Tips: Graphical improvements with NVidia panel

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Hello community,

Other tricks that could improve your visual experience, in addition to saving resources, with options available in the NVidia control panel.

Selecting recommended 3D settings for SolidWorks:
Open the NVidia panel, click " Manage 3D Settings"(1), and then open the " Program Settings" tab. Find and select the program to customize " Dassault Systemes SolidWorks 2019 and above..." in the drop-down list. If it is not present, click on the " Add " button(2) and go find the SolidWorks executable in its installation folder, and confirm. In principle, the recommended settings will be automatically selected for this program.

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Limit FPS:
One option that can limit GPU usage to what is strictly necessary is FPS capping (3). In summary, since it is not very useful to calculate the images that will not be displayed, by not exceeding the fps of the monitor, we relieve the GPU, without loss.
Similarly, especially if you are using multiple 3D programs simultaneously, limiting the FPS of the background 3D display (4) frees up the GPU for the current program.
I don't know if a document " hidden " in SW, when several are loaded, is considered 3D background, in which case this option could strongly impact the fluidity with a large number of documents. To be checked.

Improved image quality: (for everything)
With compatible GPUs, options are available in the NVidia panel.
Click " Change Resolution "(5), select one of your displays(6), and at the bottom of the page, check " Use NVIDIA Color Settings."
-Set " Output Color Intensity"(7) to " 10 bpc" instead of 8 bpc (if you have + it's even better),
-as well as " Output Dynamic Range"(8) to " Full ".
Choose your other monitors (9) and apply the same settings.

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Kind regards.

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Hello,

Thanks for this tip.
Let's see if it really improves things.

I have the impression that the second setting also increases the brightness of the screens...

Have a nice day.

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Hello sylk,
Thank you very much for this information.
To be kept...
@+.
AR.

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Hello @a.eriaud
If you're talking about the output range setting, it's possible, but "full" is the original setting, without restriction.

The dynamic range adjustment defines the range of levels of a color. As you know, a color is a brightness value ranging from 0 to 255.
A "full" range goes from 0 (true black) to 255 (true white).
A "limited" range limits the range from 16 to 235, where 16 becomes the reference black and any value below 16 will be the same black, and where 235 becomes the reference white and any value above 235 will be the same white. That's a loss of 36 levels of brightness (219 vs 255).

Limited range, 16 = black
In the full range, 16 = dark grey, 0 = black.
Limited range, 235 = white
In the full range, 235 = light grey, 255 = white.

If the full range brightens the display, it's precisely because truncated levels are no longer truncated. :wink:

So in reality, it's not the full range that brightens, but the limited range that darkens.

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Hello,

Thank you for this clarification, it's clearer... :wink: