Users Guide

Dell Precision Optimizer

Dell Precision Optimizer contains a powerful engine that allows you to dynamically configure your system settings to optimize the

performance of your application. It also alerts you when software updates are available and automatically applies, if configured to do so.

Dell Precision Optimizer contains an analytics section that collects extensive data about your system and helps identify potential issues.

In summary, Dell Precision Optimizer consists of the following components:

• Optimization

• Analytics

• System Updates

Each of the above components is accessible as a separate tab. Optimization is the first page that is seen when you launch the application

by clicking the Dell Precision Optimizer from the Desktop or Start menu.

On Windows 7, the application may also be launched from Start > Program Files > Dell > Dell Precision Optimizer. The

OPTIMIZATION page depicts the current resource utilization values of your system. This page displays the list of user created application

profiles and also displays the active profiles along with available system updates if you click SWITCH TO PRE-LEARNED PROFILES.

Table 1. Icons on top right corner of all windows

Option Function

- Minimizes the application.

□ Maximizes the application.

X Closes the application.

Table 2. Icons on menu bar of all screens

Option Function

Displays the help content.

Fetches the About Page, the Feedback link, the Improve DPO

settings.

Displays all current notifications along with plug-In options for

graphics and performance notifications.

Topics:

• Profiles

• CPU and GPU Intelligence

• Graphics Plug-in Options

• Improve Dell Precision Optimizer

Profiles

If you click SWITCH TO PRE-LEARNED PROFILES in Optimization tab, it displays the currently active and inactive profiles for the

selected applications. A profile is a collection of system settings that are grouped to optimize the Dell Precision workstation’s

performance for your application. You can activate or deactivate a profile. Multiple profiles may be active at the same time. Even after you

exit Dell Precision Optimizer, the system changes from your active profiles remain in effect.

Dell Precision Optimizer has several application-specific profiles to help enhance your experience. These profiles are disabled by default.

You may have to enable the profile for your given application, if available in the Dell Precision Optimizer, to see its benefits.

New application profiles are made available through the Application Software updates available in the SYSTEM UPDATES module or

CHECK FOR PROFILE UPDATES option from the OPTIMIZATION page.

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