The performance of a video card can be increased in one of two ways: change the characteristics by changing the hardware or change the operating parameters by configuring the software in a special way.
If for some reason you do not want to change the hardware characteristics of the video card, i.e. disperse it, for example, so as not to burn it. Then the second method will suit you - increasing the performance of the video card by changing the software settings.
Let's figure out how to do this, step by step, using an NVidia video card as an example.
In order to increase the performance of an nVidia video card, you must:
1. Download the latest version of the driver from the official nVidia website, section “Drivers”. Then select automatic or manual installation. In the first case, the program itself will select, download and install on your computer the latest version of the driver suitable for your video card. In the second case, you need to select your video card and Windows version from the list, then download and install the driver on your computer. After installing all components, be sure to restart your computer to complete the installation. The latest driver version usually provides the best performance for your graphics card. Learn more about how to update your nVidia video card driver.
2. After installing the video card in the control panel, select “3D settings”. Start -> Control Panel -> nVidia Control panel.
3. It is better to set the anti-aliasing item to 0x (no) or 2x. At a value of 0x, “ladders” on the image lines will be very noticeable, at 2x they will be less noticeable, unless of course you have a huge 32-inch monitor. This item significantly affects the performance of the video card, so to achieve maximum performance it is recommended to disable it. When choosing an anti-aliasing algorithm, it is better to choose FXAA - this is the fastest algorithm, exclusive from NVidia, by the way!
4. If you have a fairly modern video card, you can safely set the anisotropic filtering item to 16x. This item has virtually no effect on the performance of latest generation video cards. To maximize fps on an old video card, you can set it to 0x, sacrificing image quality.
5. To increase the performance of the nVvidia video card, set the “Level of detail of multiple images” indicator to “High performance”.
6. Feel free to disable “Vertical sync” or “Wait for vertical update”. Disabling this option will greatly improve performance. You can also disable triple buffering.
7. If you use a laptop, in the power settings of the video card, change the energy saving mode to the maximum performance mode.
To improve the performance of NVIDIA video cards in games, you need to set the correct parameters in the driver properties.
Right-click on the “Desktop” and select “NVIDIA Control Panel”. In “3D Settings” - “Manage 3D Settings” go to the “Program Settings” tab.
Select the game in which you want to improve performance and change the settings as follows:
Anisotropic filtering: 16x;
- Anti-aliasing-transparency: Off;
- Triple buffering: Off;
- Power management mode: Maximum performance mode preferred;
- Maximum number of pre-prepared frames: 1;
- Multi-display/mixed GPU acceleration: Single-display performance mode;
- Texture filtering - anisotropic sampling optimization: Off;
- Texture filtering - negative deviation UD: Snap;
- Texture filtering - quality: Performance;
- Texture filtering - trilinear optimization: On;
- Texture filtering - anisotropic. filtering optimization: Off;
- Vertical sync pulse: Adaptive;
- Streaming optimization: On;
- PhysX: CPU.
Click the "Apply" button and close the "NVIDIA Control Panel".
The screen flashes when starting/closing a video file or watching youtube
The situation is as follows:
When you launch any video file, it doesn’t matter which player you open it with, the screen flashes. It's funny, but on VKontakte and YouTube the video plays normally, but on IP-TV it doesn't.
Here is a clear example (like in this video, only it doesn’t blink on the previews, like there)
The cost of firewood is the latest from the off site (card - Nvidia Gifors 8400Gs)
Tried:
About a dozen different codec assemblies - did not help
Firewood from ancient to recent - did not help
Reinstalling Windows (reason: father picked up a funny dick) - didn’t help
We bring to your attention a complete description of the driver control panel. Please note that some settings are only available with certain types of equipment used. In this review, we tried to reflect all possible settings.
Main panel window
The main window is shown in the illustration:
The navigation panel is located on the left and allows you to navigate through the necessary settings with one click. The View menu allows you to enable an advanced view, which gives you the most complete access to all driver settings options, or configure a custom panel view, leaving only those items that you intend to use. Also, in the lower left part of the panel, access to the control panel help system is provided (link “System Information”):
from which you can find out about the versions of files, installed drivers and other NVIDIA software, as well as the characteristics of the video card.
Category "3D Settings"
Adjusting images with playback
The following settings are available:
- Settings according to 3D application— this option allows you to control the quality and speed of display using 3D applications. However, the default trilinear filtering optimization and anisotropy sampling optimization enabled by default remain regardless of application settings.
- Advanced 3D image settings— advanced driver settings installed by the users themselves are used. The “Go” link provides access to the “Manage 3D Settings” tab. It is the management of additional driver options that allows you to achieve maximum image quality.
- Custom installations with a focus on...: - the most interesting option that allows simplified management of additional driver options for novice users:
Meaning Performance corresponds to the maximum operating speed and includes settings: vertical sync is disabled, all optimizations (trilinear filtering optimization, mip filter optimization for anisotropy, sampling optimization for anisotropy) are enabled, negative detail level: negative level prohibition - enabled, texture filtering - "quality" ", anisotropic filtering and anti-aliasing are controlled by applications.
Meaning Balance has the following settings: anti-aliasing - 2x, anisotropic filtering - 4x, all optimizations (trilinear filtering optimization, mip filter optimization for anisotropy, sampling optimization for anisotropy) are enabled, negative level of detail - enabled, texture filtering - "quality", vertical sync - controlled by applications.
Meaning Quality has the following settings: trilinear filtering optimization - enabled, anti-aliasing - 4x, anisotropic filtering - 8x, negative level of detail - enabled, texture filtering - "quality", vertical synchronization - controlled by applications.
All modes are provided with detailed explanations of their use, and a rotating company logo demonstrates the use of certain settings.
For more detailed settings, use the window Managing 3D Settings.
Managing 3D Settings
Global options
Possible bookmark settings Global options :
Anisotropic filtering. Possible values are “Off”, “Application control”, “2x-16x” (depending on the video adapter model). Anisotropic filtering is today the most advanced technique for compensating pixel distortion, and in combination with trilinear filtering it provides the best filtering quality. Activating any value other than “Application Control” allows you to ignore application settings. But we should not forget that this is a very resource-intensive setting that significantly reduces performance.
Vertical sync pulse. Possible values are “On.” and Off, Use 3D Application Setting. Vertical synchronization (it is completely unclear why NVIDIA moved away from this term) refers to the synchronization of image output with the monitor’s refresh rate. Enabling vertical synchronization allows you to achieve the smoothest possible image of the picture on the screen, turning it off allows you to get the maximum number of frames per second, often leading to disruption (displacement) of the image due to the fact that the video adapter has begun drawing the next frame, while the output of the previous one has not yet been completed . Due to the use of double buffering, enabling Vsync may cause frames per second to drop below the monitor's refresh rate in some applications.
Enable scalable textures. Possible values are “None” and “Bilinear”, “Trilinear”. No - do not enable scalable textures in applications that do not support them. Bilinear - better performance at the expense of quality. Trilinear - good image quality with lower performance. It is highly not recommended to use this option in the forced bilinear filtering mode, since the image quality obtained when forcing the option is simply depressing.
Background lighting shading. Enabling technology for simulating global illumination (shading) Ambient Occlusion. The traditional lighting model in 3D graphics calculates the appearance of a surface solely based on its characteristics and the characteristics of the light sources. Objects in the light's path cast shadows, but they do not affect the illumination of other objects in the scene. The global illumination model increases the realism of an image by calculating the intensity of light reaching a surface, with the brightness value of each surface point depending on the relative position of other objects in the scene. Unfortunately, honest volumetric calculations of shading caused by objects in the path of light rays are still beyond the capabilities of modern hardware. Therefore, ambient occlusion technology was developed, which allows using shaders to calculate the mutual occlusion of objects in the plane of the “virtual camera” while maintaining acceptable performance, first used in the game Crysis. This option allows you to use this technology to display games that do not have built-in support for ambient occlusion. Each game requires a separate adaptation of the algorithm, so the option itself is enabled in the driver profiles, and the panel option only allows the use of the technology as a whole. The list of supported games can be found on the website NVIDIA. Supported on G80 (GeForce 8X00) and later GPUs starting with driver 185.81 in Windows Vista and Windows 7. May reduce performance by 20-50%. Possible values are “On.” and "Off."
Maximum number of pre-prepared frames— allows you to limit the control of the maximum number of frames prepared by the central processor when disabled. If you encounter problems with a slow response of the mouse or joystick, you need to reduce the default value (3). Increasing the value can help achieve smoother images at low frame rates.
Expansion limitation. Possible values are “Enabled” and “Disabled”. Used to solve compatibility problems with older OpenGL applications due to the overflow of the memory allocated for storing information about the capabilities of the video card. If applications crash, try enabling extension restriction.
Stream optimization— allows you to control the number of GPUs used by applications; in most cases, changing the default value (Auto) does not require. However, some older games may not work correctly in such configurations. Therefore, it is possible to manage this option.
Power management mode. Possible values are “Adaptive” (default) and “Maximum performance”. With GeForce 9X00 and newer video cards that have separate performance modes, for games and programs that place a small load on the GPU, the driver does not switch the video card to 3D performance mode. This behavior can be changed by selecting the “Maximum Performance” mode, then whenever the 3D video card is used, it will switch to 3D mode. These features are only available when using driver 190.38 or higher in Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Smoothing - gamma correction. Possible values: "On" and "Off." Allows you to perform gamma correction of pixels during anti-aliasing. Available on video adapters based on the G70 (GeForce 7X00) graphics processor and newer. Improves the color gamut of applications.
Anti-aliasing - transparency. Possible values are Off, Multisampling, Oversampling. Controls advanced anti-aliasing technology to reduce the laddering effect on the edges of transparent textures. We draw your attention to the fact that the phrase “Multiple Sampling” hides the more familiar term “Multisampling,” and “Oversampling” means “Supersampling.” The last method has the most serious impact on video adapter performance. The option works on video cards of the GeForce 6x00 family and newer, when using drivers version 91.45 and higher.
Antialiasing - parameters. The item is active only if the “Smoothing - Mode” item is set to “Increase application settings” or “Override application settings”. Possible values are “Application control” (which is equivalent to the “Application control” value in the “Anti-aliasing - mode” item), and from 2x to 16x, including “proprietary” Q/S modes (depending on the capabilities of the video card). This setting has a serious impact on performance. For weak cards, it is recommended to use minimal modes. It should be noted that for the “Increase Application Settings” mode, only the 8x, 16x and 16xQ options will have an effect.
Antialiasing - mode. Enable full screen image anti-aliasing (FSAA). Anti-aliasing is used to minimize the "jaggies" effect that occurs at the boundaries of 3D objects. Possible values:
- “Application control” (default value) - anti-aliasing works only if the application/game directly requests it;
- “No”—completely disable the use of full-screen anti-aliasing;
- “Application settings override” - force the anti-aliasing specified in the “Anti-aliasing - parameters” item to be applied to the image, regardless of the use or non-use of anti-aliasing by the application. "App Settings Override" will have no effect on games using the technology Deferred shading, and DirectX 10 and higher applications. It may also cause image distortion in some games;
- "Increase Application Settings" (available only for GeForce 8X00 and newer video cards) - allows you to improve the anti-aliasing requested by applications in problem areas at a lower performance cost than using "Override Application Settings".
Error messages. Determines whether applications can check for rendering errors. The default value is “Off”, because Many OpenGL applications perform this check quite frequently, which reduces overall performance.
Appropriate texture binding. Possible values are “Off.” , "Hardware is used", "OpenGL specification is used". By “texture snapping” we mean snapping texture coordinates beyond its boundaries. They can be snapped to the edges of the image or inside it. You can disable snapping if texture defects occur in some applications. In most cases, changing this option is not necessary.
Triple buffering. Possible values are “On.” and "Off." Enabling triple buffering improves performance when using Vsync. However, you should remember that not all applications allow you to force triple buffering, and the load on video memory increases. Only works for OpenGL applications.
Accelerate multiple displays. Possible values are Single Display Performance Mode, Multi-Display Performance Mode, and Compatibility Mode. The setting defines additional OpenGL parameters when using multiple video cards and multiple displays. The control panel assigns the default setting. If you have problems with OpenGL applications running on multiple graphics cards and displays, try changing the setting to compatibility mode.
Texture filtering - anisotropic filtering optimization. Possible values are “On.” and "Off." When enabled, the driver forces the use of the point mip filter at all stages except the main one. Enabling this option slightly degrades the picture quality and slightly increases performance.
Texture filtering. Possible values are “High Quality”, “Quality”, “Performance”, “High Performance”. Allows you to control Intellisample technology. This parameter has a significant impact on image quality and speed:
- "High Performance" - Offers the highest possible frame rate, resulting in better performance.
- "Performance" - Setting up optimal application performance with good image quality. Gives optimal performance and good image quality.
- "Quality » is the standard setting that gives optimal image quality.
- "High quality" - gives the best image quality. Used to obtain images without using software optimizations for texture filtering.
Texture filtering - onegative deviation of LOD (level of detail). Possible values are “Allow” and “Binding”. For more contrast-rich texture filtering, applications sometimes use a negative Level of Detail (LOD) value. This increases the contrast of a still image, but creates a “noise” effect on moving objects. To obtain a higher quality image when using anisotropic filtering, it is advisable to set the option to “snap” to prohibit negative deviation of the LOD.
Texture filtering - trilinear optimization. Possible values are “On.” and "Off." Enabling this option allows the driver to reduce the quality of trilinear filtering to improve performance, depending on the selected Intellisample mode.
Software settings
The bookmark has two fields:
Select a program to configure.
In this field you can see possible application profiles that serve to override global driver settings. When you run the corresponding executable file, the settings for the specific application are automatically activated. Some profiles may contain settings that cannot be changed by users. As a rule, this is adapting the driver for a specific application or eliminating compatibility problems. By default, only those applications that are installed on the system are displayed.
Specify settings for this program.
In this field you can change the settings for a specific application profile. The list of available settings is completely identical to the global parameters. The “Add” button is used to add your own application profiles. When you click it, a Windows Explorer window opens, with which you select the executable file of the application. After that, in the “Specify settings for this program” field, you can set personal settings for the application. The “Delete” button is used to delete user application profiles. Please note that you cannot delete/change initially existing application profiles using the driver; to do this you will have to use third-party utilities such as nHancer.
Setting up PhysX configuration
Allows you to enable or disable physics effects processing using NVIDIA PhysX technology using the graphics card, provided that it is based on a G80 (GeForce 8X00) or newer GPU. Support is enabled by default; disabling it may be necessary when solving problems with applications that do not use PhysX correctly (for example, the game Mirror`s Edge without patches). If there is more than one NVIDIA GPU in the system, the user is given the opportunity to select the GPU on which physics processing will occur, unless SLI mode is used. You can find out more about the features of using NVIDIA PhysX in the special FAQ section of our website.
Additionally, starting with driver version 195.62, you can enable the display of the PhysX acceleration indicator in games. To do this, in the top menu “3D Options” check “Show PhysX visual indicator”. The acceleration status is displayed in the upper left corner of the image.
Even with a good processor and the latest video card, it happens that games freeze, freezes appear, or fps drops below normal. All this can happen if you did not initially configure the Nvidia GeForce video adapter drivers correctly or if you did not install all of them. To check if this is so, try to follow all the steps in this instruction and compare the performance of games before and after the algorithm.
To get started, download the special Geforce Experience application from the official page of the developer’s website at the link: http://www.nvidia.ru/object/geforce-experience, scroll down the page a little lower and find the green “Download Now” button, click on it. Confirm saving the file by clicking “Save file” in the pop-up window.
Now open your downloads folder and find the downloaded installer. Click on it twice with the left mouse button.
Click on the “Global Settings” tab.
If you go to the “Program Settings” tab, you can selectively set the preferred video adapter for each game, but for better performance, this is not recommended.
After all the manipulations, restart your computer. Check the performance and fps of your games. If you have any questions, you can contact Nvidia support through the appropriate window.
Let's try to increase the FPS by tinkering a little with the settings through the Nvidia control panel. This method is quite safe: if something goes wrong, you can always reset it to the original settings.
1. First of all, minimize all windows - right-click on the desktop - select "Nvidia Control Panel". (see screenshot above).
2. Then select “Manage 3D Settings”.
3. In the drop-down list, you must select the PUBG game. Most likely, she won't be there. Just click the “Add” button next to it and select the game from the location where it is installed. Please note that it will be called TslGame.
4. It's a small matter. Now you need to change the settings of all parameters as indicated below.
Windows in Russian
| Anisotropic filtering | Application control |
| Vertical sync pulse | |
| Nvidia Virtual Reality Pre-Produced Footage | Use global parameter |
| Background lighting shading | Not supported for this application |
| Shader caching | Use global parameter |
| Maximum number of pre-prepared frames | Use 3D Application Setting |
| Multi-frame anti-aliasing (MFAA) | Off |
| Optimize for Compute | Use Global Setting (Off) |
| Stream optimization | Use Global Setting (Active) |
| Power management mode | Maximum performance mode preferred |
| Anti-aliasing - FXAA | Off |
| Antialiasing - gamma correction | On |
| Antialiasing - parameters | Use global parameter |
| Antialiasing - Transparency | On |
| Antialiasing - mode | Application control |
| Triple buffering | Use global option (Off) |
| Texture filtering - anisotropic optimization | Off |
| Texture filtering - quality | High quality |
| Texture filtering - negative beat deviation | Allow |
| Texture filtering - trilinear optimization | On |
Did this method help you increase FPS in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds? Write in the comments.
How to configure a video card to optimize its performance. Options to improve performance and image quality settings.from 100 rub. RUB
Each video card installed on a PC comes with basic settings. But they are not always suitable in a given situation. For example, if you have a gaming computer, or you use it to work with complex graphics programs, the factory settings may not be enough.
As a rule, they are quite modest and do not allow the full potential of the video adapter to be revealed. Therefore, customizing a video card to suit your own needs remains quite common. But when carrying it out, several nuances must be taken into account. Let's look at each of them in more detail.
Getting information about the model
First of all, it is important to know that the process of setting up a video card differs depending on the manufacturer and type of device. Today in our country the most common video adapters are NVidia and Radeon, the rest are much less common.
But first of all, you need to find out which video card is used on your PC. This is done in several ways.
In order to obtain information directly from the desktop, you need:
- Right-click on any free point on the desktop and select the “screen resolution” tab in the menu that opens.
- In the window that opens, you will see the “Advanced options” button. We click on it.
- A menu with basic information about the device will appear in front of the user. To obtain information about the manufacturer and model of the video card, you need to go to the “Adapter” submenu.
You can similarly obtain information through the Start menu. To do this, you need to go to the control panel, open the screen settings and then proceed in the same way.
You can also find out about the manufacturer and type of video adapter through the device manager. To do this, you need to go to the control panel again through “Start”, but now you will need an icon labeled “System”. 
A faster way is through the desktop. Again, on a free section of it, you need to open the menu using the right mouse button and go to “Properties”. On the left side of the window that appears, you will see a button labeled “Device Manager”. This is exactly what you need.
Slightly more savvy users can use another quick method, namely the command line. The dxdiag command will allow you to get all the necessary information about the system. To obtain information directly about the video adapter, you need to open the “Screen” submenu.
So, you have found out the manufacturer and model of your device, which means you can proceed to the main steps. As we have already said, the process of setting up video cards can differ significantly, depending on this data. We will talk about the most common NVidia and Radeon video adapters in more detail.
Setting up an NVidia video card
So, if you have an NVidia video card installed on your computer, then most likely there should be a special item in the RMB menu that will allow you to enter the settings. When you open this window, you will see a whole series of settings with complex and unclear terms. Let's figure out what each of them means.
- Anisotropic filtering. By controlling the value of this indicator, you can significantly improve image quality, reducing the likelihood of all kinds of stripes, dots and other defects to a minimum. It is selected based on the capabilities of the video card and the computer itself.
- Triple buffering. An option that made it possible to improve double buffering, which is also one of the ways to improve the quality of the picture on the monitor and eliminate its main defects.
- Anisotropic optimization. This parameter is used to improve the image of 3D figures when viewed from the camera (first person). In this case, it is recommended to select the automatic application option with this option. In this case, it will be applied only if necessary. Moreover, it is possible to set values separately for different games or programs. Accordingly, in some cases, this function will be automatically activated, and in others it will be disabled. This is a good way to improve image quality without overloading your graphics card.
- Negative deviation of LOD. This option is used to ensure contrast of images on the screen.
In this case, it is necessary to seek a balance between the values, since by lowering the deviation, the contrast of still images can be improved. At the same time, this effect may cause defects to appear in moving images (for example, in games). Therefore, in this case, it is necessary to select the appropriate option for the user’s needs. - Three-line optimization. This option has only two main options and can be turned on or off. It is necessary to select the quality of three-line filtering, making it possible to either improve image quality or increase the performance of the video adapter. It allows you to solve one of the most important problems that is directly related to MIP texturing: when the MIP option is enabled, visible boundaries may appear between its levels.
Three-line optimization allows you to avoid this problem by slightly reducing the sharpness of the image. - Anisotropic optimization by filtering. It is also necessary to find a balance between picture quality and video card performance. Activating this option commands the driver to force the application of the MIP factor at all stages except the main one. Respectively, If the function is enabled, the image quality will deteriorate slightly, but the performance of the video adapter will improve.
- Vertical sync pulse. This option is disabled to obtain a value of 100 fps on monitors with a frequency of up to 120 Hz. If you have such a device, this function may remain active. However, it will not be possible to raise the value above 100 fps. To do this, you need to enable an additional option.
- Stream optimization. Necessary for selecting the required number of processors that process images in 3D programs.
In addition to the above, you can also find a number of other options in the settings. It is important to know that the main principle of this work is to find a balance between high image quality and optimal video card performance. Without this, you risk facing a whole range of troubles. So, we figured out the settings of video adapters from the manufacturer NVidia. Next, let's talk about the main competitor of this company in the domestic and world markets - Radeon.
Setting up a Radeon video card
Setting up a Radeon video card has the same principle as NVidia, but in this case the process itself is somewhat different. Many options, in this case, are similar, but access to them must be sought in other places. And the setup menu itself has a number of differences. So, to start the procedure, we also need to open the corresponding section, where we will see a number of different options. Let's talk about them in more detail next.
The setup starts with the OpenGL item. To do this, in the already open menu, you need to go to the appropriate section and you can start setting the parameters that suit us:
So, at this point the first stage with the Radeon video card can be considered complete. But the setup itself does not end there, because then we move on to a similar procedure with Direct. To do this, go from the OpenGL tab to the Direct submenu and set the following parameters there:
- 32-bit depth support;
- DXT support;
- Alternative pixel center.
Fine tuning
These parameters are the most important for the line of seven-thousandth Radeon video cards, as well as for video adapters designated 9100 and 9200. In other devices, the first option is missing, but the second and third remain unchanged. We select the values to suit your own requirements and PC performance. It is recommended to activate DXT support and disable all other functions.
Also in the settings of video cards from this manufacturer there is such an option as VPU Recover, which will notify the user about all sorts of problems with the video card. Many users often have such a problem as resetting the graphics accelerator, but many do not pay attention to it.
If VPU Recover gives you any alerts, it means that your video adapter is not working correctly for some reason. This can cause applications that are too heavy for the chip to run, overheating the device, and a number of other devices. It is recommended to enable this option to receive information about potential problems. 
If you turn it off, you won't receive error messages, but you may put your computer at risk.
There are alternative settings for video cards from various manufacturers. These are special programs, otherwise called tweakers. They make it possible not only to change the basic settings of the video adapter, but also to gain access to changing hidden parameters. For example, with their help you can change the operating frequencies of video memory and graphics processor. But it is not recommended for non-professionals to use them.
There are a number of rules and features of the operation of such programs. If you uncontrollably increase the parameters in the hope of getting a picture of ideal quality, you'll simply burn out your video card. Often they are simply not designed for the performance you want from it, so if you don't know how to properly configure the device, it's best not to take risks.
Actually, all the basic settings of the video card come down to one thing - this is the search for a balance between image quality and the performance of the video adapter or the system as a whole. Non-professionals are not recommended to perform any manipulations themselves. The reason for this is very simple: you can increase the load on the device excessively, which will lead to its failure.
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