nVidia - what do you think of ShadowPlay ?

GTX 580 here. I feel discriminated.
It sounds like really, really newbie-user friendly.

I just got my new graphics card yesterday, so I'll be checking it out today. Hopefully it's as good as they advertise.

Just tried it, amazing.

When it works, it is awesome imho.

Really love the flashback feature, just press a button and record the last (up to 20) minutes.

What's not to love?

Sadly it doesnt support that much games yet, especially older titles, but hey, it's a beta anyway

Awesome, the video works with sony vegas too. Not a lot of games are supported and if you window/borderless mode shadowplay just turns off.

It's an alright Joy Division song.

I think it works great but they really need to add some advanced settings. Things like being able to select where the temporary recordings go (there are workarounds but it should be in there).

There's also other minor tweaks I'd want to see. Not having the little ShadowPlay indicator on-screen all the time for example. It would be enough if it showed up for 10 seconds after you started a game, then disappeared until you pressed a hotkey. At the moment you either have it on all the time or turn it off entirely, which leaves you not knowing if it's recording at all.

That said, the core functionality is pretty much perfect though.

So it's like a wallhack or something? I don't get it.

770 oc 2gig here. It records a lot better than fraps and much better quality i seem to think

For my part, I have absolutely not any interest in this recording system. I don't think I'll ever use it :)

I think its super neat.

I might actually record some stuff now...

I am using it with Asus DirectCUII GTX 660, just an super amazing software. Just press the shadowplay shortcut and you are done, no performance issue while recording.

It's cool to catch weird moments on the fly.

Looks cool but disappointed that my graphics card isn't supported (GTX 295 here)

Going to give this a shot with JC2 Multiplayer later today

does it works with live streaming?

Had to google it. Requires gtx650 or better? Ok, thank you very much but I'll continue to use Fraps which works on my microwave.

I think its a disappointment being that my gpu does not support it, pretty sure a gtx 560 should be capable considering i use other recording apps just fine.

I know a friend tried it and he sent me some samples and the quality seems great. He also said it doesn't affect FPS much and it's very convenient to save the last 20 minutes of gameplay.

It's great for streamers and recorders, but only serves to increase the price of the card for everyone else.

It's also only available on cards with it built in. ShadowPlay cards have an h.264 encoder built into the card itself, so if your card isn't a 6xx or 7xx series, you can't have it. Ever. Not really a problem for modern Nvidia owners, but some budget rigs will be shut out.

not supported on 440 or 560, so, no idea.

Here's a review of ShadowPlay, with a comparison to Dxtory.

And another one. This adds FRAPS and Action! to the comparison.