djMot Posted June 20, 2013 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 98 Topic Count: 357 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 5257 Content Per Day: 1.07 Reputation: 11146 Achievement Points: 48948 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 114 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 22 hours ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Posted June 20, 2013 If you are one of the many who are in the NVIDIA graphics card camp, you may like this GeForce utility. It analyzes your system, advises you of driver updates, and - most of all - it checks your installed games, and where possible, not only suggests the optimal game settings, but actually makes them for you. Crysis 3 comes to mind. It's a very GPU intensive game with LOTS of settings making tweaking it a crap-shoot at best if you don't know what you're doing. The NVIDIA GeForce Experience program takes the guess work out of knowing the impact of each of those cryptic settings. When it's done adjusting your settings, you can be pretty much assured you're seeing the best possible result - the one that pushes things to the limit, but doesn't lag out the game with crappy frame rates. You'll get the best of all worlds. My Crysis 3 benefited immensely using the GeForce Experience. Not all games are covered. COD5 WAW for instance - not covered - but these days, just about anything can run that game comfortably without a lot of settings tweaks. But for contemporary games - the ones coming out right now, the NVIDIA GeForce Experience should have you covered. And remember, whenever you do an NVIDIA driver update, always perform a "Custom" install and select to perform a "clean install." Get the NVIDIA GeForce Experience here: http://www.geforce.com/geforce-experience Have Fun! spinpuppy, Evil-Monkey and Mule 3 Awards
CobraBites Posted June 20, 2013 Member ID: 2313 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 330 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4924 Content Per Day: 0.94 Reputation: 3034 Achievement Points: 33897 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 03/19/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 2, 2017 Birthday: 05/26/1974 Posted June 20, 2013 (edited) yea but their latest driver...i think its like 320.18,,,,bad driver...i installd that and my pc went nuts..had to roll back driver so make sure u guys dont download that driver... Edited June 20, 2013 by CobraBites
djMot Posted June 20, 2013 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 98 Topic Count: 357 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 5257 Content Per Day: 1.07 Reputation: 11146 Achievement Points: 48948 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 114 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 22 hours ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Author Posted June 20, 2013 What "went nuts" CB? I just installed it and it's working fine, although I haven't rebooted yet... *crosses fingers* You did do a "clean install" right? Awards
KaptCrunch Posted June 20, 2013 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 48 Topic Count: 372 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 5269 Content Per Day: 0.91 Reputation: 4532 Achievement Points: 42287 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 73 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 55 minutes ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Posted June 20, 2013 maybe he used NVidia on ATi 320.18 ok here Awards
BigPapaDean Posted June 20, 2013 Member ID: 1128 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1217 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6581 Content Per Day: 1.17 Reputation: 4445 Achievement Points: 63856 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: Wednesday at 09:48 AM Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Posted June 20, 2013 Thanks DJ Mot! It is rather interesting! Awards
Damage_inc- Posted June 20, 2013 Member ID: 2048 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 294 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 6689 Content Per Day: 1.26 Reputation: 4709 Achievement Points: 48999 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 12/15/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1967 Posted June 20, 2013 advanced system care works great too.check it out.it also has game booster and tons of usefull stuff...amazinger program then that one in my opinion Awards
CobraBites Posted June 20, 2013 Member ID: 2313 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 330 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4924 Content Per Day: 0.94 Reputation: 3034 Achievement Points: 33897 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 03/19/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 2, 2017 Birthday: 05/26/1974 Posted June 20, 2013 (edited) maybe he used NVidia on ATi 320.18 ok here im pc tech no i didnt do that i have nvidia 560 gtx....when i first installd it everything was ok....then whole pc was acting up after reboot....things loading slow...mouse cursor moved slow ...cursor kept changing itself... Edited June 20, 2013 by CobraBites
djMot Posted June 20, 2013 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 98 Topic Count: 357 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 5257 Content Per Day: 1.07 Reputation: 11146 Achievement Points: 48948 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 114 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 22 hours ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Author Posted June 20, 2013 maybe he used NVidia on ATi 320.18 ok here im pc tech no i didnt do that i have nvidia 560 gtx....when i first installd it everything was ok....then whole pc was acting up after reboot....things loading slow...mouse cursor moved slow ...cursor kept changing itself... Weird. None of that going on here. Rebooted over niight. *fingers crossed* The only problems I've had with NVIDA drivers is when I decided to take a walk on the wild side and install one of their betas. Won't go there again. But even in that case, it wasn't as bad as you describe. More like browser crashes with video stuff, or unexpected (but fully recovered) graphics driver crashes and restarts. Awards
djMot Posted June 20, 2013 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 98 Topic Count: 357 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 5257 Content Per Day: 1.07 Reputation: 11146 Achievement Points: 48948 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 114 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 22 hours ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Author Posted June 20, 2013 advanced system care works great too.check it out.it also has game booster and tons of usefull stuff...amazinger program then that one in my opinion Advanced System Care is a product of IOBit. I gave up on them quite some time ago for reasons I now do not recall. But when I walk away from a company/software, it's usually for good cause. I know there was something it was being really stupid about, and their tech support, although responsive enough, had no other suggestion other than wait on a new version. I see they have their "Razor Game Booster" available now, which is certainly new to me. However, the point of Game Booster is entirely different from the NVIDIA GeForce Experience. NGE looks at your system, looks at your games, and then actually adjusts the game to run as best it can, both for visual performance and gameplay performance. GB, on the other hand, looks to free resources not needed my the game and temporarily shuts them down. So for instance, GB might detect that you are running Skype in the system tray. Since you can't skype and play COD at the same time, it would suggest, and can be configured to shut Skype down before launching COD, or whatever game you're going to play. Once you exit the game, GB re-loads Skype for you so it's as if your system is as it was before you played the game. This is totally different from NGE which has absolutely nothing to do with optimizing your system for gameplay, but rather with optimizing the game to work as best it can with the hardware you are giving it to run on. Hope that distinction is clear. Awards
Sergeant Fist Posted June 20, 2013 Member ID: 4367 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 13 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 43 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 9 Achievement Points: 370 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/17/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 17, 2024 Birthday: 08/30/1981 Posted June 20, 2013 Well no offence intended guys, but I don't go for software like IOBits. I tried that advanced system care and didn't think much of it TBH. It just does things that I could already do myself. Why add another piece of bloatware to the system. Same goes for game boosters. All they tend to do is kill a few services, which again I can do myself and in a safer manner. I know which services that I can kill on my computer. Why let a piece of software decide with the possibility of it stopping the wrong service and causing problems. I'm sure there are some that do a few more optimisations than this but I don't feel that they are worth the trouble. If it helps you though, go for it. P.s. I also tried the Geforce Experience. Again, I didn't like it too much. I understand that it could be useful for someone who doesn't know, or doesn't want to bother with tinkering around with their graphics settings, but that's why we own PC's isn't it. To mess around with stuff like that. Otherwise I would just go and buy an Xbox or something. Just my 2 cents. Damage_inc- 1
Sergeant Fist Posted June 20, 2013 Member ID: 4367 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 13 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 43 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 9 Achievement Points: 370 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/17/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 17, 2024 Birthday: 08/30/1981 Posted June 20, 2013 Oh, and I've had no problems with Nvidia's latest drivers either.
djMot Posted June 21, 2013 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 98 Topic Count: 357 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 5257 Content Per Day: 1.07 Reputation: 11146 Achievement Points: 48948 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 114 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 22 hours ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Author Posted June 21, 2013 Well no offence intended guys, but I don't go for software like IOBits. I tried that advanced system care and didn't think much of it TBH. It just does things that I could already do myself. Why add another piece of bloatware to the system. Same goes for game boosters. All they tend to do is kill a few services, which again I can do myself and in a safer manner. I know which services that I can kill on my computer. Why let a piece of software decide with the possibility of it stopping the wrong service and causing problems. I'm sure there are some that do a few more optimisations than this but I don't feel that they are worth the trouble. If it helps you though, go for it. P.s. I also tried the Geforce Experience. Again, I didn't like it too much. I understand that it could be useful for someone who doesn't know, or doesn't want to bother with tinkering around with their graphics settings, but that's why we own PC's isn't it. To mess around with stuff like that. Otherwise I would just go and buy an Xbox or something. Just my 2 cents. I get what you're saying Fist, but with the GFE, you're experimentation time is cut down to nothing. With all the settings games like Crysis 3 has, you could spend days goofing around trying to find thee optimal settings, and still not feel confident you really hit the magic combination. That's where GFE comes in. It's already aware of the capabilities of the hardware in question, the requirements of the game, and the subtle interplay of settings. I had my Crysis 3 set to what I thought was going to be correct, but GFE set it up quite a bit differently and the visuals really came alive for me! Not to mention the fps were totally playable with no noticeable lag, something I really fought with initially. I'm an Idiot, but I ain't no dummy when it comes to a PC. That said, I'm very happy to let the GPU manufacturer recommend and set the optimum game settings for me. I mean who better to know, right? Sergeant Fist 1 Awards
Sergeant Fist Posted June 25, 2013 Member ID: 4367 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 13 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 43 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 9 Achievement Points: 370 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/17/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 17, 2024 Birthday: 08/30/1981 Posted June 25, 2013 Well no offence intended guys, but I don't go for software like IOBits. I tried that advanced system care and didn't think much of it TBH. It just does things that I could already do myself. Why add another piece of bloatware to the system. Same goes for game boosters. All they tend to do is kill a few services, which again I can do myself and in a safer manner. I know which services that I can kill on my computer. Why let a piece of software decide with the possibility of it stopping the wrong service and causing problems. I'm sure there are some that do a few more optimisations than this but I don't feel that they are worth the trouble. If it helps you though, go for it. P.s. I also tried the Geforce Experience. Again, I didn't like it too much. I understand that it could be useful for someone who doesn't know, or doesn't want to bother with tinkering around with their graphics settings, but that's why we own PC's isn't it. To mess around with stuff like that. Otherwise I would just go and buy an Xbox or something. Just my 2 cents. I get what you're saying Fist, but with the GFE, you're experimentation time is cut down to nothing. With all the settings games like Crysis 3 has, you could spend days goofing around trying to find thee optimal settings, and still not feel confident you really hit the magic combination. That's where GFE comes in. It's already aware of the capabilities of the hardware in question, the requirements of the game, and the subtle interplay of settings. I had my Crysis 3 set to what I thought was going to be correct, but GFE set it up quite a bit differently and the visuals really came alive for me! Not to mention the fps were totally playable with no noticeable lag, something I really fought with initially. I'm an Idiot, but I ain't no dummy when it comes to a PC. That said, I'm very happy to let the GPU manufacturer recommend and set the optimum game settings for me. I mean who better to know, right? Yeah, I can see where you are coming from man. It is quicker I suppose. But I like tinkering around myself anyway. Like I said before, if it works for you use it. I know you are not a dummy on the pc....I would never try to imply that. What's Crysis 3 like anyway? I enjoyed the first but not the second. The 3rd one any better?
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