Nvidia Inspector

[trevg]

Just starting out.

Win7 64 bit machine o\clocked to 4.6

680 Nvidia card

 

Before attempting rendering options and getting the basics right first.

With NVidia inspector, what settings would be appropiate ?

 

Regards

Trevor

[Flying_pig]

What are the EXACT specs of youre system here's an example to show what i mean.

I have an intel i3@3.6ghz quad core, 8gb kingston hyper x ram (2 slot), 1tb hdd, 2tb wd red hdd, pny nvidia geforce gtx 560 (hsi amd radeon hd 7970 currently be rma'd ) cooler master gx 650wt ps, lenovo h430 mthrbrd, rosewill blackhawk mid atx case (stock fans) 4monitors 2 1920x1080 1 1240xsomething and one 720p running xp10. Why yes i do have 4 monitors running on one 560. Also what is nvidia inspector?

[trevg]

Nvidia inspector is a tool for setting up your video card basically. Better than Nvidia's own control panel.

 

Nothing to do with the computer specs, except for what I have already stated.

It allows o\clocking vid card and various aa settings etc.

 

If anyone is using this could you tell me if to just accept the default X-Plane settings that comes with Inspector or alter some of the AA and Texture Filtering options??

I could try different settings but I would actually rather get X-Plane up and running properly than mess around with settings for a couple of weeks

I would consider setting the card correctly before altering X-Planes configurations would be the best option, anyone with this knowledge gratefully accepted.

 

Thanks

[Flying_pig]

Yes but things like your actually processor model (for example an i7 or fx 8350) can also affect your performance in xp also it is impossible to give you performance advice without knowing the resolution at which you play xp as well as what version of xp you have also what type of 680 do you have do you have a super overclock version a ftw card etc.

[FloB]

Hi Trevor,

 

nvidia inspector is of no use at all with XP10 and causes trouble at best. I tested almost every setting you can think of. Just drop it.

 

Helpful settings are all in the default NVIDIA driver software or XP itself. Only things for the driver setting to consider are:

 

- set multi-threaded to: off (just wastes CPU, no performance gain)

- set vsync to your liking (mine is set to 1/2 refresh rate = 30FPS)

- set everything else to application controlled / default NVIDIA settings

 

Now mess around with the rendering settings in XP10

Most likely your system will give you 30+FPS with AF: 16x / HDR: on / AA 2xSSAA+FXAA or even 4xSSAA+FXAA.

 

You can't max out everything but most sliders should be about one notch from max.

 

Happy flying

Flo

[trevg]

Thanks very much Flo.

 

Thats the info I were looking for.

So many options to try and you don't really know if its the card setting or the programme you are running that needs the adjustment.

 

Looking forward to flying, awaiting the arrival of disks.

Been flying since flying was invented on the PC 

 

Regards

Trevor

[liser]

Hi Trevor,

 

nvidia inspector is of no use at all with XP10 and causes trouble at best. I tested almost every setting you can think of. Just drop it.

 

Helpful settings are all in the default NVIDIA driver software or XP itself. Only things for the driver setting to consider are:

 

- set multi-threaded to: off (just wastes CPU, no performance gain)

- set vsync to your liking (mine is set to 1/2 refresh rate = 30FPS)

- set everything else to application controlled / default NVIDIA settings

 

Now mess around with the rendering settings in XP10

Most likely your system will give you 30+FPS with AF: 16x / HDR: on / AA 2xSSAA+FXAA or even 4xSSAA+FXAA.

 

You can't max out everything but most sliders should be about one notch from max.

 

Happy flying

Flo

 

Do you do the same with X-Plane 9? I have XP9 configured with inspecor, but XP10, as you say runs very well without it.

[FloB]

I never used XP9 so I can't tell.

 

Cheers

Flo

[OlaHaldor]

I installed the Inspector once, but removed it quickly after. All it did was adjust the game settings, just like I could adjust them through the in-game menus. Games such as Medal of Honor, Call of Duty, and Battlefield 3 to mention a few worked like this. And it switched down or off a few features I really liked, while switching on motion blur and the likes that I rather switch OFF because I don't like motion blur while moving around.

 

I'd rather adjust these settings directly in the game, and if needed, make specific profiles in the GeForce control panel.

 

 

The Inspector smelled like a typical "most end users don't know much about the games, let's simplify the procedure". And good for them. Luckily it's not a must to have it installed in order to use the GeForce GPU.