GeForce Experience (GFE) is a software that optimizes games based on our components. These profiles have been developed through different optimization processes combined with AI. However, this application offers little else, as it has barely received any improvements since its launch.
Some time ago, the company announced the NVIDIA App tool. It would be the replacement for GFE and, as far as I can tell, the name is temporary. The new software offers a few features, including an automatic overclocking function.
NVIDIA App Overclocks Your GPU
When the GFE tool was released, I was one of the first to install and use it. I found it to be a very interesting application for optimizing games in a simple way according to our configuration. However, this tool is obsolete when compared to the AMD Radeon Adenalin Edition program. This software from its competitor allows you to make many performance adjustments to the graphics card and the processor, as well as adjust the fan curve.
Out of curiosity, I installed the NVIDIA App, which by the way, forces you to do without GeForce Experience. I suppose it will replace it in the future and, I hope, they will give it a more interesting name. Maybe they will keep the name GFE by merging both applications.
Taking another look at the application, I went to the “System” section and noticed that there is an option called “Performance”. Here we see the following information:
- GPU frequency
- Graphic consumption
- Temperature of the same
- Voltage at which you are working
- VRAM working frequency
- GPU Usage
- CPU Usage
- Fan rotation speed
This is all very interesting data that allows us to better understand the status of the system. We can check its operation and see if there is any kind of problem.
I was struck by the “Auto-Tuning” option. What this option offers is “the best overclocking settings for your GPU and maintains that performance consistently.”
Activating this feature is as simple as flipping the switch. Once you flip it, a process begins that detects the configuration and starts a slow process that performs checks. I must say that this process took me about 40 minutes or so. And what was the result?
During this process, the GPU has been closed to 85 ºC for most of the time. Regarding consumption, this has been high, taking the GPU up to 45 watts, which is the maximum of the RTX 3060 Mobile in my laptop.
I have to say that the fans have been put to full load and I know this from ARMOURY CRATE, ASUS’ software. NVIDIA App does not tell me the fan speed, it shows me as N/A. This may be because I am using a laptop, not a desktop system with dedicated fans.
The result has been a extra 73 MHz for my GPU and the VRAM has not improved. Not bad considering I’m using a laptop. You might get a bigger improvement if you have a desktop with a good dual or triple fan heatsink. If you try it, let me know how it goes in the comments.
But, I had to disable this feature
After completing the process, I left the “Auto Adjust” option enabled. I thought that this extra performance in games would be interesting, getting some extra FPS. But, I found an unexpected problem.
I have a gaming laptop, specifically an ASUS TUF model with an RTX 3060 Mobile. For work and convenience, I use a 27-inch screen connected via HDMI to the laptop. I have the laptop’s own screen disabled and only use the external screen.
Initially everything was going well, but suddenly the screen went black for a second, as if it had turned off. This had never happened to me before and I thought it was a coincidence. Unfortunately, this has happened to me two more times, the last time it was 2-3 seconds.
So I decided to go into the app and disable the “Auto Adjust” feature. After turning this off, it didn’t happen again. I imagine it’s a very new feature within a software that is in Beta phase and needs polishing.