You must be aware of Nvidia, a company known for manufacturing powerful graphical processing units if you are a gamer. These processing units are even capable of playing the latest polygon-based games.
According to the collected data, Nvidia took 17.5% of the GPU market in 2017, taking out its rival, AMD, which had 14.4%. There are a lot of Nvidia GPUs in the hands of the gamers and also some in the hands of the thirsty crypto miners.
If you have any of Nvidia’s Geforce GTX graphic cards installed in your gaming setup, you must make sure that you download the Nvidia GeForce Experience desktop software. It isn’t a requirement for the smooth running of the game but the tools of the app are designed in such a manner that it would surely enhance your PC gaming experience.
Now let’s get into the Nvidia GeForce Experience.
1. Get 'Game Ready' Drivers
One of the most frustrating scenarios for PC gamers is when you purchase a new game and have to deal with crashes or below/sub-par performances. But Nvidia partners with the gaming companies even before the release of these high-profile games to prepare the Game Ready drivers. According to Nvidia, these drivers boost performances, fix bugs, and all in all, improve your experience of gaming.
GeForce Experience will notify you automatically when these Game Ready drivers are available. Then you can obtain them by clicking on Check for Updates and then install the drivers. Also, some of these Game Ready drivers are available even before the game is released, so you can start as soon as the game is released without any hindrance. For instance, the Game Ready drivers for Final Fantasy XV were released more than a week before the game was released.
2. Optimize Your Game Settings
If you care enough about the game to get a high-priced gaming rig with the Nvidia GPU, then you surely care about optimization too. GeForce Experience traces the system settings needed for the game you want to play just by tapping the power of Nvidia’s cloud data center.
GeForce Experience tests many computer hardware configurations, in doing this, so that the optimal balance of graphical pleasure and the system performance. 500+ games are supported.
Then let the optimization begin by clicking on the optimization icon, or just get into the Games selection and select Automatically Optimize Newly Added Games.
3. Explore ShadowPlay
It is Nvidia technology that will allow you to perform many video-based actions. You can use it to broadcast play sessions, share the videos of gameplay and screenshots, and enjoy an Instant Replay mode.
Plus, there is a relatively new feature called ShadowPlay Highlights which recognizes your best moments in the game, that could be a kill streak or defeating a tough opponent, and it automatically captures the video of that scene so that you can just focus on the action.
You can also connect your social media to it and keep tweaking the videos.
4. Grab In-Game Pics With Ansel
Ansel is a beta feature. It is the name of Nvidia’s in-game capture tool built in cooperation with the developers of games. Using this you can capture normal screenshots, rotate the view for the more dramatic free cam photos and also capture 360-degree images.
When you select Ansel’s High-Resolution option you can capture screenshots in “super-resolution”. The photos are incredibly detailed.
Nvidia Ansel is allowed only to gamers who have a GeForce GTX graphics card, 4GB RAM, and Windows 7 or higher operating systems installed in the PC they are using for gaming.
5. Bust a Visual Freestyle
Nvidia Freestyle is another beta feature that will let you apply the filters of Instagram and others to your game. You can change the video’s color or saturation, or apply an incredibly sexy HDR filter.
It is integrated into the supported games for better compatibility.
6. Play on TV With GameStream
Nvidia is famous for its powerful GPUs, but the company even has other game hardware under its name. For instance, the Nvidia Shield TV is a media player which can stream 4k videos to your TV screen and also to play PC games.
By having the Nvidia GeForce Experience software installed on a gaming PC you can easily stream the games on TV.
7. Check Your Specs
This one doesn’t directly add up to your gaming fun but you can truly judge your potential for gaming.
The “General” section of the Nvidia GeForce Experience app shows your rig's specifications. This might not be very exciting for you, but the cool thing is that the Nvidia GeForce Experience shows if your specifications match the minimum requirements of the Game optimization.
8. Join the Beta
If you want to get the best of the Nvidia GeForce Experience features, you need to sign up for the beta. You can do that by going to Settings and selecting Enable Experimental Features.
Now you can get access to the new features, and get the chance to shape their development by giving feedback.
