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    Nvidia Control Panel - Please, I need your wisdom

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Slyweezy, Oct 22, 2008.

  1. Slyweezy

    Slyweezy Notebook Enthusiast

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    My System: T61p \ Nvidia Quadro FX 570M 512mb \ Vista 32bit

    Alright. Here's what i'm ultimately trying to do:
    Gain access to the hidden 'Max Frames to Render Ahead' setting in the Nvidia Control Panel. And to do that I've tried Coolbits and NVTweak and what have you. After the tweaks the option should appear under the Performance Tab. But I realized my Nvidia Control Panel doesn't feature a Performance Tab at all! The only ones available are 3D Settings + Display + Video & Television.

    So here's what i've tried:
    -Installing several different versions of Nforce system tools on a bunch of different graphics drivers (including stock drivers).

    The problem is that once i've installed Nvida Performance and try to run it or try to run Nvidia Control Panel I get a Runtime Error pointing to nvcplui.exe. Uninstalling Nvidia Performance lets me open Nvidia Control Panel, but i'm back where I started.
    So I don't know if what I want to do just cant be done on a Quadro card or what.

    This stinks. Please help me awesome people. Cheers.
     
    Slyweezy, Oct 22, 2008
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  2. Bartlett

    Bartlett The Prophet

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    Bartlett, Oct 22, 2008
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  3. iaTa

    iaTa Do Not Feed

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    nVidia Performance Tools is pretty old now. This has replaced it:

    nVidia System Tools with ESA Support v6.03

    However this still wont give you what you want as nVidia have dropped the 'Max Frames to Render Ahead' option. What you need is Rivatuner and go to DX Settings > VSync tab (Pre-render limit).

    Might want to update your drivers too. Guide in my sig.
     
    iaTa, Oct 23, 2008
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  4. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    'Maximum pre-rendered frames' is found under 'Manage 3d settings'.

    No trickeration necessary.
     
    Kevin, Oct 23, 2008
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  5. iaTa

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    So it is! :)
     
    iaTa, Oct 23, 2008
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  6. JWest

    JWest Master of Notebookery

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    Download nHancer (it can be found in the "helpful tools" section of my guide, just click my sig). It's what I use for all of the advanced graphics settings, and it's pretty dern cool.
     
    JWest, Oct 23, 2008
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    felixthe77 Newbie

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    Could anybody help me.. My Nvidia Control Panel cannot be opened. because yesterday i formatted my notebook. and now when I press the right click, there is no nvidia control panel menu. How to repair it?
     
    felixthe77, Mar 22, 2009
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