Geforce Experience updated to 1.8.2, more Shadowplay features added

NVIDIA late last night rolled out another patch for their Geforce Experience software, bringing the much vaunted all-in-one optimisation, streaming and recording program to version 1.8.2. The latest update mostly adds fixes for the GameStream and Shadowplay services, although there are a few bug fixes as well. The entire patch notes, courtesy of the NVIDIA website, are below:

Bug Fixes

• Fixes “Installation is corrupt” bug when attempting to install a new driver
• Fixes incorrect reporting of the PC’s monitor resolution
• Fixes an issue where log files consume excessive disk space over time

ShadowPlay

• Adds option to change the directory of the ShadowPlay buffer
• Fixes missing audio when playing in 5.1 surround mode
• Adds 30 FPS recording option
• Adds custom bit rate control
• Adds output resolution control
• Adds microphone on push function

GameStream

• Improved streaming stability and quality of service

The push-to-talk microphone feature is probably the most requested feature by fans on the Geforce Forums, while the ability to record in 30 FPS will please YouTube Let’s Players, given the limitations imposed by the video service hub.

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Nvidia preps GTX Titan Black Edition and GTX 790

Nvidia’s GTX 780 Ti graphics card reclaimed the single-GPU performance crown from AMD two months ago, and it seems that the parallel processing giant is prepping to defend its title with the impending launch of the GeForce GTX Titan Black Edition, and dual-GPU GeForce GTX 790. According to a report over at VideoCardz, the updated Titan will contain the same GPU as found in the GTX 780, but sport more FP64 CUDA cores, double the GDDR5 memory to 6GB, 2,880 CUDA cores, 240 TMUs, and 48 ROPs. The Titan is expected to ship next month, and clock in at around USD$1,000. VideoCardz could only speculate [pun intended] at the specs for the GTX 790, but believes that the card will ship in March for USD$1,000.

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