[–] mispelledsomething 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
My 550Ti card can't do any of that anyways. Just update drivers manually.
[–] PsychoDesign 1 point 4 points 5 points (+5|-1) ago
I don't own a nVidia card, but I have to say that such thing annoys me. A mandatory account for drivers? fuck you. I mean c'mon I just need a soft that will enable my gfx card to work properly with OS. Driver is the software in case, so why create account? I myself could care less about rewards and prizes. I do definitely care about my privacy. So hell no to this.
If amd tries this with their Radeon Settings Software, I'll rant about it.
I hope nvidia users will get their shit together and fight this corp.
[–] 6326649? 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
To be exact, you don't need an account (yet) just for drivers. You can still d/l them yourself from the NVidia website.
The account and spying go along with GeForce experience, which supposedly automatically sets the optimum settings for your games and your system. Until I uninstalled GFE a few weeks back, I always bumped them up from the recommended settings anyway. I think they lowballed everything to make me want a higher powered card. I have a 970. I think my next card will be AMD, but I hate the shorty way they do card numbering.
[–] PsychoDesign 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Guess I exaggerated about drivers dl that need a mandatory account, but still as you mentioned (yet). It may not be now, but eventually they could introduce this. And I hate to say this may come sooner rather later, I hope amd will not come to this.
[–] SkillYourself [S] 2 points 5 points 7 points (+7|-2) ago
Yes but apparently that is changing soon too.
[–] FireForEffect 0 points 7 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago
Oh.
That changes more than this, then. Once it becomes a dead set requirement to register to even so much as manually update a driver, I'll switch card manufacturers.
[–] SkillYourself [S] 1 point 5 points 6 points (+6|-1) ago
So what you're saying is we need to decentralise the net?
[–] auto_turret ago
I'm in favor of corporal punishment for those responsible, unless they correct the problem.
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[–] Totenglocke 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
It was about a year ago. Lots of people complained, but since most people are still going to buy Nvidia cards, they did it anyways.
[–] Ghetto_Shitlord ago
Probably, but their system would learn those patterns and eventually be able to throw that data out with good enough accuracy.
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[–] DiscontentedMajority 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
That sucks. I liked shadow play.