Not sure what yall are complaining about. I've been using it, no issues.
My has always been that you only enable/install what you need to avoid bloat and security issues.
Any unnecessary hardware can result in stability problems. Any unnecessary software could result in bloat, stability problems or security holes.
You always want to minimize what you have installed. Always remove (or if not possible disable) unused hardware
and software.
When I set up a new system I usually go through the BIOS and disable everything on board that I know I won't be using, and I never keep hardware installed that I don't use.
Same with software. With a fresh install, my first task is to go through all the settings and disable features I don't use, as well as uninstall/disable all the bloated junk I'll never use. (I wish I didn't have to do this, but it is a sad state of where we are with operating systems that are "ecosystems" instead of just operating systems.
Nvidia is going in the opposite direction with this, lumping everything, including lots of stuff I will absolutely never use into one "it does everything" software package, and I
absolutely hate that. It goes against my entire philosophy of computing.
- I will never stream or screen record. I don't do "social" gaming. Gaming - for me - is a way to de-stress by disonnecting from people, not be more social. So I don't want to have streaming or screen recording software installed.
- I don't need or want help and/or hand holding when it comes to choosing my settings. I do that myself. So having that built into the driver5s is useless and annoying.
- I do use overlay-like statistics, but I always use a separate RivaTuner stats window on a second monitor. I don't want to have yet another stats package installed I'll never use.
- I already have game launchers. I don't need yet another one I'll never use bundled with my graphics drivers
- I don't need yet another program with an account and login trying to harvest my data.
- etc. etc.
Like, how many goddamn streaming apps and RGB control apps I will never use will I be forced to have installed? I still get angry every time I see the Xbox app in Windows I can't remove. And then there is one built in with Nvidia. And one built in with Steam, etc. etc. Every goddamn software store and hardware vendor wants to push their **** useless app I don't need or want, and many of them have duplicative functions, most of them probably spy on you, or try to push you into signing up for an account so they can display you adds or sell you hats for your favorite game. It is mind mindbogglingly stupid.
(Thank god I use pi-hole, though who knows how much gets through the lists)
I just want a streamlined system without duplication, bloat, or features I don't need.
I also don't like the racy "gamer aesthetic". I want every interface on my machine to be nice boring and enterprise-like.
The model of having drivers and configuration as one package, and these other optional features in a separate one is the only one that really makes sense. Then everyone gets what they want. If you want the bloated/streaming/social/store/all-in-one experience, then install it. Otherwise don't.
Heck, they could even have designed it along the lines of 3DMark, where you can optionally install different modules to the software that add the bloated features, and you can disable them if you don't want them.
Having that choice I have had forever taken away from me makes me angry.
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