New to Nvidia - What do I need to know?

[Troezar]

As per the title I've just installed an MSI Gaming X GTX 1070 after something like 18 years of ATI/AMD cards. Is there anything I should know, tips, tricks, differences from the way AMD do things, software I should be using?

I've got Afterburner and GPU-Z installed and the latest Nvidia Drivers 368.69.

I was intending to stay with the Red Team but the RX480 just wasn't quite enough at 1440p 60Hz to warrant a purchase at this time, whereas the GTX 1070 looks like it will last me some time at this resolution.

I have to say so far the card seems to be built very well and quiet, idling at 37°C. I haven't tried any tests with it yet but I can do requests if you point me in the right direction

 

[RanxZy]

Only thing you need to know is to grab a Gsync monitor now

 

[foster grant]

Only thing you need to know is to grab a Gsync monitor now

+1

 

[Troezar]

Only thing you need to know is to grab a Gsync monitor now

Lol just need to recover from buying the GPU first

A quick test on BF4 auto settings all Ultra

Shows some of the max readings card at stock as it came out of the box. Ambient temperature 26°C

So far I would say the colours don't seem quite as vivid as on my 7970xf but the 1070 seems a lot faster, smoother and I can seem to hit people with the Scar-H when I couldn't before?! Also runs a lot cooler and quieter. Very pleased so far.

 

[sirp]

Glad it worked on your board too. I'm in the same boat as you too coming from AMD.

 

[Troezar]

Glad it worked on your board too. I'm in the same boat as you too coming from AMD.

Yes I have posted on the other thread now just to confirm for people. Good news for us 2500k/2600k people

 

[LegendaryDread]

After every(?) driver install, settings which could cause issues reset to default:

• SLI disables itself
• The PhysX processor reverts to CPU
• RGB Colour Range resets to "Limited" from "Full" (Nvidia Control Panel > Change Resolution)

Download Nvidia Inspector, hosted at Guru3D. The Profile Inspector provides dozens of driver-level customization options not found in the Control Panel.
For example, it allows you to force the following to work with many games which don't natively support them: AA (MSAA/SSAA), AO (SSAO/HBAO/HBAO+) and SLI.
A spreadsheet with many of the relevant AA/AO/SLI bits is hosted at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15UvZ6COCpaD8JJkMqB4KMTxBXoEfDuaDiiP--H4BJ-U/edit

 

[tommybhoy]

+1 on G-Sync too.

Agree that AMD is more vivid, I prefer it tbh but others will probably prefer the Nv profile as they are used to it.

You can play about in NVCP and try and adjust the colour profile, off hand I'd recommend opening NVCP and drop the gamma to about 0.8 it made a difference for me-but could be down to my personal choice, no harm trying I suppose.

 

[LoadsaMoney]

Turn up the Digital Vibrance if they still have it, as that whats i used to do when i went back to Nvidia from ATi/AMD to get them to look the same.

 

[tommybhoy]

After every(?) driver install, settings which could cause issues reset to default:

I've only had them reset if I do a clean install, on a normal driver update they stay the same as previous settings.

 

[Daaaveee]

Turn up the Digital Vibrance if they still have it, as that whats i used to do when i went back to Nvidia from ATi/AMD, to get them to look the same.

Agreed with this. These are the settings I used on my Dell TN 1440p 144hz G Sync panel, you may want something different but the digital vibrance really helps!

 

[oldestgregg]

Agreed with this. These are the settings I used on my Dell TN 1440p 144hz G Sync panel, you may want something different but the digital vibrance really helps!

Vibrance @65!

I add 5 to vibrance and it just makes the colours pop enough on my X34. For me though, Gsync is a MUST!I couldnt live without it now

 

[Troezar]

Turn up the Digital Vibrance if they still have it, as that whats i used to do when i went back to Nvidia from ATi/AMD to get them to look the same.

I'll give that a go cheers. Some really useful suggestions from everyone, much appreciated. Sometimes not knowing what you don't know is the trickiest bit!

I'm a bit resistant going G-sync or Freesync as I hate being tied to one side or another. I had all AMD systems until my 2500K as at the time there was no competition. If Zen is good I'll happily go back.

I need to look into over clocking not got the foggiest how to do it on Nvidia hardware

 

[Scottland]

I've you've just installed an nVidia card into an existing system that used to have an AMD card - might be worth running DDU* to remove any old AMD driver gubbins


* Display Driver Uninstaller

 

[Troezar]

I've you've just installed an nVidia card into an existing system that used to have an AMD card - might be worth running DDU* to remove any old AMD driver gubbins


* Display Driver Uninstaller

Thanks. I did see someone suggest this so after updating my BIOS I ran DDU in Safe Mode to get rid of all the AMD leftovers. Seems to have worked so far. Really pleased it's working well on my old system

 

[Troezar]

Agreed with this. These are the settings I used on my Dell TN 1440p 144hz G Sync panel, you may want something different but the digital vibrance really helps!

Thanks, I've upped the brightness to 60, gamma to 0.8 and digital vibrance to 55% and it looks very nice now. Helps that the screen is glossy with no AG coating so the colours are quite vivid but not OTT now.