Nvidia control panel

[Haystack]

I just got a GTX 660 and was wondering if anyone had any tips for me on the best settings in the Nvidia control panel for TS2013?

[NDORFN]

Do a forum search. Someone did a page on optimising Nvidia cards for RW about 6 months ago. It made a HUGE improvement for me.

[Haystack]

Do a forum search. Someone did a page on optimising Nvidia cards for RW about 6 months ago. It made a HUGE improvement for me.

Thanks for the reply. Are you sure it was on this forum? I did a search and didn't see anything on optimising Nvidia cards for RW.

[buzz456]

http://www.geforce.com/optimize/articles/About-OPS

See if this helps you out.

[NDORFN]

It may have been on Trainsim.com, or UK-Train.sim. Try Googling it and see what you find. Whoever did it had spend days testing all the variable of the Nvidia control and came up with a clear winner, which was then tested on the forum members varied computers and proven to be an all-round winner.

[Haystack]

Thanks guys I got it

[EdwardJames]

My laptop is configured with Nvidia graphics adapter but sometimes it throws error when I used to run some cruical softwares like MAYA, MATLAB, catia and much more. It sometimes interrupts my gaming applications. Do I need to upgrade it or what else? What Direct X means in terms of graphics?
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[slick204]

Thanks guys I got it

Can you share where you found it? Please!

[Haystack]

Thanks guys I got it

Can you share where you found it? Please!

Few different ones I found on google here http://www.google.com/search?q=optimisi ... 66&bih=643

[slick204]

Thanks! I guess I could have done that.

[peterhayes]

Fear Before
The majority of those links are for TS2012 and there were some changes in TS2013 that may or may not respond to the 2012 settings.
For best results I use nVidia Inspector plus nvidia control panel setting high settings AA/AF/Supersampling etc and choosing FSXAA and 'enhance the game settings'.
I also set up adaptive vsync using 1/2 monitor refresh rate (setting nothing in TS2013 wrt fps).
Then after setting the above I finally open Nvidia control panel and choose 'Adjust image settings with preview' and tick 'Let the 3D application decide' and that gives me best results.
In TS2013 I use TSX mode on /off depending on how I feel,
AA FXAA + 8xMSAA
Texture Filtering: Anisotropic x 8
Rest High, very high or highest detail except:
Shadow Quality Very Highest or off
Adaptive Bloom off
DOF off.
I have also found using an injector app called SweetFX + the configurator gives some exceptional visual results with good solid frame rates: http://www.guru3d.com/files_details/swe ... nload.html and/or http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/23364
the configurator http://sweetfx.thelazy.net/
This is the blurb from guru3d:
Effects included:

* SMAA Anti-aliasing : Anti-aliases the image using the SMAA technique - see http://www.iryoku.com/smaa/
* LumaSharpen : Sharpens the image, making details easier to see
* Bloom : Makes strong lights bleed their light into their surroundings
* HDR : Mimics an HDR tonemapped look
* Technicolor : Makes the image look like it was processed using a three-strip Technicolor process - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technicolor
* Cineon DPX : Makes the image look like it was converted from film to Cineon DPX. Can be used to create a "sunny" look.
* Lift Gamma Gain : Adjust brightness and color of shadows, midtones and highlights (avoids clipping)
* Tonemap : Adjust gamma, exposure, saturation, bleach and defog. (may cause clipping)
* Vibrance : Intelligently saturates (or desaturates if you use negative values) the pixels depending on their original saturation.
* Curves : Contrast adjustments using S-curves.
* Sepia : Sepia tones the image - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepia_tone#Sepia_toning
* Vignette : Darkens the edges of the image to make it look more like it was shot with a camera lens. - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vignetting )
* Dither : Applies dithering to simulate more colors than your monitor can display. This lessens banding artifacts - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dithering# ... processing )
* Splitscreen : Enables the before-and-after splitscreen comparison mode.

You can find new releases of SweetFX in it's thread on the Guru3d forums :
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=368880

Regards
pH

[Chacal]

* Sepia : Sepia tones the image - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepia_tone#Sepia_toning

Should be awesome for running old steam locos.

[Haystack]

Fear Before
The majority of those links are for TS2012 and there were some changes in TS2013 that may or may not respond to the 2012 settings.
For best results I use nVidia Inspector plus nvidia control panel setting high settings AA/AF/Supersampling etc and choosing FSXAA and 'enhance the game settings'.
I also set up adaptive vsync using 1/2 monitor refresh rate (setting nothing in TS2013 wrt fps).
Then after setting the above I finally open Nvidia control panel and choose 'Adjust image settings with preview' and tick 'Let the 3D application decide' and that gives me best results.
In TS2013 I use TSX mode on /off depending on how I feel,
AA FXAA + 8xMSAA
Texture Filtering: Anisotropic x 8
Rest High, very high or highest detail except:
Shadow Quality Very Highest or off
Adaptive Bloom off
DOF off.
I have also found using an injector app called SweetFX + the configurator gives some exceptional visual results with good solid frame rates: http://www.guru3d.com/files_details/swe ... nload.html and/or http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/23364
the configurator http://sweetfx.thelazy.net/
This is the blurb from guru3d:
Effects included:

* SMAA Anti-aliasing : Anti-aliases the image using the SMAA technique - see http://www.iryoku.com/smaa/
* LumaSharpen : Sharpens the image, making details easier to see
* Bloom : Makes strong lights bleed their light into their surroundings
* HDR : Mimics an HDR tonemapped look
* Technicolor : Makes the image look like it was processed using a three-strip Technicolor process - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technicolor
* Cineon DPX : Makes the image look like it was converted from film to Cineon DPX. Can be used to create a "sunny" look.
* Lift Gamma Gain : Adjust brightness and color of shadows, midtones and highlights (avoids clipping)
* Tonemap : Adjust gamma, exposure, saturation, bleach and defog. (may cause clipping)
* Vibrance : Intelligently saturates (or desaturates if you use negative values) the pixels depending on their original saturation.
* Curves : Contrast adjustments using S-curves.
* Sepia : Sepia tones the image - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepia_tone#Sepia_toning
* Vignette : Darkens the edges of the image to make it look more like it was shot with a camera lens. - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vignetting )
* Dither : Applies dithering to simulate more colors than your monitor can display. This lessens banding artifacts - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dithering# ... processing )
* Splitscreen : Enables the before-and-after splitscreen comparison mode.

You can find new releases of SweetFX in it's thread on the Guru3d forums :
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=368880

Regards
pH

Great post! Thanks PH

[slick204]

I'll save this for when I get to use my new video card. I have to wait until Christmas though.

[Haystack]

*!!thnx!!* I'll save this for when I get to use my new video card. I have to wait until Christmas though.

12 more days but whos counting