News New 'Nvidia App' unifies GeForce Experience and ancient Control Panel — currently in beta, but for how long?

[Admin]

Nvidia has unveiled a its new 'Nvidia App' that's set to replace both the Nvidia Control Panel and GeForce Experience with a unified UI. It's currently in beta form and coexists with the old interfaces, but presumably those will be discontinued at some point in the future.

New 'Nvidia App' unifies GeForce Experience and ancient Control Panel — currently in beta, but for how long? : Read more

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

And no, it's not getting rid of the need to log in with an Nvidia account

That's NOT true, and is kind of misleading. Account log-in isn't mandatory.

https://www.techpowerup.com/319455/nvidia-app-doesnt-need-a-login-unlike-geforce-experience

I just installed the app on my RTX 4060 rig, and it works flawlessly without the need for a log-in.

 

[sitehostplus]

Considering how things are progressing with the 5000 series of GPU's, I'd give it 5 years. 😁

 

[JarredWaltonGPU]

That's NOT true, and is kind of misleading. Account log-in isn't mandatory.

https://www.techpowerup.com/319455/nvidia-app-doesnt-need-a-login-unlike-geforce-experience

I just installed the app on my RTX 4060 rig, and it works flawlessly without the need for a log-in.

One of our guys tried it and got a message saying he needed to log in for full features. I'm not sure... I'll go check.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

No, it s doesn't prompt you to log-in. The option is there of course, and after doing so, I see no difference between being logged in and not. Everything works either way.

 

[JarredWaltonGPU]

No, it s doesn't prompt you to log-in. The option is there of course, and after doing so, I see no difference between being logged in and not. Everything works either way.

Yeah, I've edited. It will prompt you and suggest you log in, and if you want to redeem a reward you need to be logged in. AFAICT, rewards is the only thing to require it.

Also: You log in via a web browser rather than staying within the app, which is annoying to me.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

You log in via a web browser rather than staying within the app, which is annoying to me.

Yeah, me too. It seems just an extra step for nothing.

Edit: Actually I do notice the redeem thing being available when logged in. My bad. There is a difference after all. Just one not worth the hassle!

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

First Impressions: It's a nice change. I like the in -game overlay design. At first glance most of the functionality is the same, but is very clunky when viewing in game. Not very smooth. The new performance overlay though is a big step back IMO. Kind of gaudy looking. Overall, needs some polish and more user friendliness.

 

[milleron]

One of the real annoying aspects of the old Control Panel is the need to re-enter all non-default settings every time you upgrade the driver. Can anyone tell if this new app retains settings after driver upgrades?

 

[abufrejoval]

That's terrible news!

First of all: that control panel shouldn't exist at all: whatever needs to be configured about these cards, should be configurable using the standard configuration mechanisms of the OS.

So either M$ or N% haven't done their job or both: fix this instead!

That said I rarely ever need to venture into the N% control panel, and if I do, it's rarely because I want to, but because I have to, e.g. because connecting a VR headset or temporary screen messed up all the carefully arranged desktop settings...

• for each of the currently eight N% equipped systems I manage around the home
• some of which run alternating both Windows and Linux
• some of which run the above sometimes on bare metal
• but also sometimes on VMs with GPU pass-through

so there is just a lot of OS instances and screen setups to manage.

Some systems are used more by my kids, who try to squeeze every ounce of performance from their rigs and thus run the Experience stuff. But when daddy has to fix things they broke, I only ever do that up to the control panel: if that works (which means they can get their homework done), I can leave them with their tuning and modding to their heart's content.

In other words: there is real value in that separation between the essential and the entertainment part: do not mix the two!

And then UI design is just terrible these days. Everybody strives to establish their own brand, feel color scheme, skinning etc. while eternal values such as SAA inherited from the good old days of OS/2 and Cobol are sacrificed without remorse.

Today I know where to go and fix things pretty much blindly, because I've use the N% control panel for as long as I've had their GPUs. And that is not just a good thing, it's a great thing! There is real value in things being extremely boring and monotone, e.g. like controls in a car.

Sticks shifts used to have individual shift patterns, lights, turning signals and the horn very different in French cars etc. which can be downright fatal if you're trying to advise a careless pedestrian that even a Citroen SM isn't going to stop within 5m.

That's long past and nearly everbody but that "chief hallucinator", who thought cars should autonomously drive as well as he accomodates the views of others, had adapted to a sensible and pretty near global default.

Disruption literally means breaking things beyond fixable: one of the worst ideas ever!

 

[iSoLateD1]

I get lower FPS in games with the new drivers and the new Nvidia app. On my 4070 super/Ryzen 5800x I went from 172 fps maxed to 150. Anyone know how to fix?

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

First of all: that control panel shouldn't exist at all: whatever needs to be configured about these cards, should be configurable using the standard configuration mechanisms of the OS.

Sadly, that's not enough. And no offence or anything, but I wouldn't like a Windows control mechanism in place of the NVCP or this new version. That's like opening up pandoras box, in terms of how much MS can mees up my system. No thanks.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

I get lower FPS in games with the new drivers and the new Nvidia app. On my 4070 super/Ryzen 5800x I went from 172 fps maxed to 150. Anyone know how to fix?

Uninstall the app, use NVCP, and see if the FPS come back. It's possible that it cuts FPS, but until someone has tested the bejaysus out of it, it may just be coincidental. By any chance did you optimize games with it? Because that could certainly change your FPS. The Optimize even in GeForce Experience had a way of butchering FPS. Could be that!

 

[megamanxtreme]

Can someone disconnect from the internet and then load up a game to see if it works in-game? Asking for Freestyle mainly.

 

[ekio]

It does NOT replace the control panel.
It does what GeForce experience does, but control panel settings are not included at all.
There is even a link inside the app to run it..

Useless basically.

 

[JarredWaltonGPU]

It does NOT replace the control panel.
It does what GeForce experience does, but control panel settings are not included at all.
There is even a link inside the app to run it..

Useless basically.

This does not replace the control panel right now, but that is the ultimate goal. It's in beta, it might be there for months or even a year, but Nvidia intends to migrate all settings to the new Nvidia App eventually, at which point GeForce Experience and the Nvidia Control Panel will both go away.