Some time ago I downloaded the NVIDIA App software, which will eventually replace the GeForce Experience application. The truth is that I have not paid much attention to them, because like their predecessor, they are quite incomplete. But I have noticed that there is an option called “Performance” and I tested it, getting a little extra performance for my graphics card.
GeForce Experience (GFE, hereinafter) is a software that optimizes games based on our components. These profiles were developed through various optimization processes combined with AI. While this application doesn’t offer much else, it has received almost no improvements since its launch.
Some time ago, the NVIDIA App tool was announced by the company. It would replace GFE and the name seems temporary. The new software offers a few features, including an automatic overclocking function.
NVIDIA application should overclock your GPU
When the GFE tool came out, I was one of the first to install and use it. I found it to be a very interesting application to optimize games in a simple way according to our configuration. But this tool is obsolete if we compare it with the AMD Radeon Adenalin Edition program. This software from its competitor allows to make many adjustments to the performance of the graphics card and processor, as well as adjusting the fan curve.
Out of curiosity, I installed NVIDIA App, which also means I have to do without GeForce Experience. I guess it will replace it in the future and I hope they will give it a more interesting name. They still keep the GFE name by merging the two applications.
Looking at the app again, I went through the “System” section and inside I realized that there was an option called “Performance”. Here we see the following information:
- GPU Frequency
- Graphics consumption
- its temperature
- Voltage you are working at
- VRAM working frequency
- GPU Usage
- CPU Usage
- Fan rotation speed
This is all very interesting data that allows us to better see the state of the system. We can examine how it is working and see if there are any problems.
The “Auto-Tune” option caught my attention. What this option gives us is “the best overclocking settings for your GPU and maintains that performance on a regular basis.”
Enabling this feature is as simple as flipping the switch. Once we click on it, a process begins that detects the configuration and starts a slow process that performs checks. I have to say that this process took me about 40 minutes, more or less. And what was the result?
During this process, the GPU temperature was around 85 °C most of the time. As for the consumption, it was high, bringing the GPU up to 45 watts, which is the maximum of the RTX 3060 Mobile on my laptop.
I have to say that the fans were put to full load and I know this thanks to ARMORY CRATE, the ASUS software. The NVIDIA application does not tell me the fan speed, it shows as N/A. This may be because I am using a laptop and not a desktop system with dedicated fans.
The result was a 73 MHz extra for my GPU and VRAM were not improved. Not bad at all considering I’m using a laptop. Maybe you’ll 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 went in the comments.
But I had to turn this feature off
After the process was complete, I left the “Auto-adjust” option enabled. I thought that this extra performance in games would be interesting, getting some extra FPS. But I ran into an unexpected problem.
I have a gaming laptop, specifically an ASUS TUF model with an RTX 3060 Mobile. I use, for work and comfort, a 27-inch screen connected via HDMI to the laptop. I have the laptop’s own screen disabled and only use the external screen.
At first everything was fine, 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, it happened to me two more times, the last one lasted 2-3 seconds.
So I decided to go into the app and turn off the “Auto Fit” feature. After “turning it off” it didn’t happen to me anymore. I guess this is a brand new feature within a software that is in beta and needs to be polished.
