MSI Afterburner vs MSI gaming app vs NVIDIA GeForce Experience

[Judd Lehmkuhl]

I currently have all three installed, should I uninstall 2 to avoid possible conflicts ?

Which one is best and easiest to work with ?

Which would be better running one of the apps at system startup, or manually starting up the app I choose to use..

Is their any point in starting up "MSI live Update 6" & "MSI Network Genie" aswell ?

 

[Shamar Holtz]

They will not conflict unless you try to change your GPU setting on one then do it again on another program.

The best imo out of those is afterburner, but I now use Sapphire Trixx which is much better to use

Having the apps start up when your PC boots doesn't matter, that is up to you. OF course they will be easier and quicker to access but the goal is still the same in the end

Those 2 programs "Live update" and Network Genie aren't doing you any favors, delete them if you want.

 

[drtoast]

Geforce exp. isnt a clocking app its your video card driver, afterburner is and is great ( i like it 😉 ) they shouldnt even touch each other. Gaming app? dont know what it does offhand, cba to google it for you.

By the by, Geforce exp usually gets game settings right, oftern estimates slightly on the low side, but is useful for setting your monitor rrefresh rate as most games wont recognise it till geforce tells it.

 

[Judd Lehmkuhl]

They will not conflict unless you try to change your GPU setting on one then do it again on another program.

The best imo out of those is afterburner, but I now use Sapphire Trixx which is much better to use

Having the apps start up when your PC boots doesn't matter, that is up to you. OF course they will be easier and quicker to access but the goal is still the same in the end

Those 2 programs "Live update" and Network Genie aren't doing you any favors, delete them if you want.

Thanks Shamar Holtz, quick follow up , the Geforce exp is it required to run ? any issues if i disable it and only run it when looking for new drivers ?

 

[Shamar Holtz]

No it is not required to run but it is better to let it run. It records and optimizes your games for you as well as search for updates, It would be a good idea to keep it.

It is like AMD's Gaming Evolved App

 

[Ala Al-Barazanji]

Fact's about the 3 applications you are referring 2.:

MSI afterburner is: "most recognized and widely used graphics card overclocking utility which gives you full control of your graphics cards. It also provides an incredibly detailed overview of your hardware and comes with some additional features such as customizing fan profiles, benchmarking and video recording. MSI Afterburner is available completely free of charge and can be used with graphics cards from all brands". - -Source MSI website.

MSI Gaming app is: "features three predefined profiles, allowing you to customize your MSI GAMING graphics card’s performance with a single click. As you would expect from a gaming product, all MSI GAMING graphics cards are in Gaming Mode and ready for action out of the box. By using the MSI Gaming App however, you gain access to a high performance OC Mode profile for more demanding gaming sessions and Silent Mode for quiet performance during light use."
-source MSI website.

GeForce Experience is: the companion application to your GeForce graphics card. It keeps your drivers up to date, it automatically optimizes your game settings, and it's the easiest way to capture gameplay video or stream to twitch.
-Source Geforce website:

Geforce Experience is something you actually need for your nvidia card, it optional but making your card much more fun to use with the features.

 

[Darkbreeze]

I believe Ala Al-Baranzanji meant to say was


"Geforce experience is NOT something you actually need for your NVidia card and that it is OPTIONAL but makes your card much more fun to work with."


I've run plenty of cards on client rigs, and my own, without installing Geforce Experience. All you NEED to use is the driver package available from the NVidia website here:

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

And whatever tweaking utility you see fit to use, whether it be Afterburner or another utility. Also, those features that "capture gameplay or stream to twitch", also eat up resources from the system as well. So if you don't have a fast chip, enough RAM and a big card, you might not want them running at all or you may find yourself having some slight to moderately lower performance characteristics. If you've got enough juice to game and record/stream without it having an effect on your gaming performance, then by all means go for it.


Personally, I prefer to update drivers manually anyhow, by running the DDU (Display driver uninstaller) prior to installing a new version and then installing the newer driver if I choose to. I also don't stream or record so I have no need for the Geforce Experience hampering my system performance. Your needs may be different and using it might be desirable.

BTW, welcome back Ala Al-Barazanji after what looks to be a two year vacation from Tom's.