NVidia GeForce Game Ready/Gaming Experience- Install or Not- Thoughts?

[mackerel]

As far as I remember, GFE was one of the first to use direct cuda streaming/encoding, did it using very low resources compared to OBS, but it was also very light on what settings you could tweak for speed/quality which caused it to always be lacking in quality when directly compared, especially in games that had a lot of movement. I haven't used it in years, so honestly have no idea how much it has improved.

I never tried streaming directly from GFE and did use OBS when I used to do that.

Agreed, but I'm at the other side of the spectrum, I like the condom theory, "it's better to have and not need than to need and not have" for some things, I really like the wealth of options even if I end up not using them all, same as Handbrake for example. I haven't really found any other OSD that shows the same amount of info I want in-game, so I have to use RTSS even if it sometimes causes games to crash, Cyberpunk 2077 is a good example.

Why not both?

For photos, GFE/App is like my mobile phone. It takes good enough photos most of the time for non serious stuff. I'm not going to carry around my old DSLR all the time just in case it might be needed. But, if I know I'll be doing something serious, I'll get the DSLR out.

If I'm playing a game then I don't want any overlay at all. I might glance at fps counters if I feel something might be off, or if I'm still initially setting up settings balancing quality and perf. If I'm doing testing/benchmarking that's a different case and I will break out more serious monitoring as needed.

 

[Nebulous]

So you have use the DDU, rather than load the newest drives on top of the old? Make sense to me.

Yeah. I've been using the DDU to reinstall new drivers for a while. I had issues installing video drivers ontop of the olds ones. Since using DDU, I've never encountered issues since.

Everybody has their own method of installing drivers.

 

[Viper69]

Yeah. I've been using the DDU to reinstall new drivers for a while. I had issues installing video drivers ontop of the olds ones. Since using DDU, I've never encountered issues since.

I like it- will do! Thanks

 

[Nebulous]

I like it- will do! Thanks

I just did a clean install using DDU. Got the latest 561.09 . Again I only install the video drivers.

*Edit* So fresh and so clean clean

 

[mackerel]

You don't need to DDU every time. For most people, a straight update install on top is fine and using DDU as standard is just adding a load more unnecessary work. DDU is more a troubleshooting step if you think something is wrong. It has never helped me when the GPU didn't change, and the problems ended up elsewhere. It has helped when moving from one manufacturer to another, as the two can sometimes interact badly if the old one isn't cleaned.

 

[Nebulous]

You don't need to DDU every time. For most people, a straight update install on top is fine and using DDU as standard is just adding a load more unnecessary work. DDU is more a troubleshooting step if you think something is wrong. It has never helped me when the GPU didn't change, and the problems ended up elsewhere. It has helped when moving from one manufacturer to another, as the two can sometimes interact badly if the old one isn't cleaned.

The OP asked, and i just posted what I do. It's up to the OP to do what method works for him. An xtra step or 2 is not going to kill his rig. If anything it'll eliminate any issues that arise right off the bat.
Isn't that the goal here?

 

[mackerel]

The OP asked, and i just posted what I do. It's up to the OP to do what method works for him. An xtra step or 2 is not going to kill his rig. If anything it'll eliminate any issues that arise right off the bat.
Isn't that the goal here?

People can run their systems how they want, just wanted to make it clear that DDU is not the normal thing most people do every driver update. It is unlikely to do harm, but I would say it is not without some element of risk in itself since you are removing drivers. And if there is no general problem with updates, the additional steps have given no benefit.

 

[Nebulous]

Everything has a risk.
We can agree, to disagree.

 

[EarthDog]

I have to say, it has been a while since I used DDU. Back in the day, I'd use it when swapping from one camp to another, but if it's just a driver version update on the same card/systems, I haven't found it necessary in several years so I don't/haven't used it in ages.

That said, it's the first thing I'd do if I had trouble with a driver update. It's still a tool in the toolbox for me, but a lack of use over the last several years has it buried below others.

 

[Viper69]

Im doing driver updates only. I havern't tinkered with a vid card in a while!

Nvidia App implements G-Sync controls, multi-monitor RTX HDR, and driver rollback — GeForce Experience users will be migrated to the Nvidia App by the end of year

Is a new Nvidia driver giving you trouble? The Nvidia App now makes it easy to roll back to a previous driver.

www.tomshardware.com

W/that said, I saw this today. We were right, GFE gone VERY VERY soon. Will feature driver rollback, that's interesting. I HOPE the new app will actually be READY for use, and not some beta BS pushed out the door like vid games are done these past years.

 

[dfonda]

Everything has a risk.
We can agree, to disagree.

Disagreeing with Joe.... Now that's a risk

 

[dfonda]

So my issue with with Geforce experience was always the sign in. It looks like that will be optional now. That is a big deal. Not sure if I would use it , I don't install it currently.

 

[Viper69]

So my issue with with Geforce experience was always the sign in. It looks like that will be optional now. That is a big deal. Not sure if I would use it , I don't install it currently.

That was my issue too