NIVIDIA card settings
 

Hi everyone!

I would like some help. I have the following rig:

CPUCore i7-2655LE 2-Core 2.2GHzOur
GeForce GTX 560M
RAM 8GB

which I think that's good enough but I have to adjust video settings to low, otherwise the game seems and feels kind of slow. Any ideas of why is that happening? :hmmm:

Thanks a lot! :salute:

Based on the 560"M" in your GPU are you running the game on a notebook?

Few things you could try:

• Disable all post-process filters, lighting effects etc.

• Try to disable the Power Saving mode (if you have it active) from your batteries and see if the game runs better. If I'm ever playing games on my notebook at home, I tend to remove the batteries and just let it run through the charger.

• If you have dual GPU's (which notebooks tend to have), make sure you're using the NVIDIA card instead of the Integrated Graphics.
  
  *Go to NVIDIA Control Panel -> Manage 3D settings -> Select Preferred Graphics Processor to High Performance NVIDIA Processor.
  
  
  As for tweaking the card - go to Adjust Image Settings with Preview option -> Select use my preference emphasizing -> drag it down to Performance.

Done all this and still no change? Look for more advanced tweaking in the Internet - still doesn't work? Then most likely that your GPU is fried. Only option if you're in this situation is to switch back to Integrated GPU (which is not that good for gaming, but hey at least you can still play)

Thanks for the advice....

I don't thing my card it's fried. I can perfectly play even "heavier" games such empire total war ....battle stations pacific, company of heroes....at maximum and no problem at all.

Maybe it is because of the "steam engine" perhaps?

Probably the Filters then. I have 770 Ti, i7 4770k if I turn on those filters etc. I can notice a significant drop on fps and the game becomes kind of "sluggish" though maintaining high fps and I'm on Steam too.

Edit: Ohh and maybe the GPU is outdated (this thing always gets me.)

everything is up to date. I'll give it a try, though I thought that my rig could possibly handle SH5 max settings as with the rest of my games... :hmmm:

I also run off a laptop and have come across issues with games in the past. Here's what I have, what settings I use. Not saying they will help because my laptop is actually really well setup, but maybe it'll help.

Programs I use:
Display Drivers Uninstaller
Nvidia Display Drivers (Note* I always download the beta drivers. Most would not as they sometimes are buggy.)
Intel Display Drivers or if you would like to select your devices: Intel Download Center
MSI Afterburner (Only use MSI Afterburner if you have a Nvidia Card)
ToolWiz GameBoost or the full program ToolWiz Care

Now here are my system specs. I'll highlight the more important info.

Continue.....

What I do right off the bat is uninstall the stock drivers. (this has bit me in the rear-end a couple of times, so backup completely before hand! you've been forewarned) You can uninstall the drivers and programs by using the native windows uninstaller (start> control panel>uninstall a program).

Then you will have to reboot. Make sure before you reboot that you have already downloaded DDU (Display Drivers Uninstaller). As it starts booting backup, keep tapping the F8 key untill it asks you if you would like to start windows normally, or safe mode, etc., etc.

Choose safe mode with networking. Once in safe mode (and you will know you are by the window popping up asking if you want to run in safe mode.) run the DDU program. Here' s how I do it.

First I run DDU and uninstall the Nvidia driver by selecting uninstall and reboot method after dropping the drop box and choosing nvidia.
http://s26.postimg.org/5vmy9rtlx/Sna...t_02_11_36.jpg

Now as it's rebooting tap F8 again to get back into safe mode. This time, choose the intel drivers.
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Once you have done that, let it bootup into normal windows and it will install the vesa drivers semi-automatically. Once it's done, it will ask you to reboot again. After rebooting again, you can proceed to install the Intel drivers. Yup you guessed it! reboot again.

Now once the Intel drivers are installed and you have rebooted, install the nvidia drivers. I only install the physX and drivers. I stay away from the Geforce Experience as I've had bad Experiences (pun intended) with it.

Now reboot again.
Run a system clean, disk clean, and defrag.

Now install MSI Afterburner. (Only use MSI Afterburner if you have a Nvidia card. Will not work with ATI or Intel graphics.) This program let's you do a couple of things.

First and foremost it allows you to monitor your temps in game. When GPU's and CPU's get heated up, they work less efficiently. the hotter they get, the less efficient they become until they fry. (It works just like fraps, but it's free. It even captures screenshots and videos.) Now you have to do some setup, but just search it on google.

Secondly it allows you to log the performance it monitors so you can post the file online for others to read and thus help resolve issues if there is ever the need.

Last (and I put this last because on laptops this is very dangerous) you can overclock your gpu/memory and adjust fan speeds. I overclock when I'm going to be recording, otherwise I leave it alone.

Lastly install ToolWiz Care or ToolWiz GameBoost. I personally use ToolWiz Care because it includes gameboost plus a lot more. like system cleaning tools and such.
http://s26.postimg.org/m96xsx9r9/Sna...t_02_51_43.jpg

Game Boost just shuts down services that aren't needed during gameplay, then when you exit gameboost it starts it back up. It also defrags JUST the games directory.
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For My Nvidia Control panel settings, this is what they look like:
http://s26.postimg.org/5b7x730dh/Sna...t_02_56_12.jpg
http://s26.postimg.org/5cmge8rl1/Sna...t_02_59_12.jpg
http://s26.postimg.org/x3sz8li91/Sna...t_03_04_21.jpg <-- This is a screencapture for the image above (SH5 only), not a global settings tab.
http://s26.postimg.org/qotybxbj9/Sna...t_03_00_42.jpg

Small youtube video of game. 30 seconds long.