GeForce Experience have now moved out to open beta status.

Them main draw is a one-click optimisation of your graphic settings for games, depending on a huge community created database based on other players experience of what is the optimal settings for the game on your particular set-up.

The difference from previous attempts is that it is supposed to take in account your complete build, not just your GPU.

PC-Gamer claimed (again) that this is may be another of the saviours of PC gaming experience...

The list of supported games is not very large yet: http://www.geforce.com/drivers/geforce-experience/supported-games

IF you are interested, you can check it out here: http://www.geforce.com/drivers/geforce-experience

newegg had an interview with an nvidia guy about this GeForce Experience and showed it in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLO52UBeJR4

General System Requirements

Operating System:
Windows 8
Windows 7
Windows Vista (DirectX 11 Runtime required)
*Note: Windows XP is not currently supported. Support will be added in a later release.

RAM:
2GB system memory
Disk Space Required:
20MB minimum
Internet Connectivity:
required
Driver:
R290 or higher

Supported Hardware

Optimal Settings Supported On:
Fermi or Kepler-based GeForce 400, 500, 600 Series or higher GPUs (desktop and notebook)
Driver updates Supported On:
Desktop GPUs: GeForce 8, 9, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 Series or higher.
Notebook GPUs: GeForce 8M, 9M, 100M, 200M, 300M, 400M, 500M Series or higher.
CPU:
Intel Core i7, i5, i3 or higher
Limited game support for Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad
AMD Phenom II, Athlon II, Phenom X4 or higher
Display:
Any display with 1024x768 to 2560x1600 resolution

Interesting, I'm definitely trying that. I don't have a game in that list installed but I'll likely play Dead Space 3 sooner or later. It seems to have options to show what it will change before it changes anything without the user's consent.

I'm currently using it. So far so good. I like the automatic notification when a new driver is available. The presets for games seem interesting too, even if i don't seem to own many that are on nVidia's list for the moment.

Sounds nice and it may be a nice starting point, but I think I will still trust my own eyes and feeling more. Someone who is optimizing a game for multiplayer (e.g. "must be solid 60 fps, even if it means heavily stripped down graphics!") may be quite different to someone who optimizes it for a single-player experience, where 25-30 fps may be fine and he prefers higher resolution over anything else.

There are other personal preferences too, e.g. if the game stutters at all, the first thing I switch off is edge antialising, as I personally feel it seems to offer the least eye candy compared to the extra slowdown (especially if we are talking about 8x or 16x MSAA; CSAA is supposed to be lighter on HW).

Also maybe post processing can be lowered, and motion blur completely switched off. Then again, texture detail is something I want to max out normally. Maybe someone else feels differently?

One question: does it also take into account the native resolution of the monitor? I hope it does, because switching to a lower non-native resolution may often cause quite a lot of unwanted artifacts, compared to playing it on that same lower resolution when it is the native resolution of the monitor.

As for the automatic notification of new drivers... I think my NVidia Control Panel already does that pretty much? I have "Automatically check for updates" and "Show update notifications" enabled already.

Have you tried any of the recommended preferences?

Damn. I don't have a nVidia card. It'd be nice if ATi did something like this but at first, ATi wasn't even going to support the Radeon HD 4xxx series on Windows 8, so it's not surprising.

I just want to say that this thing actually works... I have struggled to get Witcher 2 running, but I just tried it again now letting GeForce Experience set the optimal setting - and it is actually playable. I have just managed For the first time to finish the tutorial :)

For the rest - it is not a bad tool at all. I use it to set the baseline for the game, and then fiddle a little with it if I feel the need. Most of the time, it manages to get it pretty right. Too bad there is not so many games working with it yet.