GeForce Experience, consensus?

[Chilli_40]

I am curious as to what's the general consensus on using the Nvidia GeForce Experience? I read mixed reviews on it, some good some saying it drags down the GPU. Does it remove old drivers before installing new ones, or do you need to DDU? Thanks for any advice.

[LukeFF]

It works great, and no, it doesn't drag down the GPU. No need to uninstall old drivers before installing new ones. It also works great for taking screenshots and videos. 

[BladeMeister]

17 hours ago, LukeFF said:

It works great, and no, it doesn't drag down the GPU. No need to uninstall old drivers before installing new ones. It also works great for taking screenshots and videos. 

This. Some swear by using a driver cleaner before installing new drivers with Nvidia cards, but honestly, I have never used one and agree with LukeFF, there is no need to as far as I can see. YMMV.

 

EDIT: I Do manual driver installation after manually downloading the driver I want to install, not thorough GFE.

 

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Edited January 22, 2022 by BladeMeister

[Props]

I keep Geforce Experience around mainly for the GPU Performance overlay - it's easy to setup, toggle, and displays most of the info I need when I want to check on how my GPU is doing in sim. I would use MSI Afterburner's overlay because I use it to setup and conduct my undervolting, but the overlay setup is cumbersome to setup. I would love to find one overlay that covered everything like VRM, CPU, M.2 ssds, and GPU temperatures as an all in one package but that can be mobo centric and I haven't found a "one size fits all" package for that. MSI Afterburner supposedly supplies most of it, but I can't seem to add the CPU info to the overlay for some reason. The fewer background services running the better. That being said I have not noticed any effect on my FPS with both Experience and Afterburner running minimized while I fly. I also use ASUS AI Tweaker to control my fan speeds, Afterburner to control my GPU fan speeds.

 

I usually download the new driver packages directly from Nvidia and install, sometimes doing a clean install rather than going through Geforce Experience, though I have done it that way too on occasion. So far I have had no issues when I upgrade the drivers regardless of which method I use, so I don't think of Geforce Experience as a bad thing though it doesn't have a lot to offer in helping IL-2 run better. If I could find a good all in one package as mentioned above I'd probably dump it to keep my PC clean, but it isn't a big deal for now.   

[dburne]

I myself have always just stayed away from it.  I can update my drivers just downloading the driver without having to do a clean install, though I do a clean install once or twice a year.

[II/JG17_HerrMurf]

Experience used to work fine for me but now it always seems to hang up. I just download drivers the old way now and have had zero problems.

[kissTheSky]

2 hours ago, dburne said:

I myself have always just stayed away from it.  I can update my drivers just downloading the driver without having to do a clean install, though I do a clean install once or twice a year.

Me too. Never installed it to begin with hence don’t know if I’m missing anything or not.
 

I keep the computer lean, with no background apps running, not even afterburner nor precision-x are installed. One exception is the SRS for IL-2, but since I only play single player it only ran twice in the background. I know I know, I’ll be yelling at kids to get off my lawn very soon. 

[Chilli_40]

Thank you all, for sharing your experiences appreciate your input.