Nvidia to Retire Control Panel, Ending 20-Year Era of GeForce Settings Tweaks
After 20 years, Nvidia is shutting down the classic Control Panel for good. Although existing installs will remain functional while Nvidia finishes migrating professional features, most of the original program's functionality has been ported to the unified Nvidia App, and that's where it will focus its efforts moving forward.
Nvidia GeForce gamers have used the Control Panel to adjust their in-game settings for two decades. Forcing resolutions, 3D effects, or anti-aliasing levels in the program meant not having to tweak every title's settings, saving valuable gaming time. However, its time in the sun passed a while ago, and Nvidia has almost finished moving over everything it needs to bin the app for good.
For now, gamers running Game Ready and Studio Drivers will not have the Control Panel installed when they update their drivers, leaving them to use the main Nvidia app for all their driver updates and settings tweaks....
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