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[Info] Wiki addition for critical Nvidia Control Panel setting needed for Windows users using Nvidia GPUs

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doitsujin/dxvk#5171 · opened 2025-08-24 by brittyazel · updated 2026-06-17 · 3 comments · github
Bbrittyazel 2025-08-24 github

In reference to the wiki page here with regard to running DXVK on Windows, some of my Nvidia users reported that in order to get DXVK working on WIndows 11 they had to change a specific setting within the Nvidia Control Panel. There is a specific setting named "Vulkan/OpenGL present method" that by default is set to "AUTO", but instead needs to be set to "Prefer layered on DXGI Swapchain" for DXVK to load. It appears that without this setting set, the Nvidia driver tries to use a direct native GDI copy present method.

This particular setting is not widely publicised, and since it appears to be critical to getting DXVK working on Nvidia GPUs on Windows, it seems like a strong candidate for inclusion in that wiki page.

Thanks so much,

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BBlisto91 2025-09-25 github

Hi there. There isn't a strong enough confidence from the dxvk team in regards to what would in general be the best option to use here. I gather there have been issues in the past. So we are hesitant to make any official recommendations on this.

KK0bin maintainer 2025-10-07 github

Seems like we were right not to recommend it: #5252

Mmirh 2026-06-17 github

That seems something fixable actually, not an inherent incompatibility.

But anyway this isn't even the right way to activate the feature. Control panel alone (for some godforsaken reason that only seems to apply to dxvk) and you necessarily have to use nvidia profile inspector to set the right flag.

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