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Should I use GeForce expirence or manually download NVIDIA drivers?

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Should I use GeForce expirence or manually download NVIDIA drivers? Or is their another way to auto update your drivers?

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15 minutes ago, PastryRace said:

Should I use GeForce expirence or manually download NVIDIA drivers? Or is their another way to auto update your drivers?

I find the GFE software way too bloated and intrusive. These days I simply download the driver and skip the bloat

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I consider avoiding downloading or installing GeForce experience to be the most difficult and annoying part of driver updates.  Less annoying than having it load and having to use that astoundingly broken interface.

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The question is; 'Do I need Geforce?'

The Answer is; No

 

But is it handy to have it? Yes and here is why.

  1. It will keep track on the latest versions of NVIDIA drivers and will let you know when one is released
  2. Geforce can help you set the graphics for the game that your system can handle (sometimes it set it a bit to high the game settings) and you can toggle it down with the tool when you click on the game in Geforce
  3. If you're into content creation you may like to use NVIDIA's game capturing tools or not

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10 minutes ago, Relph84 said:

The question is; 'Do I need Geforce?'

The Answer is; No

 

But is it handy to have it? Yes and here is why.

  1. It will keep track on the latest versions of NVIDIA drivers and will let you know when one is released
  2. Geforce can help you set the graphics for the game that your system can handle (sometimes it set it a bit to high the game settings) and you can toggle it down with the tool when you click on the game in Geforce
  3. If you're into content creation you may like to use NVIDIA's game capturing tools or not

Oh, it would be fantastic if it could be made to function reliably.

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17 hours ago, Radium_Angel said:

I find the GFE software way too bloated and intrusive. These days I simply download the driver and skip the bloat

How so?

 

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3 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

Oh, it would be fantastic if it could be made to function reliably.

Never had an issue once over 3 years with 100 Pcs built...

GFE I have heard horror stories but I build twice or so a week and maybe years ago but today it's not unreliable on many new updated systems.

 

Not saying it doesn't happen, but you are an outlier not a norm here...

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5 minutes ago, SkilledRebuilds said:

Never had an issue once over 3 years with 100 Pcs built...

GFE I have heard horror stories but I build twice or so a week and maybe years ago but today it's not unreliable on many new updated systems.

 

Not saying it doesn't happen, but you are an outlier not a norm here...

That could be.  My hardware is not new.  So old in fact that the new driver for my gpu turns my monitor off before Windows even loads.  I’ve got to roll back the driver to something that works but I can’t see my system to do it.  It’s not even windows specific.  Ubuntu live cd did it to me too.  I may have to dig through my crud to find an old AMD card just so I can fix my Nvidia stuff.

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17 minutes ago, SkilledRebuilds said:

Never had an issue once over 3 years with 100 Pcs built...

GFE I have heard horror stories but I build twice or so a week and maybe years ago but today it's not unreliable on many new updated systems.

 

Not saying it doesn't happen, but you are an outlier not a norm here...

The need for an account to use it is absolutely ridiculous, and annoys me a lot because there's no good reason for it. Other than that though, I don't think there's anything objectively wrong with it.

 

The recommended settings are usually really crappy in my experience, but that mostly comes down to if you prefer high frame rate.

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You don't need to update drivers overall if you aren't having issues.

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5 hours ago, SkilledRebuilds said:

How so?

 

Well for starters, you have to have or create an account to use.

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'nuff said

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