Does the Nvidia App Hurt Performance? We Benchmarked It.

1) harvesting data? Put real data and studies pricing that

2) most apps send feedback of your use, so they know what you use often or not, or log errors and send them to the company. Most apps send anonymous unharmful data.

It should be mandatory, at least in the EU, that ALL apps and OS (AND TVs!) have simple and easy to find buttons to disable completely any telemetry.
He knows nothing, while wearing a tin foil hat.

This article/test clearly shows that performance is not affected at all, unless you apply filters that actively change the visuals. Obviously they affect performance, just like AMD filters do. GPU load is affected.
 
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