NVIDIA Profile Inspector 3.0.2.1
Version 3.0.2.1 is the first major 3.x release and summarizes the final feature set introduced since 2.4.
Highlights
- Modernized user interface with a redesigned window and title bar layout, updated About dialog, splash screen, status bar, and in-app notifications.
- Built-in update functionality with GitHub release checking, Release and Pre-release channel selection, and a prepared in-place updater.
- Greatly expanded settings browser with more flexible filters, improved metadata resolution, and better visibility of relevant values and changes.
- Enhanced import/export workflows for
.nipprofiles and NVIDIA text formats, including Merge/Replace strategies and multi-file import. - Updated driver and settings data with support for newer NVIDIA settings, modern DLSS overrides, and additional current profile parameters.
User Interface and Usability
- New modern visual style with multiple themes
- Switchable display density for either a more compact or more spacious layout.
- Windows backdrop support with matching options for Windows 10 and Windows 11
- Improved status display with additional information such as driver version, profile count, setting count, and update status.
- Update indicator directly in the UI.
- Optional startup splash screen toggle.
- Better visual feedback for actions such as Apply, Restore, Import, and profile selection.
Settings and Editing
- New filtering logic for setting sources and value sources, replacing the older coarse-grained mode switching.
- Optional
Modified onlyfilter to focus on changed or active entries. - Favorites support for frequently used settings.
- Grouped and collapsible settings sections.
- Search now also supports hexadecimal setting IDs.
- Optional display of the setting ID directly in the setting name.
- Optional display of the raw value alongside named common values.
- Improved resolution of names, types, and value lists from multiple sources, with clearer prioritization of live driver-provided information.
- Improved friendly names and value presentation for scanned and reference-based entries.
- Proper support and validation for QWORD values.
Profiles, Import, and Export
.nipimport now supports multiple files in a single operation.- Import can explicitly use either
MergeorReplace. - Interactive imports now prompt for the appropriate import strategy when existing profiles are affected.
- Improved export of all customized profiles.
- Expanded and restored CLI workflows for import/export scenarios.
- Additional import/export data such as
FindFileapplication entries is now preserved and handled correctly.
Profiles and Applications
- Improved modified profiles handling with a dedicated selector and more consistent refresh behavior.
- More compact and clearer display of profile applications.
- Better handling of long application entries and overflow.
FindFilesupport when adding applications.- Improved resolution of Steam and Epic launcher shortcuts to the actual game executable.
- More robust behavior when deleting, restoring, and updating profiles and applications.
Driver Data and NVIDIA Settings
- Updated NVAPI/DRS constants and reference data for newer driver generations.
- Support for current DLSS, DLSS Ray Reconstruction, and DLSS Frame Generation-related override settings.
- Support for additional current NVIDIA parameters such as RTX Dynamic Vibrance.
- New or updated NVIDIA App Overlay flags and related overlay entries.
- Extensive updates to
CustomSettingNames.xmlandReference.xmlfor more accurate names, descriptions, and values.
Performance, Stability, and Quality
- Noticeably improved performance when scanning profiles and settings.
- Fast response while filtering, navigating, and switching between profiles and settings.
- Dirty state and modified state handling.
- Improved validation for setting value input.
- More robust startup behavior when the NVIDIA GPU is disabled or unavailable.
- Improved error handling and crash logging.
Special thanks to everyone who contributed to this release of NVIDIA Profile Inspector:
Changelog since latest pre-release: v3.0.1.16...v3.0.2.1