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Improve GeForce GTX series performance with a handy tweak
Okay, if you are like myself and you don't even install GeForce Experience then you can skip this all-together. However if you do have GeForce Experience installed with the NVIDIA Streaming enabled and if you are not using that feature, you might want to disable it.
First credit where credit is due, TPU picked up on this story who spotted this tweak at Reddit. On Reddit a user called PC Master Race noticed he could tweak performance by disabling the 'NVIDIA Streaming' Windows service. In fact that feature apparently eats up 3 to 5% of your framerate when activated. Here's the kicker, if GeForce Experience is installed, it will automatically enable itself.
Now I dunno about you guys, but I say in the world of graphics cards 5% performance is quite a bit. As posted on Reddit:
Recently i found that my card was trying to stream games to a nvidia shield even though i dont own one and it was eating at my cpu and destroying my framerate in games however i found a way to close down this process. click the windows icon in the bottom left and search "services" http://i.imgur.com/NF1TAXr.png Next open up services and locate "NVIDIA Streamer Service" http://i.imgur.com/JQQmRVr.pngOpen the service and stop the service if its running then disable the service. http://i.imgur.com/lNvZSyg.png Do all this and hit apply and you'll be able to see a noticable framerate boost and drop in your cpu usage! i hope this help a couple people out!" repost from r/globaloffensive
Shortcut:
- Look up "NVIDIA Streamer Service" in Windows Services (type "services.msc" in Run), and disable it by setting "start-up type" to "Disabled," in properties.
- Restart your PC.
Keep in mind that the NVIDIA Streamer Service is required for ShadowPlay, so if you use it, you'll need to leave it active. If you don't ... you could also remove GeForce Experience altogether of course. We are also interested in hearing experiences from the Guru3D crowd to see if this actually works or not for you.
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#5060410 Posted on: 04/29/2015 04:35 PM
I don`t have GFE installed, but thanks just the same. Other people could benefit from it.
I don`t have GFE installed, but thanks just the same. Other people could benefit from it.
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#5060414 Posted on: 04/29/2015 04:42 PM
probably was a bug, Shadowplay does not take any fps hit, and GFE does not reduce any FPS.
probably was a bug, Shadowplay does not take any fps hit, and GFE does not reduce any FPS.
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#5060416 Posted on: 04/29/2015 04:42 PM
I use ShadowPlay way to much to disable the "NVIDIA Streamer Service", but thank you for the tweak anyway.
EDIT
ShadowPlay works just fine when the "Streaming Service" is disabled.
I use ShadowPlay way to much to disable the "NVIDIA Streamer Service", but thank you for the tweak anyway.
EDIT
ShadowPlay works just fine when the "Streaming Service" is disabled.
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#5060421 Posted on: 04/29/2015 04:46 PM
omg
best tweak information ever
Last year there was a huge error with that service where nvstreamsvc.exe was actually locking up computers completely because of a memory leak.
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omg
best tweak information ever
Last year there was a huge error with that service where nvstreamsvc.exe was actually locking up computers completely because of a memory leak.
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#5060422 Posted on: 04/29/2015 04:47 PM
Thanks, but i am already way a head here, i have been doing it for last 6 months until last month i decided i had enough of the crap that comes with the drivers since then I only install display driver and physx, before just disabled all of services gfe comes with
Thanks, but i am already way a head here, i have been doing it for last 6 months until last month i decided i had enough of the crap that comes with the drivers since then I only install display driver and physx, before just disabled all of services gfe comes with
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#5060423 Posted on: 04/29/2015 04:48 PM
I don't always have it installed but I didn't notice any slowdowns when I did. I don't really use shadowplay so I will give this a go.
I don't always have it installed but I didn't notice any slowdowns when I did. I don't really use shadowplay so I will give this a go.
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#5060427 Posted on: 04/29/2015 04:52 PM
Thank you for the tip!
Perhaps the sentence about ShadowPlay should be bold & italic
I use ShadowPlay so I cannot disable this service; it is always on, so I can "catch" some funny or exciting moments
Thank you for the tip!
Perhaps the sentence about ShadowPlay should be bold & italic
I use ShadowPlay so I cannot disable this service; it is always on, so I can "catch" some funny or exciting moments
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#5060436 Posted on: 04/29/2015 05:10 PM
Currently haven't installed that software, as it does not offer anything to my geforce 580.
Wanted to give it a try with my next rig though...
Currently haven't installed that software, as it does not offer anything to my geforce 580.
Wanted to give it a try with my next rig though...
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#5060446 Posted on: 04/29/2015 05:18 PM
as a wise man said "light is right"... (ACC)
as a wise man said "light is right"... (ACC)
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#5060452 Posted on: 04/29/2015 05:23 PM
GFE is garbage anyway. I never install it anymore. It recognizes maybe 10% of the games I have installed and then it recommends either ridiculously high or low settings as optimal. I turned on DSR and was playing with the settings and it recommended that the optimal resolution for BF4 was x4 of my native 2560x1440 and everything on ultra. But then CS:GO was recommended running at 1080p
GFE is garbage anyway. I never install it anymore. It recognizes maybe 10% of the games I have installed and then it recommends either ridiculously high or low settings as optimal. I turned on DSR and was playing with the settings and it recommended that the optimal resolution for BF4 was x4 of my native 2560x1440 and everything on ultra. But then CS:GO was recommended running at 1080p
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#5060455 Posted on: 04/29/2015 05:24 PM
I had the service off from the get go, I don't use it so I turned it off. I usually turn off services I don't use right after installing Windows.
I had the service off from the get go, I don't use it so I turned it off. I usually turn off services I don't use right after installing Windows.
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#5060460 Posted on: 04/29/2015 05:33 PM
Ive just tried it, ran the ffxi benchmark, it made 0 difference for me.
Im calling placebo.
Ive just tried it, ran the ffxi benchmark, it made 0 difference for me.
Im calling placebo.
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#5060461 Posted on: 04/29/2015 05:34 PM
Shadowplay does take about 10% of FPS performance.
probably was a bug, Shadowplay does not take any fps hit, and GFE does not reduce any FPS.
Shadowplay does take about 10% of FPS performance.
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#5060463 Posted on: 04/29/2015 05:37 PM
I absolutely love ShadowPlay so I always install GFE. I don't know if PCmasterRace has a slower PC and notices a performance increase because of it but I do not get any kind of boost with it disabled. Resources, frame rate, CPU core usage in my monitoring software is all the same regardless if its on or off. That's why I like ShadowPlay as much as I do, no performance hit. Of course the 60fps limitless recording time and super small file size compared to other apps is also a plus.
I absolutely love ShadowPlay so I always install GFE. I don't know if PCmasterRace has a slower PC and notices a performance increase because of it but I do not get any kind of boost with it disabled. Resources, frame rate, CPU core usage in my monitoring software is all the same regardless if its on or off. That's why I like ShadowPlay as much as I do, no performance hit. Of course the 60fps limitless recording time and super small file size compared to other apps is also a plus.
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I saw this over on reddit /r/ csgo, disabling it had zero effect on my performance that couldn't be attributed to margin of error differences. I think there might be a bug with experience that sometimes it utilizes more resources than it should be. But under normal circumstances performance should be fine.