Nvidia adds Telemetry to their GPU drivers
Nvidia adds Telemetry to their GPU drivers
Published: 7th November 2016 | Source: King of Old School |
Nvidia adds Telemetry to their GPU drivers
We have reached out to Nvidia and have asked them why they have added this Telemetry tool to their GPU drivers and what information they will be using from Nvidia-powered PCs. It is expected that Nvidia will be using this tool to send crash reports to the company and potentially gather information on your PCs system specifications or game settings, for use by Nvidia's driver development team to improve Geforce Drivers and the Geforce Experience app, though this is just an informed guess.
Right now a portion of Nvidia users are becoming increasingly displeased with the companies drivers and software, with Nvidia recently making a Nvidia account a requirement to use the Geforce Experience and now adding Telemetry tools to their GPU drivers.
We have reached out to Nvidia for comment and will update this article if and when we learn more.
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... Got a bit wondering why I needed to make an account for Experience? 
...QuoteMaybe i need to go back to an older version of the Nvidia drivers.
Here's an update from Gamers Nexus not sure how good they are.
http://www.gamersnexus.net/industry/...nsfer-analysisQuote
GeForce Experience was always leading this way, and it's nothing identifiable, it's just usage and stuff. People want better drivers? Then allow some telemetry, no-one is spying on you they're just trying to get a better look at how things are behaving. Sometimes trusting user reports doesn't work, and you need raw data. That's all this is.
Calm down people!Quote
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Originally Posted by SuB
Other coverage of this is desperately sensationalised.
GeForce Experience was always leading this way, and it's nothing identifiable, it's just usage and stuff. People want better drivers? Then allow some telemetry, no-one is spying on you they're just trying to get a better look at how things are behaving. Sometimes trusting user reports doesn't work, and you need raw data. That's all this is. Calm down people! |
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Originally Posted by SuB
Other coverage of this is desperately sensationalised.
GeForce Experience was always leading this way, and it's nothing identifiable, it's just usage and stuff. People want better drivers? Then allow some telemetry, no-one is spying on you they're just trying to get a better look at how things are behaving. Sometimes trusting user reports doesn't work, and you need raw data. That's all this is. Calm down people! |
It would have been nice if Nvidia had released some more information on this when they implemented it, as this kinda stuff is often over sensationalised by the usual souces.Quote
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