Nvidia’s new app apparently causes severe performance degradation in games like Black Myth: Wukong

After months of previews, last month Nvidia finally released the new “Nvidia App” to the public. The Nvidia app replaces the old GeForce Experience as the main hub for installing Nvidia drivers, accessing performance metrics/overlays tools, and enabling RTX filters.

However, it appears that Nvidia has some optimization work to do, as the Nvidia app reportedly results in significant performance degradation in some games. The observation was made by X user Sebastian Castellanos, who noticed a big difference in performance in Black Myth Wukong e The Talos Principle 2 with and without the Nvidia application activated.

According to tests by Sebastian Castellanos, Black Myth: Wukong it averaged around 184 FPS with the Nvidia app enabled. Disabling the application would have resulted in a 22% increase in frame rate with Strength Needs: Wukong it reached 225 FPS. A similar scene occurred in The Talos Principle 2where the title ran at 192 and 231 FPS with and without the Nvidia application, respectively.

Sebastian Castellanos is not the only one who has noticed that the Nvidia app eats performance in games, as another user Marvel Rivals after uninstalling the Nvidia Application application.

While not as bad as Sebastian’s result, @compguru910 also did some testing and found that Black Myth: Wukong It actually gains some measurable performance with the Nvidia app turned off. The user noted an average FPS gain of around 14 FPS at 4K with the Nvidia app uninstalled, using the RTX 4080 Super card (available on Amazon).

So, if you notice an unusual reduction in performance and have installed the new Nvidia app, uninstalling it may help.