If your driver isn't broke, do you fix it?

aquielisunari · Jun 7, 2016

I'm curious how you update your drivers for your GFX card. Do you install the latest driver updates as they are released or only update your driver for specific games or bug fixes?

USAFRet · Jun 7, 2016

Rule 1 for drivers - Only update if you have a specific issue, and there is a new driver that fixes that specific issue

Rule 2 for drivers - Do it exactly how the manufacturer says.

SkyNetRising · Jun 7, 2016

I usually do GPU driver updates, when I notice some problems, that driver update might fix,
also when windows starts bugging me about driver that needs updating.
So - not too often. Maybe once in 2 or 3 months.

Geekwad · Jun 7, 2016

^^^I agree with the above.

My rule of thumb is to just leave it if everything is working well. If I buy a (big title) game that is dated beyond when the working driver was released, then usually you have to upgrade.

Other than that, a quick brush through the release notes will reveal if they fixed anything for any game I have installed and am playing currently, or fixed an issue that I'm having.....and then upgrade accordingly.

king3pj · Jun 7, 2016

I do it when GeForce Experience tells me there is a game ready driver for a game I'm playing. The game ready drivers help with performance pretty often, especially for games that are having trouble at launch.

Also, I'm a SLI user and sometimes SLI doesn't work in new games without the latest drivers.

Sure, there is the risk that a new driver can create stability problems but I've been taking my chances with this pretty regularly and haven't had any crippling problems.

PsyKhiqZero · Jun 7, 2016

I wait about a week. Isually any odd issues are reported by then. I found the problem with the "if it ain't broke don't fix it" attitude is that you will suffer with sub par performance until there is an issue. You may not even know what your missing

rgd1101 · Jun 7, 2016

also, save the installation, just in case you need to go back to a working driver.

aquielisunari · Jun 7, 2016

rgd1101 :

Sound advice. One can usually also roll back their driver through the Device Manager but keeping the install disc/installer pack on your PC is fail-safe.

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