Nvidia program and game profiles

The first button uploads a screenshot of the app to Techpowerup. The second button below that will open the hardware monitors. Further down and to the right of the Driver Version box is a button that opens the game profiles plugin for Inspector. Finally, at the bottom there is a banner to allows donations, a drop-down box to allow switching between multiple GPUs, and a button that will open the Overclocking pane.

Clicking the [Show Overclocking] button will prompt a warning about overclocking, before the pane opens. Clicking the [Sensor Monitoring] button will open this screen. Monitors are discussed in the Sensor Monitoring section below. Clicking the [Driver Profile Settings] game profiles button will open this screen.

Game profiles are discussed in the Custom Profiles and Settings section below. Clicking on the [Show Overclocking] button and choosing "Yes" to the prompt will open this overclocking pane. Overclocking is discussed in the Overclocking section below. Sensor monitoring can be very helpful when testing hardware stability, performing overclocks, mod testing, or when testing new settings or changes to those settings.

Inspector includes 21 different monitors for this purpose. Of these, the most useful are going to be determined by the task the monitors are being used for. To open the monitors, click on the [Sensor Monitoring] button located on the main screen on the upper left side.

Once opened, the monitors are defaulted to stay on top of all other windows. To change the monitors simply right-click on the monitor window and hover over Monitors. The monitors that have a check beside them will be the monitors displayed. Users may display as few as one or all of them. Nvidia Inspector nor Step Modifications can not be held liable for any possible mishaps resulting from overclocking graphics cards.

Potential problems resulting from overclocking can include anything from voiding warranties to overheating to bricking the card rendering it useless , and anything in between. If users decide to overclock their graphic cards, they do so at their own risk.

Overclocking in Inspector is not unlike overclocking in other third party software. Keep in mind, depending on the video card model, not all overclocking controls will be at available in Inspector. Inspector was not written with overclocking in mind; therefore, if a more powerful and precise option is needed, users should look elsewhere.

It's also a good idea to have monitors open when overclocking to monitor the effect of the changes. To open the Overclocking pane, click the [Show Overclocking] button at the bottom of the main screen. A prompt with a warning will appear asking if users are aware of the risk with overclocking. Clicking [No] closes the windows. Clicking [Yes] will open the overclocking pane.

Clicking the [Show Overclocking] button again will hide the pane. The large vertical slider on the left controls the fan speed on the card. By default it is set to Auto and that is the recommended setting. Changing this could overwrite other third party fan control solutions. To manually set the fan speed, uncheck [Auto] and move the slider to the desired position. Then click the [Set Fan] button below the slider to lock in the new setting.

This is a drop-down menu which allows the selection of various performance levels the Nvidia drivers use. The performance level is normally changed dynamically by the drivers depending on the GPU load. The main levels are P0, P1, P8, and P12; though this may differ depending on the card model. P0 is for high loads such as video gaming, P8 is for loads similar to video acceleration, and P12 is an idle load; when the video card isn't really doing anything.

If there are different values, remember that the lower values are higher performance and the higher values are for lower performance. The frequencies available by default are locked.

Clicking [Unlock Min] or [Unlock Max] will removed these limitations so overclocking to higher frequencies or underclocking to lower frequencies is enabled. Clicking these buttons again will re-lock the frequencies to the card's default. If they are grayed-out, this usually means the card in use has unlocked frequencies by the card's manufacturer.

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