NVIDIA GeForce Experience

How to use Nvidia's powerful game customization software

Nvidia GeForce Experience is a versatile (and convenient) piece of software that can help you with a variety of tasks. NVIDIA GeForce Experience - The software has advanced so much in recent years, not just in terms of its general user interface, but also in terms of the variety of what it can do, that it's now one of the best resources you can use if your PC has an Nvidia graphics card.

You probably already have the GeForce Experience on your device, as it's usually installed when you first download drivers for your Nvidia GPU. But now is the time to put it to use. You can rely on the GeForce Experience to do it all, if you just want a frame rate counter in the top left corner of your screen, a place to download new drivers when they're published, or to record your gameplay.

We've put together a quick guide for you so you can figure out how to get the most out of the GeForce Experience. If your drivers didn't come with it, we'll even guide you to where you can get it. Before we get started, keep in mind that this programmed is only compatible with Nvidia GPUs, so if you have Radeon graphics, you're out of luck. How to download GeForce Experience

Don't worry if your graphics driver didn't come with Nvidia's GeForce Experience: you can manually update it. Simply go to the Nvidia GeForce Experience page and press the 'Download Now' button. If it's finished downloading, run the GeForce Experience.exe file to begin the installation process. After you've installed the software, you'll need to either build an Nvidia account or log in with one you already have. If you don't have an account, you can easily create one by signing in with Facebook or Google.

When you're done, a dialogue box will appear, asking you to take a tour. If this is your first time using GeForce Experience, we strongly advise you to go through it to become acquainted with the software's many features. It isn't, however, completely necessary. You can skip this section if you don't have time. How to install graphics drivers with GeForce Experience

New graphics drivers are still only a couple of clicks away from the GeForce Experience. For major game launches, Nvidia will release new graphics drivers every couple of weeks, so it's a good idea to check in periodically to make sure your drivers are up to date. It's very easy to do this with GeForce Experience. Simply launch the application, navigate to the 'Drivers' tab, and press the "check for updates" button. Normally, GeForce Experience will search for new updates automatically, but it's never a bad idea to double-check.

You'll see a warning at the top of the screen if your graphics driver is up to date. If you don't, you'll see a message with a big green 'Download' button next to it that mentions the new driver. You simply need to select that and wait for the driver to download. Following the completion of the driver update, two additional buttons will appear: "Express Installation" and "Custom Installation." The "Express Installation" is recommended for most users. Depending on your hardware, installing your driver can take a few minutes, and you may need to restart your computer once it's done. After that, you've successfully modified the driver for your graphics card. How to optimize your games with GeForce Experience

The ability to download drivers from GeForce Experience is more than enough for us to keep the software installed at all times. If you need another excuse, there's another standout function you'll love: game optimization. With GeForce Experience, you can easily customize your games with a single button

press. This ensures you can get the highest output and visual quality without wasting an hour fiddling with graphics settings.

The best part is that when you open GeForce Experience, it will automatically search your computer for installed PC games and add new games to your collection. You can also do a manual search by clicking the three vertical dots in the top right-hand corner and choosing "Scan for games" if you don't want to wait until the next time you open GeForce Experience. Simply hover your mouse over the game you want to optimize in your GeForce Experience game library and pick "Information." You'll find all of the in-game settings here, along with their current values and the suggested values for each. Simply click the "Optimize" button to quickly and easily optimize the game. It will then adjust all of the settings to the software's recommended values automatically. By clicking the little wrench icon and selecting your resolution, display mode, and location on the quality/performance slider, you can further fine-tune how these settings are configured. If you don't have time to do all of this, simply press the three vertical dots in the top right corner of the library screen and pick "Optimize all games" to have it done for you. Isn't it pretty cool?

How to use GeForce Experience to record your gameplay

GeForce Experience will record an entire gameplay walkthrough or even just catch the killstreak you just achieved. If you're in-game, simply press the GeForce Experience hotkey – by default, Alt+Z – to bring up the GeForce Experience overlay. After you've done that, you'll see a number of choices appear. When you press a specific hotkey, Nvidia ShadowPlay will record the last few minutes of gameplay. You can customize Instant Replay by adjusting the amount of time it captures, the video quality, resolution, frame rate, and bitrate in the settings. Most of the settings should be left alone, with the exception of the amount of time recorded. If you want to save a clip from your game, simply press Alt+F10, and it will be saved to the gallery. If you want to manually record your gameplay, GeForce Experience allows you to do so as well. You can start recording by simply clicking the record option in the GeForce Experience overlay. You can also use Alt+F9 without going into the overlay if you only want to use a hotkey without going into the overlay.

NVIDIA GeForce Experience

How to use Nvidia's powerful game customization software

Nvidia GeForce Experience is a versatile (and convenient) piece of software that can help you with a variety of tasks.

NVIDIA GeForce Experience - The software has advanced so much in recent years, not just in terms of its general user interface, but also in terms of the variety of what it can do, that it's now one of the best resources you can use if your PC has an Nvidia graphics card.

You probably already have the GeForce Experience on your device, as it's usually installed when you first download drivers for your Nvidia GPU. But now is the time to put it to use. You can rely on the GeForce Experience to do it all, if you just want a frame rate counter in the top left corner of your screen, a place to download new drivers when they're published, or to record your gameplay.

We've put together a quick guide for you so you can figure out how to get the most out of the GeForce Experience. If your drivers didn't come with it, we'll even guide you to where you can get it. Before we get started, keep in mind that this programmed is only compatible with Nvidia GPUs, so if you have Radeon graphics, you're out of luck.

How to download GeForce Experience

Don't worry if your graphics driver didn't come with Nvidia's GeForce Experience: you can manually update it. Simply go to the Nvidia GeForce Experience page and press the 'Download Now' button.

If it's finished downloading, run the GeForce Experience.exe file to begin the installation process. After you've installed the software, you'll need to either build an Nvidia account or log in with one you already have. If you don't have an account, you can easily create one by signing in with Facebook or Google.

When you're done, a dialogue box will appear, asking you to take a tour. If this is your first time using GeForce Experience, we strongly advise you to go through it to become acquainted with the software's many features. It isn't, however, completely necessary. You can skip this section if you don't have time.

How to install graphics drivers with GeForce Experience

New graphics drivers are still only a couple of clicks away from the GeForce Experience. For major game launches, Nvidia will release new graphics drivers every couple of weeks, so it's a good idea to check in periodically to make sure your drivers are up to date.

It's very easy to do this with GeForce Experience. Simply launch the application, navigate to the 'Drivers' tab, and press the "check for updates" button. Normally, GeForce Experience will search for new updates automatically, but it's never a bad idea to double-check.

You'll see a warning at the top of the screen if your graphics driver is up to date. If you don't, you'll see a message with a big green 'Download' button next to it that mentions the new driver. You simply need to select that and wait for the driver to download. Following the completion of the driver update, two additional buttons will appear: "Express Installation" and "Custom Installation." The "Express Installation" is recommended for most users.

Depending on your hardware, installing your driver can take a few minutes, and you may need to restart your computer once it's done. After that, you've successfully modified the driver for your graphics card.

The ability to download drivers from GeForce Experience is more than enough for us to keep the software installed at all times. If you need another excuse, there's another standout function you'll love: game optimization. With GeForce Experience, you can easily customize your games with a single button

How to optimize your games with GeForce Experience

press. This ensures you can get the highest output and visual quality without wasting an hour fiddling with graphics settings.

The best part is that when you open GeForce Experience, it will automatically search your computer for installed PC games and add new games to your collection. You can also do a manual search by clicking the three vertical dots in the top right-hand corner and choosing "Scan for games" if you don't want to wait until the next time you open GeForce Experience.

Simply hover your mouse over the game you want to optimize in your GeForce Experience game library and pick "Information." You'll find all of the in-game settings here, along with their current values and the suggested values for each. Simply click the "Optimize" button to quickly and easily optimize the game. It will then adjust all of the settings to the software's recommended values automatically.

By clicking the little wrench icon and selecting your resolution, display mode, and location on the quality/performance slider, you can further fine-tune how these settings are configured.

If you don't have time to do all of this, simply press the three vertical dots in the top right corner of the library screen and pick "Optimize all games" to have it done for you. Isn't it pretty cool?

How to use GeForce Experience to record your gameplay

GeForce Experience will record an entire gameplay walkthrough or even just catch the killstreak you just achieved.

If you're in-game, simply press the GeForce Experience hotkey – by default, Alt+Z – to bring up the GeForce Experience overlay. After you've done that, you'll see a number of choices appear.

When you press a specific hotkey, Nvidia ShadowPlay will record the last few minutes of gameplay. You can customize Instant Replay by adjusting the amount of time it captures, the video quality, resolution, frame rate, and bitrate in the settings. Most of the settings should be left alone, with the exception of the amount of time recorded. If you want to save a clip from your game, simply press Alt+F10, and it will be saved to the gallery.

If you want to manually record your gameplay, GeForce Experience allows you to do so as well. You can start recording by simply clicking the record option in the GeForce Experience overlay. You can also use Alt+F9 without going into the overlay if you only want to use a hotkey without going into the overlay.