Generic vs manufacturer drivers

[LukeTheDuke]

If you are unsure whether your graphic card manufacturer has an updated driver, is it then better to use the generic driver provided by windows?

 

[FallenSniper]

Depends on the situation. Usually it's better to get the drivers from the manufacturer. What card do you need drivers for?

 

[Maziar]

Always update your VGA cards from Nvidia/ATI site,the generic driver provided by windows is when u don't have a manufacture driver installed

 

[LukeTheDuke]

I own a 9800 gx2 card from Leadtek and the last date for their driver i 2008/7/24 which I think is quite far back. Does it matter if I download the latest from Nvidia?

 

[Maziar]

No it's the best thing to have the latest drivers installed

 

[amnotanoobie]

For a GeForce or Radeon, they usually update their drivers to increase compatibility and performance. After some time though the updates tend to do nothing significant, unless there was a severe problem.

 

[EXT64]

Yes, download the latest from NVidia. The only time you wouldn't want to just use theirs is if the card is special/weird and needs the manufacturer driver, which is very rare and usually only necessary for, well, I can't really think of a good case. So just get the latest from NVidia.

 

[ubernoobie]

for me, my old 6200agp performs better with a old 76.xx driver than 86.xx-190.xx