Nvidia has a screen recorder indeed to help its graphics card owner capture game video with no effort, and that’s exactly the Nvidia Share, previously known as ShadowPlay. Other hardware makers likely have their own overlays I’m sure but I don’t care because I’m over having to load up and memorize yet another set of cryptic Ctrl+Alt+A-Z commands.How to use Nvidia screen recorder to capture your gameplay or desktop screen? NZXT, for example, has its own CAM overlay feature (Ctrl+O), Asus has GPU Tweak II (Ctrl+Alt+T) too. I find that far more useful then each hardware vendor looking to offer their own overlays. For example, Corsair, Razer, and EVGA are now offering overlay support through Game Bar. Microsoft has managed to convince some third-party hardware vendors to roll support for the Game Bar overlay instead of going their own way. That’s far preferable to having to remember NZXT’s Cam (Ctrl+O) or Asus’ GPU Tweak II (Ctrl+Alt+T).
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The Xbox Game Bar, for example has overlay widgets you can install for Corsair’s iCue, as well as EVGA’s Precision X and Razer’s Cortex. I never use the Game Bar and would dump it overboard unceremoniously but it may actually be the best place for all vendors to stuff their overlays. Microsoft’s Xbox Game Bar is likely the most annoying of the overlay features because it gets in your face to let you know that it exists seemingly every time you launch a game (Nvidia is also guilty of this if you have GeForce Experience installed). Steam, Ubi’s, GoG and Origin’s overlays can take a hike if you ask me as they don’t seem to offer much utility and no one- no one-can remember their hot keys. I’m a fan of MSI’s Afterburner, but that probably doesn’t count as an overlay of annoyance since you have to install it intentionally and it takes quite a few steps to setup, including picking a default overlay hotkey.
Geforce overlay hotkey software#
If you run AMD Radeon graphics, its Adrenalin Software Overlay also counts (Alt+R). You’re going to keep it even if you think it’s gotten a little tired. So which ones would I keep? The Netflix of overlays is clearly Nvidia’s GeForce Experience overlay (Alt+Z). Butt they’re probably more akin to streaming services than pop-up ads. To be fair, I do find game overlays to be valuable. While calling game overlays ‘pop up ads’ is probably over the top, they can get that annoying when you have an overlay on top of the overlay, on top of the overlay you’re trying to reach.
If you’re one of the few people still running Electronic Arts’ Origin launcher, you’ve got one too (Shift+F1). Epic Games also has an overlay for Friends, but only in games that supports it (Shift+F3).
Discord includes a game overlay (disabled by default but Shift+Tilde when on) and Good Old Games (GOG) Galaxy uses (Shift+Tab). AMD’s default Radeon overlay is a memorable (Alt+R). It’s also clear there’s far more out there too. Mind you, I didn’t install any of these game overlays, they’re just included by installing the software. Just playing Far Cry 5 on a laptop, I ran into four different game overlays
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