System Notes: Nvidia

Turn off Nvidia Ansel:
    Run "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\Ansel\NvCameraConfiguration.exe"

    Ansel Status:
        [x] Disable

        Click Save.

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Desktop > [ ] Show Notification Tray Icon

3D settings:
    [x] Use the advanced 3D image settings

    Manage 3D settings:
        Global Settings:
          * Image Scaling:                                          On, Sharpen: 40% (configure "Adjust desktop size and position" before turning this on) // Off
            Ambient Occlusion:                                      Off
            Anisotropic filtering:                                  Application-controlled
            Antialiasing - FXAA:                                    Off
          * Antialiasing - Gamma correction:                        Off // On (causes issues with old games and everyone says it doesn't affect new games)
            Antialiasing - Mode:                                    Application-controlled
            Antialiasing - Setting:                                 Application-controlled
            Antialiasing - Transparency:                            Off // Multisample
            Background Application Max Frame Rate:                  Off // 20 FPS (i think this was causing games to crash when i alt+tabbed)
            CUDA - GPUs:                                            All
            DSR - Factors:                                          Off
            DSR - Smoothness:                                       Off

            Low Latency Mode:                                       Off (obsolete, use in-game limiter or RTSS or Nvidia Reflex On+Boost)
          * Max Frame Rate:                                         200 (upper limit cap, i usually cap lower in-game for reduced input lag) // Off

            Multi-Frame Sampled AA (MFAA):                          Off
            OpenGL rendering GPU:                                   Auto-select
            Power management mode:                                  Optimal power
          * Shader Cache Size:                                      10 GB // Driver Default
            Texture filtering - Anisotropic sample optimization:    Off // On (can cause shimmering with no improvement in performance)
          * Texture filtering - Negative LOD bias:                  Clamp (makes games like Apex Legends look 100% sharper) // Allow
          * Texture filtering - Quality:                            High Performance // Quality <-- People say that "High quality" should only ever be used for 3D art programs. SOURCE: https://steamcommunity.com/app/314160/discussions/1/627456486403159899/
            Texture filtering - Trilinear optimization:             On
          * Threaded optimization:                                  Off // On (allows the driver to offload GPU tasks as CPU threads) // Auto
            Triple buffering:                                       Off
          * Vertical sync:                                          Off // Fast // Use Adaptive V-Sync for 120hz+ monitors, or vysnc off. Fast Sync is best no-tear low-input-lag option for fullscreen 60 hz monitors but requires supposedly 120 fps to make it smooth (no issue at 105), still its more responsive then borderless window with Windows 10 vsync + input-lag? applied. https://www.anandtech.com/show/10325/the-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-and-1070-founders-edition-review/13
            Virtual Reality pre-rendered frames:                    1

        Game-specific Settings:
            Power management mode: Prefer maximum performance

            C:\Battlestate Games\EFT\EscapeFromTarkov.exe
            C:\Program Files\obs-studio\bin\64bit\obs64.exe
            G:\Battle.net\Call of Duty Modern Warfare\ModernWarfare.exe    <-- Also set this game to 100% sharpen. Its blurry as hell!
            G:\Origin Files\Origin Games\Battlefield 4\bf4.exe
            G:\Steam\steamapps\common\Aim Lab\AimLab_tb.exe
            G:\Steam\steamapps\common\PUBG\TslGame\Binaries\Win64\TslGame.exe
            G:\Steam\steamapps\common\Apex Legends\r5apex.exe
            G:\Steam\steamapps\common\Counter-Strike Global Offensive\csgo.exe
            [Not Installed] G:\Steam\steamapps\common\Aliens Fireteam Elite\Endeavor\Binaries\Win64\Endeavor-Win64-Shipping.exe
            [Not Installed] G:\Steam\steamapps\common\Halo Infinite\HaloInfinite.exe
            [Not Installed] G:\Steam\steamapps\common\Squad\SquadGame\Binaries\Win64\SquadGame.exe
            [Not Installed] G:\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\games\Hyper Scape\Hyperscape.exe

            Apply to all game exe's:
                Compatibility:
                    [x] Disable fullscreen optimizations
                    Change high DPI settings > [x] Override high DPI scaling behavior.
                    Scaling performed by: Application

    Configure Surround, Physx:
        Physx settings:
            Processor:
                GeForce GTX 1080    <-- Some games make the mistake of using the CPU, so its better to change the default and force it to the GPU

Display:
    Change resolution:
        Resolution: 1920 x 1200
        Refresh rate: The max value.

        [x] Use NVIDIA color settings
        Highest (32-bit)    8 bpc
        RGB                 Full

    Adjust desktop color settings:
        [ ] Override to reference mode    <-- If you check this then Digital vibrance and color settings are greyed out.

        Brightness: Default is 50%
        Contrast: Default is 50%
        Gamma: Default is 1.00%    <-- Instead of using PostFx in Tarkov, which costs FPS, you can boost brightness here.

        Digital vibrance: 100% // Default is 50%.

        Content type reported to the display: Desktop programs (disables post processing the monitor may do) // Auto-select (recommended)

    Adjust desktop size and position:
        Select a scaling mode: No scaling

        Perform scaling on: GPU    <-- GPU because its predictably fast and independent of monitors which can have inconsistent or no scaling: https://forums.blurbusters.com/viewtopic.php?t=6155 // GPU scaling will add a bit more input lag because of the extra processing.

        [x] Override the scaling mode set by games and programs.

        Refresh rate: 60Hz    <-- I encountered this set to 50Hz once.

Video:
    Adjust video color settings:
        [x] With the NVIDIA settings

        Color:
            Brightness: 50%
            Contrast: 50%
            Hue: 179%
            Saturation: 50%

        Gamma:
            Red: 1.00
            Green: 1.00
            Blue: 1.00

        Advanced:
            Dynamic range: Full (0-255)