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Nvidia Profile Inspector Changelog

What's new in Nvidia Profile Inspector 2.4.0.4

Mar 26, 2023
  • Improved dpi scaling for input dialog
  • Possible fix for corrupted profile inspector config load error
  • Improved backward compatibility
  • Possible fix for restore profile dont work as expected
  • Possible fix for mysteric "BINARY" load error

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 2.4.0.3 (Nov 27, 2022)

  • renamed some settings
  • added setting to disable Vulkan RT support
  • added quick filter CTRL + F (ESCAPE to abort)
  • added devmode view (CTRL + ALT + D)
  • added support for descriptions in CSN for future use (sample description on Ultra Low Latency - CPL State)
  • small fixes

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 2.3.0.13 Pre-release (Jan 19, 2021)

  • updated driver settings to R460, removed deprecated settings from CSN

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 2.3.0.12 (Mar 24, 2020)

  • R445.75 removed restricted settings to avoid errors

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 2.3.0.11 (Feb 4, 2020)

  • R442.19 - increased limiter v3 range 20..1000 FPS

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 2.3.0.9 (Jan 12, 2020)

  • added ShowCustomizedSettingNamesOnly & ShowScannedUnknownSettings to …user settings

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 3.5.0.0 (Mar 26, 2019)

  • Add AutoBuild bat script.
  • Add Potrable Apps Original App Format.

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 2.3.0.2 (Mar 24, 2019)

  • fix #13 remember window size, fix crash on closing app while scanning

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 1.9.7.8 (Nov 18, 2016)

  • added "dpiAware" flag to support win8+ dpi scaling
  • avoid interupting status requests on optimus cards
  • show power usage in watts on main page if supported and nvml is available
  • added encoder usage to monitoring if supported and nvml is available
  • added decoder usage to monitoring if supported and nvml is available
  • added power limit status to monitoring
  • added thermal limit status to monitoring
  • added reliability voltage limit status to monitoring
  • added sli sync boost limit to monitoring
  • added CLI param "setVoltagePoints"
  • added CLI param "dumpVoltagePoints"
  • changed CLI param "lockVoltagePoint" to also use uV instead of mV
  • fixed calling CLI made voltage points reset
  • added max boost clock estimation for pascal with voltage point support

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 1.9.7.7 (Sep 23, 2016)

  • fixed GDDR5X detection
  • fixed voltage reading for pascal
  • disabled max boost clock detection for pascal (quick fix for 3rd party curve reset on inspector start)
  • readded button and jumplist entry for profile inspector if exists
  • added CLI param "-lockVoltagePoint"

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 1.9.7.6 (Mar 31, 2016)

  • fixed image upload

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 1.9.7.5 (Mar 28, 2016)

  • removed obsolete profile settings jump list entry
  • fixed cuda lib error

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 1.9.7.4 (Mar 25, 2016)

  • replaced old ROP calculation with new API call, this schould fix ROP count for Maxwell 2 cards with reduced L2 Cache
  • increased unlocked UI clock limit for non boost states to fix error with memory clocks beyond 4000MHz
  • improved max boost clock estimation for maxwell
  • completely removed settings profile editor from main application, it is now deployed as standalone application

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 1.9.7.3 (Oct 7, 2014)

  • updated setting constants until driver R343
  • updated custom settings
  • override reported default value for aa gamma correction and shader cache
  • fixed donation link
  • show memory vendor shortname after memory type
  • you can now add "-silent" param after the nip file for silent profile import
  • creating startup tasks will add 30sec task delay
  • creating seperated startup tasks for each perf level
  • fixed default values for non P0 state oc controls
  • fixed MDPS apps drag & drop from non elevated desktop
  • fixed ROP calculation for Maxwell 2 cards

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 1.9.7.2 Beta (Jul 20, 2013)

  • changed MDPS startup to make use of TaskScheduler instead of shortcut
  • changed "Create Startup Shortcut" feature for clock startup to make use of TaskScheduler too ( rightclick "Create Clocks Shortcut" )
  • added lod bias adjustment for OpenGL
  • added FERMI_SETREDUCECOLORTHRESHOLDSENABLE as "Antialiasing fix" to avoid black edges in some games while using MSAA (R320.14+)
  • added OverrideDefault property to CustomSettingNames structure
  • added total card power level (normalized) to sensor monitoring (R314+)
  • changed MDPS to run always in legacy mode but with enabled "add by gpu process" feature

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 1.9.7.1 (Apr 1, 2013)

  • fixed overclocking panel was expanded by default
  • fixed divide by zero bug for some mobile kepler cards

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 1.9.7.0 Beta (Mar 4, 2013)

  • added support for overvoltage (GK110)
  • added support for temperature target (GK110)
  • enabled and improved estimated max boost for GK110
  • added CLI parameter "-setIlumination" for logo brightness control (GTX 690, TITAN; SLIBRIDGE)
  • added CLI parameters for overvoltage and temperature target
  • improved high dpi layout for driver settings

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 1.9.6.9 (Feb 20, 2013)

  • updated setting constants and names xml for driver R313
  • removed dirty workaround for delete profile driver bug, is fixed since R310
  • fixed low resolution gui glitch for bitvalue editor
  • improved hex input parsing

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 1.9.6.8 (Nov 21, 2012)

  • possible bugfix for low resolution GUI glitch in setting profiles

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 1.9.6.7 (Nov 6, 2012)

  • improved max boost detection for kepler cards
  • added CLI parameter "-skipMaxBoostTest" to disable max boost detection
  • added CLI parameter "-disableScan" for profile settings
  • added new profile helper while dragndrop exe file and no profile is found (take care you not just took the launcher)
  • removed (DX9) postfix for LOD bias setting, its supported for DX10+ too since driver r310

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 1.9.6.6 (Jun 21, 2012)

  • clock domains reworked, fixed some 304.xx issues on kepler
  • switched shader to gpu clock for monitoring default selection
  • updated some setting constants for 302.xx drivers

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 1.9.6.5 (Apr 27, 2012)

  • fixed wrong bandwidth calculation for GDDR3
  • added invalid bios detection
  • added some vendorids
  • finally fixed trilinear optimization setting 1 = off / 0 = on
  • changed prerenderlimit setting for 0 (is now app controlled since 300.xx)
  • minor changes in default value handling
  • updated some settings constants for 300.xx drivers
  • added CLI param "-restartDisplayDriver" (Vista/Win7 only)

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 1.9.6.4 (Apr 12, 2012)

  • added memory bandwidth calculation to memory buswidth display
  • fixed baseclock range out of bounds in some cases
  • workaround for strange vcore offset on negative base clock offset
  • replaced mem usage display by pci-e interface info on main gui
  • added max boost clock estimation

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 1.9.6.3 (Apr 3, 2012)

  • added "+" sign for offset values
  • added small startup delay for MDPS tray start
  • fixed restoreAllPStates to work for offsets as well
  • added adaptive vsync flag to custom settings (for 300+ drivers)
  • added FXAA to custom settings (for 300+ drivers)

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 1.95.9 (Jan 9, 2012)

  • fixed function 'ChangeWindowMessageFilter' not available on XP
  • fixed frame rate limiter is already included since 280.26+ drivers

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 1.95.4 (Mar 1, 2011)

  • added quick selection for modified profiles (dropdown on home button)
  • added scan progress dialog for user initiated scans
  • improved scan speed for modified profiles
  • improved storing speed for profile settings
  • reduced flickering of profile settings list
  • several small fixes

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 1.95.3 (Mar 1, 2011)

  • fixed: p0/p8 capable cards were not detected from MDPS in some cases
  • fixed: max values were not resetted on "reset all monitors"
  • added "home" button to profile settings to get back to global profile fast
  • added "hide to tray" command to monitoring menu
  • added legacy process detection mode to MDPS to extend compatibility to older drivers and Win XP ("add from gpu process" will be disabled in this case)
  • improved general stability for MDPS

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 1.95.2 (Feb 21, 2011)

  • fixed: closing mainform did not handle closing logic (settings, log) of monitoring form
  • fixed: temp folder detection fails on systems with empty temp paths
  • fixed: out of range error if nvapi reports incorrect usage
  • possible fix: csc.exe crashes on windows shutdown and prevents from storing MDPS settings
  • added: mdps now supports cards with p0 and p8 only
  • added: monitoring colors customizeable via config file
  • small fixes and improvements

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 1.95.0 (Feb 21, 2011)

  • Highlights:
  • added Multi Display Power Saver feature (rightclick "Show Overclocking"" button)
  • added Monitoring Graphs feature (new button below image upload or rightclick "Show Overclocking"" button)
  • added Create/Update/Remove Startup Shortcut feature (rightclick "Create Clocks Shortcut" button)
  • Changes:
  • already assigned unknown settings from a profile will be shown now even without a settingscan
  • request elevation for profile settings only if not already running elevated main app
  • allow single instance of profile settings window only
  • added detection of missing CSN file which offers the user a oneclick repair (webupdate)
  • automaticly removing Zone.Identifier from ADS after first run
  • added known subvendor name to card selection
  • added global mutex "Access_NV_I2C" around some critical nvapi functions to avoid collision with 3rd party apps
  • added small symbol to context enabled buttons
  • added CLI option "-multiDisplayPowerSaver"
  • added CLI option "-showMonitoring"
  • moved data logging feature to monitoring
  • screenshot function captures glass now
  • changed imagehoster to techpowerup.org
  • prevent app from starting within a temp folder
  • several minor fixes and improvements

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 1.94.4 (Jan 22, 2011)

  • voltage tweak workaround for crap evga gtx580 sc bios
  • added CLI option "-showOnlyCSN"
  • added CLI option "-setPStateLimit"

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 1.94.3 (Jan 14, 2011)

  • fixed: reset value does not work in some cases
  • fixed: short hex inputs were not recognized correctly
  • gpu info refresh on window activate
  • updated some setting constants
  • added 3rd method for driver detection
  • skip shader count detection on non unified shader architectures
  • always request elevation for profile settings to reduce confusion why (elevated) settings may missed in the past
  • other minor improvements

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 1.94.2 (Dec 3, 2010)

  • added fallback driver detection if no display handle is available
  • fixed when the last manually typed value get not applied to profile
  • fixed -skipUpdateCheck was ignored in -showSettingsOnly mode
  • added some settings API updates

New in Nvidia Profile Inspector 1.93.2 (Oct 25, 2010)

  • Final Hotfix: removed displaying of inherited global settings on latest driver releases API, to avoid corrupted profiles when applying custom settings.