to an old game is the only time you should touch them. I also remember messing up with amount of frames rendered to make 15fps games somewhat playable. I finished Assassin's creed 3 and Splinter cell Conviction using Nvidia 8500gt.

[@TheApotheCarrot]

increasing your shader cache to 10GB and clamping negative LOD bias can improve stutter, especially in VR

[@muichirotokito5906]

Really? Becuase I get a lot of screen tear in some parts when I play VRchat, It doesnt happen all the time but it happens often. If that actually helps then thats nice

[@TheApotheCarrot]

@muichirotokito5906 Unless the program hangs on a frame, yea this helps to smooth stutter

[@Hatemx1]

What to do with Negative LOD exactly? I have severe stutters in Elden Ring.

[@TheApotheCarrot]

@Axxxel_in_Harlem set it to "clamp" in the Nvidia control panel. Stutters in Elden ring is probably caused by general instability though. Consider setting a framerate cap.

[@Hatemx1]

@@TheApotheCarrot Does this work in reducing stutters for all games? What are the side effects, graphical or otherwise?

[@Chettya]

Yooo this really helped, in PUBG i was wondering why am i not going beyond 150 fps. I remembered some guy said to turn on G-Sync and V-Sync then i did what i thought was correct, youre video really made more sense so i set it all to default and now im getting aroung 200 fps. Glad i clicked on this video, you deserve more just by going against the flow ❤👏

[@MrAeral]

I was a PC techinician for over 7 years from now, and I have noticed that nothing actually helps than messing with the game settings itself. I fully agree with everything that was said in this video, and we really need an update for the NVIDIA control panel. Also, my favorite game is THE FINALS, and i'm happy to see that you play it. If you want a good teammate, hit me up, I will be happy to play with you! Amazing video, without yapping and straight to the point. You're doin' good lad.

[@DuckButtGoesKwekKwek]

Good news! Nvidia just released the Nvidia app which is an updated version of the Nvidia control panel. Still on beta though

[@ultrabugger4023]

@@DuckButtGoesKwekKwek where can I find it?

[@Zion042]

​@@ultrabugger4023on Nvidia official website

[@Asm0th]

@@ultrabugger4023 google --> nvidia app (should be first link) --> download beta the app name should just be Nvidia for now. I don't know if they will change it later

[@PescaitoFrito]

Yes I'm just amazed of how Nvidia didn't notice yet how buggy is the control panel on desktop pc, like changing options hangs, is laggy etc,etc.

[@KaleTornado]

Adjusting the nvidia control panel for me has always been to reduce latency, not necessarily increase fps by a significant amount.

[@thedynamicd85]

Thanks for this. I've recently fallen down a rabbit hole.

[@Grouwdi]

100% TRUE! (though the adjustments for G-Sync are kinda needed to make it work properly, sadly...)

[@muichirotokito5906]

What is G-Sync and why is it needed? Like does it need to be turn on?

Guess this is something that really depends on a per user basis, in my case I saw a noticable improvement in performance, now I did tweak both Windows and Nvidia drivers to push my system to it's limit, so maybe there is more to it, than just tweaking the control panel settings

[@michits1118]

I only change the control panel options when I am setting up an emulator, because they will run 100% of the time on a basic video pipeline which is actually possible to control with the nvidia control panel.

[@foxmax20500]

Jayztwocents did a video some time ago on this exact topic and made a lot of changes to an RTX 2060 to improve performance. It wasn't all in vain, as he mainly tweaked a few settings in the Nvidia Control Panel and MSI Afterburner, and it actually worked.

[@DadGamingLtd]

Afterburner is for ocing your card... So surprise?

[@m.heyatzadeh]

I put it at "Let the 3d app decide" and it's pretty good. Like you have mentioned changing the settings won't help with fps so the defaults are the best.

[@ShFred]

Worst are comments like “wow bro, my RTX 4060 can now run 4K Path Tracing with no DLSS at 9999 FPS now, thanks so much!” Like stfu! You probably haven’t even touched anything with a 4060 to even know where tf it sits at!

[@teddym2808]

Just love how he stops scrolling before we can see the bottom of each optimisation type. Thanks.

[@butetips]

this is not true. using Nvidia control panel vsync instead of Ingame vsync combined with msi afterburner frame cap do give a more stable fps without tearing and inconsistent frame time.

[@butetips]

@flakyfish123 largely useless? your ignorance towards its uses, doesn't make the app largely useless.

[@KotchcusDomesticus]

Not realy.

[@godzilla928]

​@@KotchcusDomesticus really

[@Koozwad]

You seem to be missing something potentially VERY important. That is setting the 'nvdrsdb0.bin' and 'nvdrsdb1.bin' files(by default in 'C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\Drs\') to READ-ONLY mode after making any changes as games can override settings. This ensures the settings stick and are forced to work. There are also other factors to consider such as rising heat of hardware(and also room temperature) on subsequent runs, and the fact that after starting a game once already, it will load up faster/run smoother the next startup as a lot of it is in memory(can reset that manually for example using ISLC). The room temperature thing isn't so easily fixable.

[@Chrisspru]

a few thinks that actualy help: - set the power control to max, so its performance over energy saving. - set the shader cache to 10gb. default driver level is way to small.

[@otto5423]

Shader cache helps a ton in some games, like in modded skyrim n stuff. Default value should really be 10gb out of the box, i think default is 4gb? Also power control mode to max perf just doesnt let the card to run at idle clocks so higher power usage when idle and higher GPU temp too. Might help with older games and reduce latency a bit as well.

[@xTroubleShooter]

Low Latency Mode Ultra + Maximum Peformance Power Mode + G-Sync + V-Sync Fast in NvCP > RivaTuner 3 FPS cap below max refresh > in game V-Sync. I've done a ton of testing personally over the past few months and this has rendered the best result in games where you can't get double your monitors refresh rate consistently such as Borderlands 3, Call of Duty and Fortnite. Tested on 40 series card.

[@TheJacobi]

why fast vsync and not just on?

[@xTroubleShooter]

@@TheJacobi As stated in the panel, V-sync on limits the GPU render rate to your max refresh rate. It is good for tearing but can cause (minimally) longer latency and stutters. Fast renders unconstrained and delivers latency that is closer to V-sync off. This in combination with V-sync on in games or/and a frame rate cap (Rivatuner recommended) makes your GPU work the hardest with the least tearing.

[@dave7474]

Why double the refresh rate specifically? should i be capping my games to 288 fps?

[@xTroubleShooter]

@@dave7474 No, I should have said 'at least' double your refresh rate consistently. In games that you CAN achieve that though such as CS2, Overwatch or Valorant, I do not recommend my settings listed above.

[@lynrayy]

V-Sync Fast in NvCP may broke random game elements in UE4. I've got broken screens in Atomic Heart (screen displays got invisible) and not working animations in skills tree (animations with pioneer). Also de1*th animation wasn't working for me. It was VERY hard to find out WHY those game things not working.

[@Orisera]

You're totally right! Nvidia settings don't really change FPS much. People with lower-end hardware should pay attention to stuff like unnecessary processes running in the background. That can actually help improve FPS. Tweaking Nvidia Control Panel settings might just give you a placebo effect at most. So, big thanks, brother, for making this video. As a small creator, you've done a terrific job and you were straight to the point.

[@benfrese3573]

There is to note that there ARE settings that can have an impact. Especially the "Max Prerendered Frames" (now called Low Latency Mode) which, as far as I understand it, would decrease input lag at the cost of hitting the CPU harder since the frame buffer is lower. So when the CPU can't deliver fast enough Low Latency Mode might result in stutters (I have that in Elden Ring where the CPU is already under pressure, so turning of LLM helps with stutters on my R5 3600) All that said: great video and please keep on Myth-Busting!

[@kennybust]

It just lowers the number of frames stored in the frame buffer so that they don't stack up, it doesn't make CPU work harder

[@benfrese3573]

@@kennybust Well that might be true, but it makes a slow CPU more obvious since the buffer is gone. So the CPU might not work harder, but it still leads to stuttering that can be avoided with more pre-rendered frames/low latency mode OFF.

[@kennybust]

@@benfrese3573 I'm not denying that, just saying it doesn't work harder (uses more power, utilization % or whatever)

[@benfrese3573]

@@kennybust Yeah, that's true. But it's generally a good idea to turn it off (the low latency mode) especially when aiming for 60fps in demanding AAA games. Elden Ring for example hates the LLM.

[@kennybust]

@@benfrese3573 it's good for GPU bottleneck scenarios but not nearly as good as locking FPS to lower frame rate (for better latency). I prefer using LLM Ultra so that my GPU can make the most FPS it can and have a decent chunk of input lag removed.

[@Impecable..]

Anyone here from khorvie tech lol

[@Zanarkandd]

Khorvie is one of the worst small IT youtubers, he hides all his negative comments and does more harm then good. Suckers in a lot of fortnite kids with snake oil and placebo. There are way better ways to get better performance, his stuff makes things far worse. Compared it to other things for fun and it was a steep performance loss. The worst part is his benchmarks are all Fortnite randomly running around doing matches and are all different so literally his entire history or any tests has no merit. Absolute joke.

[@MotoChooch]

Shader Cache ( I use unlimited since I have the space), Vertical Sync On (Gsync monitor dictates this be on for proper use, is that no longer the case?), and VR VRSS should be enabled. Beyond that, tweaking can be done in game.

[@3borsresistance551]

VSync should never be on for using FreeSync or GSync. VSync means that the GPU will wait for the VSync signal of the Monitor till flipping the image buffer, thus displaying a new image. GSync and FreeSync on the other hand take a new image at any time and as soon as they have a new image they will try to display it, limited by the refresh rate of the monitor (and the GSync / FreeSync capabilities). VSync off allows for FreeSync or GSync. If you disable VSync though and don't have FreeSync or GSync, you'll get screen tear, as the monitor won't synchronize to when the GPU flips the image buffer and might just start a new image in the middle of displaying the old one.

[@VASILISPAGOURAS7]

@@3borsresistance551 lmao ytou know nothing vsync on in nvcp off in games

[@arsenii_yavorskyi]

the problem is that people don't understand what these settings do, and when changing them makes a difference.

[@AlUser3460]

so does leaving minecraft on its defalut setting better or not

[@allukainen1262]

maybe better because minecraft is cpu based game

[@AlUser3460]

@@allukainen1262 well thats dosent apply when you use rtx shader

[@Zinkolo]

I use it to usually fix things in games. It's very helpful for games with issues pertaining to frame presentation and when I want override a specific setting. The Kingdom hearts collection for example has issues with higher framerates and VRR so what I did was uncap the framerate in the game and cap it in the panel and then keep Vsync on. It was the only way to get a relatively smooth experience

[@poleon2003]

It may be just me but for some reason for KH 1.5+2.5 remix the game runs the smoothest for me when it is capped at 60 fps in game and with the in game refresh on while when I tried your settings to see if it helps and for me it actually created more stuttering and a worse framerate for me my GPU is a RTX 2060 with a Ryzen 5 3600 CPU so idk maybe it's just my case

[@steveluna1627]

I'm glad you made a short and efficient video instead of a +20 minutes essay about how those tips worked on older games but now are meaningless

[@benji-menji]

There are some things like making sure some programs run off of your graphics card property, but nice to know that is all I'll need to fix there.

[@gammaboost]

I've had more issues with frame pacing and stuttering on old games, in which case it can sometimes make a difference. But on a modern game, enable Vsync and look at other areas of your system that could be causing issues.

[@jqn88]

If You have a Gsync monitor You must turno on Vsync+Gsync+ultra low latency to get the most of that monitor :)

[@TBerq]

If the settings don’t really matter, why did some games get a performance hit? I know it’s a short video (which is nice but it’s a good idea to at least write how many times the benchmarks were done on the screen. Also, any difference up to 5% could be negligible especially if it’s like 3 FPS out of 70.

[@derpilz1]

I play on an old computer with 8700k and 2070 super. I've always watched those setup videos and apparently for no reason! thanks for this!

[@godzilla928]

Lol, this guy did his benchmark on decent pc setups and mostly because of that he doesn't see any difference but he wont tell you. If you use REAL low end hardware then settings he's trying to disprove start making much more sense... But unfortunately for today's ppl 8700k or ryzen 2400g/3400g are ancient cpus that don't work eo they don't rly care about ppl like you or me. In my caseand with my weak 10 year old amd a8/a10 cpu with radeon r7 200 series or with my current ryzen 5 3400 + vega 11 settings he's trying to disprove saved my ass... I was able to refresh my hardwar to the state where i could play games which on paper shouldn't rly run on my pc... Dont listen to guys like this, yhe best way is to check different settings by yourself... I know sth about this because i was fighting many years with stuff like this...

[@heroicxidiot]

VSync, GSync, DLDSR are the ones I really mess with, I still mess with the settings on a slight performance lean regardless. It's what I've done for years and never had an issue. Learning that some of those settings don't really change much is surprising.

[@invest_9361]

You’re right about the misinformation surrounding tuning. I recently tried out NVIDIA’s free tuning app, which is still in beta. I installed it because I wanted to see what it could do. After setting it up, I played COD and noticed some stuttering. I couldn’t figure out why, but I followed the app’s recommendations for the game settings. Later, while adjusting my FPS settings, I saw that the NVIDIA app had enabled on-demand texture streaming. This feature actually reduced my frames and caused lag, which is why I was experiencing that stuttering. So, I uninstalled the app. It wasn’t worth it. I’ll stick to in-game settings and NVIDIA’s default settings, which seem to work best for me.

[@NuttsnBolts]

I could write an essay on how this is the best 3 min video someone has created. I am someone who enjoys tinkering with settings and benchmarking to see the difference (I love fact checking), and it absolutely annoys the hell out of me how every time I just simply install a driver, turn on DLSS Quality, cap the frame rate to my monitor (or half cause I can use Frame Gen) and I have perfect performance, low temps, low latency, and zero issues. I do not open Control Panel, I don't tinker with Rebar, no registry edits, none of that other crap.

[@silverwatchdog]

Of course don’t forget to enable Gsync in the control panel. Vsync and frame rate limiter used with gsync is also worth it for the ultra smooth tear free experience in my opinion except for super competitive games where you actually care about the latency (I can’t tell the difference in latency with it off but I sure can see the tearing and that is very distracting and makes your framerate look way lower than it is). Other than that there isn’t much of a reason to touch the control panel again.

[@Mystic444x]

The top recommended video on the right side of my screen: *NEW* Best NVIDIA Control Panel Settings for Gaming (2024 GUIDE) FourEyes 272K views 3 months ago

[@ChosenMan37]

So i should just leave it on default then? Or resort back to factory settings.

[@muzahirabbas8282]

I have a 750 ti nvidia control panel works like a charm for me, the games that are barely playable on 750ti become very playable by changing the settings to performance and limiting the framerate to 30 fps and most importantly setting vertical sync setting to fast.Between 60fps and 30 fps i usually dont feel any difference and you get used to pretty quickly. plus you get to play and enjoy your game.

[@cryptic_daemon_]

I always suspected that it didnt do shit, since it seemed to be giving the illusion of actually giving you performance.

[@MLWJ1993]

It's not that it "doesn't do shit". You can use it to make games look absolutely terrible (Dx11 & below) for small gains on modern hardware... It's just not really recommended.

[@n35ql]

There is one setting that makes a difference. However it is not recommended, mostly simmers use it and it only helps smoothing out the down spikes. Setting the power level to max power. It will aim the card to almost always work at 100% load or at least take the max electricity needed for max load/usage.

[@inshallah4280]

personally don’t daily an nvidia anymore but i love how straightforward it felt for me.

[@vulturebeast]

Finally YT recommending me the best, why YT never showed me your channel bro? Just subscribed now.

[@kaolr_110]

Thank you for bringing this out to light. Could you make a video on tweaks that actually improve your performance?

[@Not_SpikeGR]

Have less programs run in the background. And reduce the number of apps that start with Windows

[@_GhostMiner]

The only way, that will ever work, to get better perfomance is to lower the graphics quality and/or resolution. If you play a Source game, like TF2, you can download a customizable config file that also changes a lot of hidden settings that can improve performance.

[@triynizzles]

The only setting i change in the control panel is FXAA. Some games with the simpler pipelines described in this video gain a pretty good visual quality boost.

[@noneexistantuser4257]

Finally a video that explains how me spending 4 hours in nvidia control pannel dosent help my frame stutter, thank you for making this

[@maak4733]

Damn this has to be the first video I liked since forever, thankyou for bringing this to the table, I also wondered how the end products default settings are "not" optimised enough for these ytubers to make a video about it lol

[@osricen]

Hopefully an update gets rid of that control panel soon and also GeForce Experience. Those need to be unfiied into a new toolset that actually works.

[@Thomas_Angelo]

if you are on a potato pc, you should lower or turn off everything in the control panel. it actually does make a big performance impact.

[@Br0ken_playz]

I now only use the nvidia panel for resolution change, Also Would Love to see the Nvida Profile Inspector (Because its more detailed version of the control panel, also as you said here 2:35 that the control panel has really basic stuff).

[@RCSky7711]

I have my doubts about this, but I bet it doesn't work the same in reverse, for example if you force super sampling in the Nvidia control panel, your frame rate is definitely going to be lower as long as it's working. There is also a new Nvidia control panel that probably takes priority over this old school one, which is really nice by the way I suggest everybody uninstalled GeForce experience right now and get the new one

[@Jaded_o]

Thanks for the info! For me I use the 3D settings in the Nvidia control panel only to adjust 3 options:Monitor technology (G-sync compatible), Refresh rate (highest available), and Vertical Sync (off). These 3 options worked for me when setting Sekiro for my 3440 x 1440 monitor high refresh rate and tearing free experience. so I guess they could be effective.

[@D3nsity_]

The 3 settings presets or whatever you want to call them are virtually indentical. This is like changing 1 setting and wondering why nothing is different tbh. None of these control panel settings are set to override lol

[@BigSylvester]

It’s true that there is a lot of misinformation on the internet and it includes this video of yours as well. Nvidia Control Panel might not help you squeeze extra free performance but tweaking it might help you immensely in certain situations. I recently bought Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, and it’s a mess of a game with poor optimisation and load of irritating bugs. I have a gaming laptop with RTX2070 and i7 processor, it can run RDR2 at 80+ FPS optimised Ultra settings at 1440p, but for some reason, AC Valhalla was giving me 40FPS at 2K, no matted what settings I chose, the FPS was kind locked around 40, even at the lowest settings and 1080p it was still 40, only after tweaking some settings in the Nvidia control panel, I was able to unlock max FPS, now the game runs at 90-120FPS AT 1440p with all settings turned to ultra.

[@alexandersitepu6073]

what setting did you tweak?

[@BigSylvester]

@ I will check and get back to you, but top of the mind, the main setting that needs to be changed is the whisper mode, that locks frame rate for all games to 45fps but like I said, RDR2 was running at 80+fps, it means AC was giving 40fps despite the whisper mode turned off and that I had to change some settings for it individually.

[@SanyamGoswami-s6d]

@@BigSylvester hey bro i've turned the preset of the nvidia control panel to quality with minute changes like enabling low latency,prefer max perfomance and enabling the default image sharpening is tha gonna affect my fps somehow or should i just restore the defaults ? (i use a laptop with rtx3050)

[@BigSylvester]

@@SanyamGoswami-s6d Nope. These settings do not affect the FPS.

[@SanyamGoswami-s6d]

@@BigSylvester thanks bro so should i now just restore my defaults ? :)

[@dingickso4098]

Reading comments like "set the shader cache to 10, 100 or unlimited" in the hope of getting better performance. But that's not the case, that's not how it works. Again. People are misinformed.

[@HunterAnsorge-ok9jk]

My 1030 was ok stock but after using MSI afterburner and Nvidia Control Pane I noticed the difference on a low end card with better low end options available for the price.

[@daikoophasianidae]

the thing i use it for is fps limiting, but it doesnt work for every game, is there a good no bs fps limiter that works for almost everything ? i play alot of different games.

[@kxmachina]

The in-game FPS limiter is usually the best option, you can also use RTSS.

[@lukiooo1729]

If you use your graphic card for computing you can set optimize for computing efficiency to on and dsr to x1.20

[@SuperKillJoy15]

Only thing id add is changing your shader cache does make a difference in some scenarios

[@vev_ded]

love the video i can feel the effort that you put in

[@rustyshackleford4117]

The only tweaks that truly matter are actually specific to a few very one-off, but not unheard of use cases which have nothing to do with game performance. The first example of these applies if you're using a combo of both a VRR monitor as well as have a 4000-series card, and has to do with preventing a frame pacing bug specific to DLSS3. Firstly, to get the best experience with DLSS3/Frame gen while running VRR, you want to actually force V-Sync on in the control panel, and disable it in the game. If you don't do this, there can be issues with both frame pacing as well as screen tearing when running games that use frame gen. This is actually documented in Nvidia's drive release guides, and to my knowledge is supposed to be fixed in a future driver update not needing this workaround, but to my knowledge has not yet been corrected. In either case, letting the driver handle v-sync as opposed to the game is typically a better solution, simply because many game devs do not do a good job of implementing v-sync correctly, which can cause issues with VRR not engaging correctly in certain titles. The 2nd tweak which is optional, is whether you prefer to use low-latency mode or not, which is another tweak specific to VRR monitors. Setting low latency mode to Ultra, basically prioritizes frames to be queued instantly, which decreases the millisecond delay related to input and total system latency, at the cost of overall average framerate. (This setting is kind of similar to reflex, but is technically not the exact same thing) So basically, setting low latency to ultra is preferable in any sort of competitive or fast-paced game (FPS, boomer shooters, etc), as it will slightly decrease your overall average input latency, at the cost of leaving a few frames per second on the table. (In the default mode, frames are queued which increases overall latency but can result in a higher average frames per second). If the game is slower paced or insanely demanding, setting this to off may be preferable, but the main thing to note is that Ultra mode will also cap your FPS at slightly below it's refresh rate, to stay in the VRR sweet zone that avoids true v-sync and keeps you in g-sync/VRR mode which has better input latency. That FPS value is typically going to be around 116FPS on a 120hz, or 224FPS on a 240hz, for reference. Outside these tweaks, the 3rd minor tweak that is relevant in certain scenarios, would be enabling DXGI swapchain. This is only needed in certain games when running specific post-processing injection on titles that aren't natively running DX12 or Vulkan, such as Special K HDR injection, or Reshade/RTGI injection -- some games simply need this enabled to prevent crashing or to get it to boot successfully without crashing. There is also a more advanced tweak for this that can only be used in NV Inspector, which involves manually changing the hidden setting OGL_DX_PRESENT_DEBUG to a specific hex offset that can be used to force compatability in games that otherwise would crash with Special K. Outside of these, you shouldn't be messing with any setting in Nvidia control panel, unless you know what you're doing or for these very specific use cases I've mentioned.

[@Hyokkuda]

That is 100% true, with a few exceptions for various reasons. If your monitor has GSync, you don't need VSync, so you can disable that to actually save some FPS. VSync is supposed to eliminate screen tearing at the cost of performance, while GSync does the same without performance cost because of built-in hardware inside the monitor. Too bad it's not set automatically. If a game does not have an FPS limiter, you can force it through the control panel, but it shouldn't be set to global due to higher latency for certain games. Software and driver limiter is actually slower than in-game settings. Everything else doesn't need to be touched. Power management set to maximum performance is terrible if set under global, especially on laptops. Bearing fans are not eternal; they will wear out quicker if they keep going at full speed due to the maximum performance enabled. The same goes for fans set at full speed. It's nice to have a cooler laptop or desktop, but the lifespan of the fans will be greatly reduced.

[@madbanana22]

0:12 this always makes me angry you can't boot a control panel, it's an application. you boot your os, and your os runs applications.

[@ApolloJDW]

I use the nvidia control panel not for performance but to allow my old monitors display to go from 1080p to a blurry 4k but still giving me more space for side stacking programs i wanna see