A Beginner's Guide to GeForce Experience for Better Gameplay

NVIDIA GeForce Experience is a software package that includes NVIDIA graphics card drivers. Technically, you don't even need GeForce Experience; in fact, some users go to great lengths to install only the driver rather than the whole suite. However, due to the many functions available, we strongly advise most customers to install GeForce Experience. So let's have a look at how to set it up and utilize those interesting added capabilities, as well as some frequently asked questions.

How to Get GeForce Experience and Install It:

It's time to launch the installer once you've downloaded the setup program. Install the installer by double-clicking it, just like any other Windows program.

Before you can use GeForce Experience once it has been installed, you must first sign into it. If you don't already have one, you may use a social media login instead of an NVIDIA account.

When you first sign in, you'll be taken to the Home Screen, where a pop-up will give you a tour and the option to have games automatically optimized as you install them. We suggest unchecking this option and skipping the term for the time being. Then, if you feel like you've missed anything, you can always come back to it later.

What Does GeForce Experience Include?

The Game Optimization function on the Home Screen, the Driver Update tool on the Drivers Screen and the NVIDIA Share overlay for capturing and recording games are the three main pillars of GeForce Experience.

Before we get into the extras, let's talk about why you should buy GeForce Experience in the first place: simple driver updates.

When a new driver becomes available, you will be alerted instantly on the Drivers screen. You may also adjust the settings to have driver updates downloaded automatically; however, this isn't recommended if your connection is bandwidth-constrained or latency-sensitive.

How Does GeForce Experience Help You Play Better Games?

To optimize a specific game, go to the Home screen and choose the game you want to improve. I'm going to use Doom Eternal for this lesson.

When you choose a game on GeForce Experience, the first thing you'll notice is that you'll be shown a slideshow of various in-game photos showcasing and discussing distinct graphical effects.

You'll notice a list of both your current in-game settings and NVIDIA's suggested settings below this screen:

• Quality of the decals

• Field of view

• Anti-aliasing for depth of field

• Occlusion is one direction alone

• Mode of display

• Geometric excellence

• Lights of excellent quality

• The quality of the particles

• quality of reflections

• Resolution

• Scale of resolution

• Scaling mode for resolution

• FPS goal for resolution scaling

• Quality of the shadows

• Quality of texture filtering

• Size of the texture pool

• Quality of volumetrics

• the state of the water

These settings are a tad aggressive by default on my GTX 1070. While my machine can run Doom Eternal at NVIDIA's suggested settings and 60 frames per second, I'm using a 144 Hz display and need a little more. You may change the curve that balances GeForce Experience by clicking the Wrench icon.

You'll see that more of my settings already match NVIDIA's suggestions if you look at them. NVIDIA, on the other hand, is a little excessive with a few scenes here, pushing Ultra Nightmare and adding a lot of GPU use where it isn't required. Most of the settings moved to Ultra Nightmare don't cause too much stress; however, Volumetrics Quality should never be on Ultra Nightmare in a performance configuration.

In GeForce Experience, how can I get access to NVIDIA Share?

You may toggle each of these features and modify their settings from here pretty much at will, as long as they aren't activated at the moment (for example, you can't alter Instant Replay settings while it's own since it's still recording).

If you need any special options, click the gear symbol to access them. Most users won't need to go into NVIDIA Share's advanced settings, but a few hidden gems are in the options menu.

"Privacy Control" and "Audio" are the two key items I suggest adjusting.

If you're on a desktop, "Privacy Control" will enable Instant Replay and Recording to operate on your desktop as well, making it less likely that you'll be interrupted by alt-tabbing out of the game.

However, if you're using a desktop or laptop, you'll want to go into "Audio" to divide your audio tracks.

GeForce Experience :

It may be time to make a complete reinstall if you're having problems with GeForce Experience, such as crashes or other difficulties that are hurting your gaming.

If your problems seem to be small and you want to start again, go back to the beginning of the setup procedure and choose "Perform a clean installation."

If you're still having problems after a fresh install, you may need to take a step further. First, you'll need to download Display Driver Uninstaller in this case. Then, reboot into Safe Mode after making sure DDU and your driver installs executable is in an easy-to-find location in your files (even your desktop will suffice).

DDU should be run first, followed by installing your new driver and a restart of Windows. If you're still having problems after this, you're probably dealing with either a graphics card problem or a problem elsewhere in your system.

Most Commonly Asked Questions:

1. Do I need to download NVIDIA drivers using GeForce Experience?

Don't worry if you don't want to utilize GeForce Experience. NVIDIA Graphics Drivers are still available (and recommended).

2. Is GeForce Experience available for free?

Yes, but not with the NVIDIA graphics card necessary to utilize it.

3. Is GeForce Experience compatible with laptops?

It will work as long as the laptop in question has an NVIDIA graphics card.

4. Does GeForce Experience support all games?

No, although the bulk of current indie games that aren't obscure is. Furthermore, if a game is supported by GeForce Experience, you'll be able to apply optimal settings regardless of where you purchased it (Steam, Origin, GOG).

However, GeForce Experience does not support Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft Store, or other UWP-based titles. Non-Microsoft platform games, on the other hand, almost always function!

Don't be concerned with improving graphical settings in such games on your own. In supported games, the locations you've seen and tweaked in GeForce Experience will be comparable to or identical to those in non-supported titles. If you're having trouble with performance, start by turning off anti-aliasing and motion blur and selecting a medium graphics preset.

5. What is the difference between NVIDIA Control Panel and GeForce Experience?

When you right-click the NVIDIA icon on your taskbar, you'll see that instead of simply GeForce Experience, you'll have two alternatives.

NVIDIA Control Panel is similar to GeForce Experience, except it is a native element of the NVIDIA graphics driver, unlike GeForce Experience. So even if you could avoid installing the NVIDIA Control Panel, you probably wouldn't want to.

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