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Does NVIDIA Gimp Older Generations of GeForce Cards?

NVIDIA may be the dominant force in the graphics card market, but that doesn’t mean the company hasn’t faced its share of criticism for anti-competitive and anti-consumer practices. One of the most prominent arguments concerns NVIDIA’s support for older architectures or lack thereof.

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I_am_Batman2451d ago (Edited 2451d ago )

There is no need to speculate about this. Just download some older driver versions do some benchmarks and see for yourself. If you find something to confirm your belief post the benchmarks online.

From what I've seen the people that have done this couldn't confirm the allegations. But if there is any truth to that you might be the first person to provide solid evidence. If you're wrong you can stop worrying about Nvidia gimping your card. Win-win.

Srhalo2451d ago (Edited 2451d ago )

No, I'm not a Nvidia fan but it's incredibly easy to do a benchmark with newer vs older drivers as they did in this article.

It's become quite popular to bash Nvidia these days and I honestly have no problem with it. I would really prefer if AMD was competitive with Nvidia like they are with Intel vs Zen.

But that said it's way to easy to benchmark test these cards to be able to pull this off. And there might even be legal grounds against them if they tried it. So there is little benefit for Nvidia, people are going to buy new cards regardless.

Dabigsiebowski2451d ago

Its funny because if you do benchmarks on older cards from new drivers from AMD,, you will find that finewine actually does exist.

Weeblordbad2451d ago

You find the same with nVidia, they both optimize their cards well over the cards lifespan.

Srhalo2450d ago (Edited 2450d ago )

Well, yes for both companies you can find the exceptions especially if you are looking for performance in one particular game. But the question here is "is Nvidia specifically making drivers that lower the specs to sell newer cards" and to that I would say absolutely not, nor is AMD.

fr0sty2451d ago

Exactly, no need to gimp the cards when the natural progression of gaming tech gimps the cards on its own.

Cobra9512451d ago

No. The first driver after the 20-series cards came out seemed to, but that was quickly rectified with another driver update. Performance of the 10-series was then back to within margin of error of 2 driver versions back.

Weeblordbad2451d ago

Not only that Linus Tech Tips tested this in a video : https://youtu.be/GBkGu4Wd7v... The results clearly showed that the cards performed the same or improved between the day 1 driver and the latest driver. It doesn't make sense for Nvidia or AMD to gimp performance. It's an EASILY spotted thing, between the number of sites/channels/individuals running different benchmarks and the OC crowd, deficits in performance between drivers would be spotted immediately. Not to mention the absolute horror story it would create for PR, not everyone replaces hardware every year, in fact that's a small number. If you had a 780 and wanted a 2080, but heard that the drivers from Nvidia gimped performance, you're almost 100% likely now an AMD customer instead waiting for Na'Vi.

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Xbox June Update: Copilot for Gaming Available on Mobile, Aggregated Gaming Library, and More

There are many exciting updates this month for Xbox. Copilot for Gaming is available now for early preview on mobile and will be coming to PC soon. Xbox PC app introduces a wave of new updates: Aggregated gaming library gives players quick access to games from Xbox, Game Pass, and other leading PC storefronts, and with publisher channels players can browse their favorite franchises. Updates for the Xbox Console includes customization for Most Recently Used, free-to-play benefits, Game Hubs, and dialog improvements for game saves.

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darthv7216h ago

"Players can now hide system apps, pin favorites to the list, and reduce the number of tiles displayed. This update is part of our ongoing effort to make Home more personal, flexible, and responsive to feedback."

This is welcomed, i like a less cluttered home screen.

Profchaos11h ago

Not everything needs co pilot ms

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Absolutely Beautiful Sega Genesis Games

The three most beautiful sights in this world are: 1) your spouse on your wedding day 2) the birth of your first child 3) a walkthrough for Ecco the Dolphin in some long forgotten scrawl.

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Babadook717h ago

Have to install a few of these on my Apple TV.

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Nintendo Switch 2 Console review - Worthy Successor with Issues

"Nintendo Switch 2 is a safe and solid follow-up in many respects but it has its issues, including the Virtual Game Card system and an aging UI."

- Stuart Cullen, TechStomper

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Chilliersplash1d ago

Not sure what games you're playing to average 5 to 6 hours battery. Mariokart World and Zelda gets 2 and a half hours max.

gold_drake21h ago

not sure if its a successor or an upgrade.

and theres no way u get 5 hours.

1nsomniac15h ago(Edited 15h ago)

Yea don’t think id get 6 hours in sleep mode!

I think there’s a lot of internal software issues with the battery management.

Sleep mode kills the battery almost as quick as playing games does. Playing switch 1 games seems to kill the battery faster than playing switch 2 games for the most part. Even playing a very, very basic switch 1 game seems to drain the battery much faster than I would expect it to.