Geforce Experience?

AStaley · 30 May 2013 at 17:07

Anyone been using the newly released Geforce Experience, whats it like? Is it worth loading up and using as a guide as to what settings to set for games?

Random Guy · 30 May 2013 at 17:15

I had the option to install it and declined - from what I have heard it is hardly ever "optimal". But others who have used it may disagree...

Gregster · 30 May 2013 at 17:18

I tried the Beta but it didn't pick half of my Steam library but it could be better now. It is for lazy people who don't like to set their own settings

esoteric · 30 May 2013 at 17:23

Only games GeForce Experience picks up for me is Borderlands 2 and League of Legends. Optimal for BL2 is everything maxed.

It also monitors GPU drivers.

colinmcr · 30 May 2013 at 17:28

I've tried it but I've still tweaked things myself as I don't believe its as "optimal" as it seems. I like the layout and the little explanation boxes overlaid onto an image of the particular game though.

James J · 30 May 2013 at 17:58

Gregster said:
I tried the Beta but it didn't pick half of my Steam library but it could be better now. It is for lazy people who don't like to set their own settings

It also streams the latest SLI profiles straight to your PC, so essential for SLI users imo.

whyscotty · 30 May 2013 at 17:59

James J said:
It also streams the latest SLI profiles straight to your PC, so essential for SLI users imo.

Didn't know that, thanks

James J · 30 May 2013 at 18:01

whyscotty said:
Didn't know that, thanks

No worries!

Phixsator · 30 May 2013 at 19:27

James J said:
It also streams the latest SLI profiles straight to your PC, so essential for SLI users imo.

I thought Nvidia UPDATE did that?

James J · 30 May 2013 at 19:38

Phixsator said:
I thought Nvidia UPDATE did that?

When geforce experience went live from beta, its all shifted over to that instead. Thats why its also included in drivers now.

cainer · 30 May 2013 at 19:40

Gregster said:
It is for lazy people who don't like to set their own settings

half the fun of getting a new games is playing with the settings

arc@css · 30 May 2013 at 19:41

cainer said:
half the fun of getting a new games is playing with the settings

+1

James J · 30 May 2013 at 19:44

cainer said:
half the fun of getting a new games is playing with the settings

Ha

Its not perfect by any means, as it thinks that my PC can't handle COD MW3 on max settings, yet has FC3 with 8xMSAA and ultra everything. Work that out.

OrWolf · 30 May 2013 at 21:05

It's a bit hit and miss with regard to detecting your installed games, but I like the concept of it overall. I decided to keep it and see if it improves...

AStaley · 30 May 2013 at 21:11

Think I will load it up and give it a spin. I was just going back through the Anandtech review for the 780 and must have skipped over the section about Geforce Experience.

Sounds like there are going to be some interesting developments for it later on, such as hardware assisted screen capture and remote play of games installed on your PC via their SHIELD console.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6973/nvidia-geforce-gtx-780-review/4

James J · 30 May 2013 at 21:26

Aye, that "shadowplay" component will also be a FRAPS killer.

esoteric · 30 May 2013 at 21:35

James J said:
Aye, that "shadowplay" component will also be a FRAPS killer.

I thought DxTory already killed FRAPS?

Gregster · 30 May 2013 at 21:37

James J said:
It also streams the latest SLI profiles straight to your PC, so essential for SLI users imo.

whyscotty said:
Didn't know that, thanks

Me neither. Might have to have another play and I do come in the lazy category

James J · 30 May 2013 at 22:02

esoteric said:
I thought DxTory already killed FRAPS?

It does, but shadowplay uses the GPU to actually record the video in a way that doesn't destroy performance at all. No other recorder is that good atm!