Works every time.

Outrage over requiring a login to use optional features of an already optional piece of software? Really? Don't we have better things to get pissed about these days? Nothing about this prevents you from using the graphics card or any of its features and capabilities, its just the features and capabilities of GFE that are behind a login barrier and there are plenty of alternatives to GFE that can do all the same things, usually better and without a login.

Frankly, it's only really useful or necessary if you already have additional Nvidia devices, like a SHIELD tablet, and plan to do things like stream to it. Without GFE, you can't stream games to the tablet or use the tablet's gamepad on your PC. All the other features of GFE, like driver updates and such, are just "ease of use" features for people not terribly familiar with PC gaming in the first place. For the vast majority of people, its a waste of time and processor cycles.

i don't give a damn fuck about that geforce experience crap, only a waste on resources

Because you probably did. I know I read this somewhere else (Maybe even on GoG.) sometime in the summer.

This is being blown out of proportion if you still don't need an account to download drivers. It's just another thing for the DRM haters to use as an exuse cut their nose of to spite their face and refuse to use yet another product. If you want to play/use something, play/use it.

Now the thing is, I do understand that if you don't use the Experience program, you only get drivers on a quarterly basis. THAT is something to complain about.

You misunderstood. All drivers can still be searched for and downloaded from the Nvidia website manually. The quarterly releases are just the WHQL drivers that they put up on Windows Update. Basically, without GFE the only drivers you can get automatically are the quarterly drivers, but you can still manually get what you need.

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No, I heard that wrong. The "GPU's features" works as intended with or without Experience.

If you want a software that does other things, then it is another matter.

That thought occurred to me. It's completely separate from the actual GPU drivers and doesn't do anything truly important, does it?

Depends on whether or not you consider "game ready" drivers important. I sure as hell don't. lol

It sounds like the same bullshit razer tried on. It's ridiculous that people are supporting attempts forcing people to sign up to this.

I deleted Geforce Experience long ago because sometimes it would hang or crash. I just install the drivers I need the old way. Everyone else should do the same after this announcment. I will still continue to buy Nvidia, but I won't ever install that software again, esp. after finding out about this.

Nvidia being Nvidia as I see it.

It's the almost monthly updates with drivers that are optimized for the newest games being released. If you don't care about getting weekly updates and just want to update yourself whenever, then no, it's not important at all.

When you look at the state that games are being released in nowadays, How likely is it that someone will release optimized drivers on launch day? lol