Do You REALLY Need To Update Your Drivers?

[@Tomanista]

Windows: "This device is working properly" Me: But it's not?

[@JeffreyBNL]

And it's always the network driver so I am not able to remote in to the pc and update it. So now I am forced to manually go to the pc and update the driver

[@TheDigitalThreat]

my experience: PC: Working Properly WIndows: We just installed this new driver for you! Enjoy! ME: "Now my gpu software is broke, wtf did you do to my driver" Windows: What did you do wrong!?

[@frozenturbo8623]

@@TheDigitalThreat That's why everyone hate windows, Always go for AMD, Nvidia, Intel drivers never OEM or windows

[@BrownyTheGamer15052003]

My laptop is fully broke since today i cant get into windows tf2 crashed and voom windows is broken and misses a file

[@troller9838]

@@TheDigitalThreat This is exactly why I disable windows from finding GPU drivers, better to just download them manually from the Nvidia or AMD website and installl them yourself.

[@Jesujej]

it actually fixes things sometimes

[@mxcollin95]

And breaks things other times, right?

[@Jesujej]

@@mxcollin95 yes

[@Mageman17]

It used to bump up the Windows Experience Index. My score jumped from 5.1 to 5.9 (Windows 7) once I installed the AMD drivers from their website. Of course it's a Sony Vaio, so it broke the display brightness function.

[@chlorobyte_projects]

@@Mageman17 Windows Experience Index is based on performance, so your update improved overall performance (or at least of whatever Microsoft measures).

[@zzzzzz...9902]

@@mxcollin95 Yes it breaks things sometimes, but it is rare. So always make sure to update at least the important drivers like gpu as stated in this video. Do not become one of those old dudes that refuses to change. XD.

[@lloyd26]

If your driver took you to the wrong destination, then maybe it's a good time to update it.

[@Charlesb88]

OK dad, that's some pretty TIRED humor there. You WHEELy ought to rethink the dad Jokes as we're quite EXAUSTed from that type of humor and think you run out of GAS with that joke and TANKed. To many of those could result in your SUSPENSION from KZbin for your POOR HANDLING of humor. That type of joke gets pretty LOW MILLIAGE around here. So why don't you HIT THE ROAD before an internet TRAFFIC cop sites you.

[@ThisIsReallyBad]

@@Charlesb88 ._.

[@walidfakhfakh3660]

@@Charlesb88 you look like a dad actually

[@coler4084]

@@walidfakhfakh3660 he looks like he doesnt have one

[@ibrahimhabibeh6904]

@@coler4084 damn that's harsh

[@wesley7753]

My grandma "I don't need this update" also my grandma "why don't my speakers work?"

[@mxcollin95]

Your grandma and me... hate drivers.

[@Hackerisitic]

@@mxcollin95 then you must be a cyclist.

[@Hellspooned2]

To be fair, a LOT of HP machines have the last two-three years had sound issues if you update your soundcard drivers.

[@Gruso57]

@@Hackerisitic lmao

[@vampjoseph]

My audio chipset isn't supported in windows 10. I ended up having to install an unofficial mod version of the driver so windows will actually output sound because my mobo maker never updated the official driver!

[@gradientO]

I don't know, I just run Pacman -Syu every week

[@TheDeeplyCynical]

@Entahlah BTW

[@Yoshi-vq3og]

@@TheDeeplyCynical I USE ARCH

[@chlorobyte_projects]

@@Yoshi-vq3og BTW

[@theplaymakerno1]

-Syyu

[@CarthagoMike]

RetroArch ftw.

[@TacticalNudes]

Basically, if you have an old device, and the old driver works fine on your device, then most of the time you don't need to update (unless if the driver don't support your windows version, for example), I just updated my intel UHD drivers and there are instances where the desktop window restarted itself. It's recommended to update drivers for new hardware.

[@LordX21146]

Like what do you mean like all of the documents went away or it just restarted?

[@ivanbukac4618]

​@@LordX21146happened to me just now. It seems that the windows app for displaying just went haywire and turned off my screen and then put it on lowest resolution. Probably some memory stuff. Rolled back the driver and now it works.

[@K-o-R]

"Use your official motherboard audio drivers." _Laughs/cries in USB headphones_

[@Razi98]

This is my first time hearing about USB headphones

[@troller9838]

@@Razi98 USB headphones are just headphones that connect to the computer via a USB stick that has a wireless transmitter in it. I have some myself.

[@danielyildiz3480]

what does your motherboard audio drivers has to do with your headphone ?

[@DeathBringer769]

I use a USB audio interface because I like having an actual volume knob I can reach. I hate plugging headphones right into the mobo and having only software volume control. It's easy for something to get accidentally turned up or reset to full volume when a new program opens and get deafened. Plus, it's nice being able to record vocals or guitars right into it with low latency.

[@kabiskac]

@@DeathBringer769 You can put volume buttons on your keyboard/mouse and disable the ability of software to change the volume.

[@derekmcgaming]

"Do you really need to update your drivers?" Uber: ok

[@Mertiq]

its gpu driver

[@Mertiq]

@Mertiq ARE/WOSH

[@Mertiq]

@Mertiq hm?

[@Mertiq]

@Mertiq its a joke

[@Mertiq]

@Mertiq ohhhhhh

[@dumpsterdawg]

Still waiting for the driver that will update my 8800GTX to a 3090.

[@smuzik745]

Im sure you are waiting for the driver to take you to the job you dont have as well...

[@phineas6432]

@@smuzik745 Save your breath. You’ll probably need it to blow up your next date.

[@major2870]

@@phineas6432 🤣🤣

[@loldude8051]

@@smuzik745 ha ha, what a fool, it is way far in the future, unlike myself, i have 7950, the next generation of amd will have a 7900 series, ill wait for the next generation update

[@TuTAH_1]

Agree. It's have been a long time, but still, no driver that turns my GTX 1080 into GTX 2160 or at least GTX 1440

[@aadavanelangovan1630]

Dear LTT Staff, hi! I love techquickie and it has taught me so much. Do you mind making a Powershell vs CMD techquickie? I love and appreciate all the work you do. Thanks!

[@geomichael1]

PowerShell ise is all you need

[@aiden6732]

@@geomichael1 PS will sometimes break something (such as things related to pipe) while CMD won't, actually.

[@AliceAttentionWhore]

Great idea.

[@AliceAttentionWhore]

But basically PS is CMD 2.0.

[@brickwellhomestead6708]

This is of course not the gospel if you're working in a production environment that everything must work the same exact way every time, there's been many of bugs introduced with new updates as well.

[@RayneAngelus]

Back when Fallout 4 launched I updated my graphics drivers and the game crashed to desktop immediately. Rolled back, working fine again.

[@AlexeiDimitri]

Well, with Windows 10 and semestral Versions with one year and a half of life, u are exposing your environment to Ransomwares...

[@0hMyGandhi]

@@AlexeiDimitri semestral. I just learned a new word today.

[@TheBaxes]

Yeah but if those updates are security related you better get ready for a midnight call when the new driver fails

[@apIthletIcc]

Dude there's so much wrong with wdf I can't even. Refer to my comment on main thread on this video. Wild stuff going on in the connected world

[@jesushernandez3700]

It's like ya'll read my mind, I was literally just wondering how important all my driver updates are because I'm troubleshooting slow boot times on my PC lmao and then bam I get the notification for this video

[@hoverbike]

Create a txt file on the desktop, rename the file type to .nfo and open it. Itll error out and show some advanced system settings. Check the setting that says 'secure boot'. If it says uefi, you're good. If it says anything else such as 'old', then there is your problem.

[@jemiebridges3197]

Generally its not the drivers or pure security updates that slow you down. Usually its new windows features. But ocassional there will be a bad driver

[@Bigdog1787]

Most of people's slow down is from a hard drive that's over 75% filled the less room on your drive the slower it will get needs to put temp data on it and other stuff all the time.

[@karnliberated8891]

Amount of start up programs, the amount of RAM you've got, if you're using a HDD vs an SSD, all factor into your boot up times. I couldn't believe the difference when I changed to an SSD and went into Task Manager and disabled all the unnecessary programs that started up with the computer.

[@jesushernandez3700]

lmao thank you all, you were all much more helpful than Reddit tech support sub. Going through and deleting unnecessary files and moving all my game dev/ content creation software to my D drive since those take up a lot of space on C. Hoping this helps!!!

[@hysel1234]

Chipset drivers are also important from a security point of view. Especially around devices like TPM.

[@cheesemons]

Having worked on computer used for scientific equipment data acquisition: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"

[@core36]

Back in the windows xp Era I would have agreed. Maybe this is still true in a business environment, but for windows home users today it's probably more like "if it ain't broke, don't worry, it will be soon"

[@cheesemons]

My customer still uses windows 95 on their PC. Well, their scientific instruments is 25 years old so yeah. Windows XP doesn't play well with the instrument firmware.

[@core36]

@Eclectic Badger nah, nuclear industry probably more like: "it's broke, we could fix it but eventually it will be someone else's problem"

[@rpgamezzz270]

@@cheesemons the risks are there, yes. But it's kinda worth it if you see an improvement in performance, stability and temperature

[@lmgesus]

**Casually flexing your 3090**

[@Mike__B]

Yeah I thought that "If you open up your drivers panel..." yeah mine only has 3 digits on the video card :D

[@darkmaster9607]

So updating my RAM drivers won't give me more RAM then? :P

[@frozenturbo8623]

What about mhz

[@Askorti]

Updating your GPU drivers might not always be a good thing. In my own example: I have a RX 580 GPU. With the newest drivers it causes Assassins Creed: Odyssey to randomly crash. The only way to fix this issue was to roll back drivers to an older version.

[@michaelschlosbon2162]

Yeah optional driver updates for AMD don't really work for me on my 6900xt as well

[@chlorobyte_projects]

@@nevergonnagiveyouup4189 It's more that Nvidia has shitty support for Windows in this case. Fun fact: back then, it was AMD that had shitty support.

[@RadOo]

I always try to use basic drivers for my ALC1150 audio sound chip, realtek's driver always adds some phase things into audio making it sound unnatural.

[@Burssty]

AMD drivers be like

[@elahhaz1047]

Indeed: New GPU drivers can introduce issues for titles you play and didn't have before. Those are outliers but should be mentioned none the less. Such as a recent case where a new nvidia driver made division 2 look all blocky and crappy.

[@marcelbarlik729]

"Do you really need to update your drivers?" Me, instantly: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade

[@edwardverschraegen3792]

you should use apt instead of apt-get

[@igameidoresearchtoo6511]

Linux reference for anyone who doesn't understand.

[@mcpr5971]

technically not a "driver" issue, but instance where this can backfire: my virtualbox guest audio hasn't worked for > 2 months because of one of these "updates". updater beware.

[@marcelbarlik729]

@@edwardverschraegen3792 Indeed. But no error is thrown when using apt-get, thus meaning either can be used. "apt-get" has more functionality for downloading and installing - which is what you do in most cases, so kind of just got used to it being a norm. And I mean I see your point... It's less words when you use: sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade

[@shadowplague4274]

Waiting for my RTX 3090 to be turned into an RTX 3100.

[@mineland8220]

My radeon hd 6450 on linux: "dont, thats a great mistake my boy" *procedes to break every opengl app*

[@Mageman17]

yeah, why can't they just work after installing? Oh that's right, they do! On Windows!

[@mineland8220]

@@Mageman17 nah, its mostly a mesa problem. In windows they got discontinued somewhat and the linux ones aswell.

[@chlorobyte_projects]

@@Mageman17 Windows drivers for AMD are atrocious, so your fanboyism doesn't work here.

[@Mageman17]

@@chlorobyte_projects I actually don't have a system with AMD stuff in it, so I don't know why you are calling me a fanboy.

[@mineland8220]

The fact that steam freezes the entire thing is concerning for mesa drivers

[@josephmeholick1300]

reminds me there was that one nvidia gpu update that turned off the cooling fans. they quickly patched it but the damage was done.

[@backlogbuddies]

My favorite was an amd one that caused low end gpus to draw an insane amount of power burning out pcie slots because they didn't have enough psu ports, or any if I remember correctly. Not a driver but the time windows 10 uninstalled network capabilities and the patch to fix it needed the internet to verify because windows 10 can't do anything offline

[@frankmann497]

That's useful thanks man. Btw I just finished reading SENA wwhitepaper

[@pearlinewyman9874]

have you joined? I would like to invest in SENA

[@Mr.Morden]

BIOS updates are important at major AGESA releases for AMD platforms. From 1.0 .x.x to 1.1.x.x to 1.2.x.x

[@josephmassaro]

In my experience, in the last few years, more and more software systems "suddenly" become unresponsive, forcing an update. In many cases, I think that is by design and not simply your system operating under an outdated version. Particularly when companies include things in updates they want on your system, but you might not.

[@0hMyGandhi]

I love when Windows would shove a minor update in our face, so we'd update it, noticing no real change, other than that all of our defaults have been switched back to Microsoft products, and suddenly I have the Twitter desktop app.

[@Lurowene]

THANK YOU I've been trying to figure out where to download more RAM you guys are the best!!

[@BryantAvant]

One of the most common malwares my customers get is fake driver update software. I just tell them to stay away from anything that says driver. I also say that dedicated GPU are the only ones that would ever really need to be updated.

[@flameshana9]

This video was painful to watch knowing how many people will just immediately Google "free drivers" afterwards.

[@avrahamhollander9296]

Me: laughs in drivers written and compiled right in to the Linux kernel and updated with new versions so I don't have to worry about it Me in terms of NVIDIA drivers: sudo pacman -Syu go brrrr

[@brovid-19]

_your distro sux_

[@BoomCat99]

Linus' Pulseway sponsor message from that server video was so good that Pulseway decided to use it for a video ad at the start of this video

[@prawny12009]

You do when Microsoft breaks existing drivers to force you to upgrade. A recent batch of updates on a win 7 laptop of my grandfather's caused the wireless card to become an unknown device and the existing driver to refuse to reinstall even though it was listed in the driver search dialog

[@krisch7]

The light blue background in the starting is much appreciated and feels Energetic than the dim violet one.

[@RisingRevengeance]

Use old components that dont get updates anymore, which must mean they're perfected.

[@FlyboyHelosim]

That's pretty much what I do, also businesses.

[@spikycactus7783]

“...and we’d be remiss if we didn’t mention... firmware!” Legit thought he was going to segway into a message from a sponsor lol

[@TejasGuptaMusic]

I recently updated my Intel 4000 hd (integrated) graphics driver from 2013 and I see better performance with video editing... Also using windows precision drivers instead of the stock synaptics drivers for my trackpad made a lot of difference for me ✌️🥳

[@doctordothraki4378]

I also have Intel HD Graphics 4000 in my i7-3770k. Though I haven't used them since 2014 because I got a GTX 760 ti

[@Mageman17]

There was a horrible bug with Synaptics (and I think also Elan) drivers in 2014 or so. Instead of getting focus when clicking a window, it would LOSE focus. The only way to fix it was to close all other windows so that clicking windows gets it focused again. Uninstalling the driver does make the bug go away, but you lose stuff like one finger/two finger scrolling. I don't think I've had a laptop with Precision drivers yet, but I'm sure there's less complexity if the touch device was built according to Microsoft's Precision Spec.

[@Tehn00bA]

The idea is: if its working, dont update it. If it isnt working, update it. If still doesnt work, reset it (and maybe than update it).

[@aurum3747]

I always see "Try updating your drivers" as a possible solution for problems and there's never a driver update available lmao

[@ezpzjayzaar]

I never update anything. Does it work now? YES! If it works, why change it? I have had SO MANY PROBLEMS with newer drivers, some overheat my GPU adding another 13°C for no reason, some just make me drop FPS by around 30, and some make my games not even launch. As soon as I revert to the previous driver - everything works flawlessly. For that reason, I never update. Bad experience. Even with Windows updates, things get messed up, settings get corrupted, I had to completely re-install Windows with the previous version in order for my stuff to work. Reminder: If it works, don't fix it.

[@Sadiinso]

It would have been nice nice to have graphs that show the evolution of GPU performance according to the drivers instead of just saying that it increases performance.

[@hoverbike]

Depends from card to card, and update to update. I'll give you some statistics: Heroes and generals: from single digit FPS to 40-50 GTA 4: from 10 to 30 FPS. Another instance: from 0 (crash to desktop, no error window) to 30 FPS. Cyberpunk 2077: from 10-15 FPS with windows 7 RTX implementation to 45-60 FPS with windows 10 rtx implementation. Mind you, both were 1080p extra maximum settings You're probably used to the usual 0fps gained by regularly updating. It's a lot more noticeable when you update your friends laptop that was never updated since it was purchased 2 years earlier. Tends to go from 'crashes' to 'smooth sailing'

[@banthaboss6390]

A vid on finding and installing rare or less used drivers would be awesome.

[@jasonfullerton7763]

Reminds me of the time in 2006 that I had a Win3.11 box attached to a factory machine that had a hard disk fail. I had, fortunately, recently backed up the critical data but had to reinstall the OS and machine control software. IT dept said, "Here are the 3.11 floppies, good luck with all that!" and the machine software was about 12 floppies that were stashed in the bottom of the machine. That part was actually pretty easy. The driver for the ancient Epson dot matrix printer was a different animal, and 100% necessary for our use of the machine. That took a few days of searching the internet and more than one attempt with a driver that did not work. I forget how or where I found the driver, but my boss told me that my quest was surely hopeless before I succeeded.

[@Alexifeu]

I always update my bios and I never had trouble. I click one button and it does everything for me. :) i always look for every single update when I start my PC lol

[@fragalot]

it should also be said that if you're NOT a gamer, updating GPU drivers aren't critical especially if you're using on-board graphics. If you're a content creator with a discrete GPU, then you should update your GPU drivers, but probably not as often as gamers do, so you can usually skip "game ready drivers."

[@JoseEncarnacao]

Here's a short and sweet video idea: banging on electronics into submission phenomenon. The top result on Google is from 2015. I undestand why, but it's still true today... bad soder joints, loose cable connector, etc... (I guess someone is deleting my early post because shared a clean video on twitter, but hey, you have your issue and that's fine)

[@HedgehogY2K]

Drivers are the single thing that stand in the way of installing old and new hardware that theoretically (though not officially) work together. Windows 7 laptops on 8750H with a 1660 Ti, limited DirectX 12 for Windows 7 with DXR support if not Vulkan 1.2, or on the Desktop side-Windows 7/11 build with a single Ryzen 2700x technically supported on both systems, just add a TPM and switch Secure Boot on and off between Windows 7 and 11 drives. Windows 7 SATA SSD-Windows 11 NVMe with RAID on.

[@bradsyoutube]

I have been in IT support for 25 years. I literally have never had a driver fix an issue. Don’t get me wrong, if a device isn’t working at all it may very well need a driver. But I’ve never come across a specific issue, installed a driver update and went wow that totally fixed the problem!

[@richard-davies]

I always make sure every driver, device firmware and that my BIOS is up to date, 99% of the time updating my drivers have never given me any issues.

[@SwiftWind]

Totally agree on GPU driver updates (even if I don't do it that often myself), but cannot stress enough the most important part: Before downloading and installing a new GPU driver (I think it's the same for AMD cards as well), ALWAYS READ THE RELASE NOTES! Before slapping a new driver on there you should definitely take the time to check what issues were fixed and what known issues are present for a new driver, and as long as they either improve or will not negatively impact your experience you're all good!

[@flameshana9]

But aren't people all hyperactive about updating every week? There's no time to read all the notes if you're updating constantly like that.

[@Thermophobe]

honestly don't mess with bios updates if you are on a laptop. in my case, it kneecapped my laptop's cooling curve and when trying to downgrade it (which the laptop allows), it bricked the machine lol. Had to hack my way to fix it. You've been warned.

[@Mageman17]

Yep, know the horror stories of those who came before you. While I've been lucky with HP's Bios and UEFI diganostic updates, I really wouldn't suggest installing any unless there's a clear problem that the BIOS update fixes and that it affects how you use the laptop.

[@Blue_Soul_Slayer]

This reminds me of a windows 10 update that just messed up with vertical (and also the up) taskbar, so I had to roll back. I'm not going to update windows for awhile know that vertical/custom taskbar in the future doesn't seem good.

[@einslinus1153]

Windows users: Make a science out of updating drivers. Linux users: sudo pacman -Syu

[@fireaza]

I'd always been having issues with crackling and noise on the HDMI audio with my system. One day, after a reformat, I decided to let Windows install all my drivers save for the GPU instead of downloading all the drivers myself from the manufacturer's site. No more HDMI audio issues!

[@MCbrothers35]

The Snapy Driver Installer SDI is a wonderful tool to update all your Driver.

[@slimal1]

Updating Chipset drivers is very necessary especially with today's string of security issues

[@shravan_3135]

How to find chepset d. ?

[@RayneAngelus]

Amusingly, several months ago I got a BT dongle for my PC that actually functions better with basic Windows drivers than its own manufacturer drivers. Go figure.

[@ventilate4267]

"If It ain't broke don't fix it" other than that the only time I would consider updating GPU drivers is if Its a newly released card for the first year or so.

[@ventilate4267]

or if a specific game you want to play gets patches for it

[@arnox4554]

On that note, I hate it when I see troubleshooting forum post after forum post telling you to, "Update your graphics drivers." That's NEVER the problem. Not ONCE in decades have I seen a single problem solved with a GPU update.

[@FilthyCasual268]

am glad he mention the download link for more rams, my p c run better than ever before now!

[@silversolver7809]

Always make a disk image of your system disk-usually C:-before updating drivers. Since you want to do that before the monthly Microsoft Windows etc update anyway, that's a natural time to check drivers if you want to. I very rarely update drivers-exception being if I add a new piece of hardware. I guess everyone needs to learn the hard way "Leave drivers alone unless you have a known reason to update them". This also applies to graphics card updates, since they often break some game or other. Drivers are hardcore software, one of the most likely to glitch when changed. This truly is a case where "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" should be taken seriously. If you do need a driver, in order of preference get it from: 1. Part maker-eg Nvidia, Intel, AMD; 2. Assembly maker-eg EVGA, Dell; 3. Microsoft. Nothing wrong with 2 or 3, just that 1 will have the latest driver sooner, and 2 will have it before 3.

[@Its-Just-Zip]

Personal recommend: take a day out of your year (or once very 6 months) and update all of your driver's with the official updates, keeps you on top of the security issues and will likely keep you from falling into any major bugs, keep graphics driver updating more often tho

[@SFSAtlas]

I update my packages every day so when a new driver is released I get it within a day. Also, most drivers are built into the Linux kernel.

[@Sevicify]

I wouldn't recommend updating everything all at once, if you run into an issue it can make it difficult to troubleshoot the cause. Ideally you should install drivers one at a time and test for stability before installing another. I was reminded of this the hard way a year ago when I decided to update my Windows 10 from 1903 to 2004 I also updated my graphics/chipset/audio/LAN drivers and BIOS all in one go without testing them individually, afterwards I started experiencing regular crashes after a while when playing games. Troubleshooting this was annoying where I reverted to my old GPU drivers and then older chipset drivers & BIOS to no avail and eventually just gave up on Windows 10 2004 reverting back to my 1903 backup (which I'm still on now) which retained my previous drivers (which had the latest audio & LAN drivers I had installed before updating Windows) with no crashing. Since then I've updated to the latest BIOS and GPU drivers but have remained on the same chipset and Windows 1903 build, might be about time I should try updating them again.

[@KabukeeJo]

Techquickie: update your motherboard drivers! Me: What updates? They stopped updating drivers 2 years after the board was released!

[@zTribalX]

Cmon man, you had to rub the 3090 into our face right? :

[@sens_120ms]

this is the intel version of my gpu 2020 and 2021 drivers = crash 2019 drivers = stutter 2018 drivers = buttery smooth btw im talking abt games such as r6s in vulkan and dx11, gta in dx11, and games like anno 1800 and forza horizon 3 running dx12, im relating to all of them. edit: i will test them out again after cleaning my fan

[@AdultingWithoutSupervision]

Ive only been updating drivers if it's suggested to me by a article or video due to some existing problems or if I start experiencing a problem and that's part of the troubleshooting process.

[@6996Gunslinger]

quick anwser - if ya wanna use the newest shit and play newest games yes you do especially for VR

[@TheDutchisGaming]

Also every so often update you WiFi driver. Almost bricked my laptop after it got stuck in a kind of blue screen loop.

[@dachyvashakmadze1871]

topic: How faster SSD should become to use it as DDR4 ram when u do not need DDR5-6 speed

[@bobothn]

the fastest ssd's write at 5GB/s DDR4 can do 25GB/s. That said you probably are using your SSD as ram with a Pagefile if using Windows or swap space if using linux. If you start to max out your RAM windows will move part of it that aren't being accessed a lot to a pagefile which will free up some ram until it needs to pull the info back into ram to be used again.

[@JamesAutoDude]

I actually did have to update my driver's when I got the newest windows 10 version. The graphics card kept crashing. After updating the driver, it worked flawlessly I also had another computer that kept giving blue screens of death, it was an outdated driver...

[@Patrick462]

Wait - a calm, reasonable discussion of the pros and cons of computer issues? [Ed. - insert Canada joke here].

[@NateCrownwell]

lololol at the downloading RAM joke :)

[@hakim0246]

Flexing with a 3090 on the device manager panel.. Good job we saw that

[@gregoireSB93]

It's a non-question in Linux. Every driver is integrated in Kernel. Then when you update the kernel you get the latest driver version. Magic :) (true for amd and intel (cpu, gpu and wifi), NVIDIA isn't fairplay about open source and linux :/ sadly)

[@jaceneliot]

Yeah that is good. Windows Try to do that. I love thé fact they try to integrate drivers in Windows update

[@TerruvianPuff]

I've had problems with my PC realizing that my TV that I use for a monitor is also an HDMI audio device. A quick Windows update usually fixes it. Problem being that Windows doesn't exactly play nice with Intel HMDI audio codecs, so it kills the driver sometimes and so I don't get audio.

[@Ninjaeule97]

My computer was having memory leak problems. Turns out it was an old Killer ethernet driver that was causing them. Simply updating it fixed the issue. That problem was giving me headaches for days.

[@ZipplyZane]

I update for security concerns or if something doesn't work right, but not otherwise.

[@mjdorads]

Back in the day, you only need Internet to browse. Now, you need to update.

[@polydynamix7521]

If my 'gameready drivers' aren't updated sometimes certain games just start crashing... when they never did before. It never made any sense to me. If I was playing them offline entirely the game wouldn't even know about driver updates- but even when the game itself doesn't update still I have issues. I have 28 or so years experience in the tech industry and I still have no idea why.

[@flameshana9]

My guess would be because other components are getting updated all the time and the game depends on both those and the gpu drivers to play nice together. So as soon as one changes all the others need to be updated to match.

[@polydynamix7521]

@@flameshana9 But, from Nvidia's own description of the 'game ready drivers'- the updates are meant to include new hardware and games released since the last update. It isn't even supposed to be changing things on existing hardware- that should fall back on the hardware drivers themselves for each individual component. You might be right, but it's still pretty weird.

[@Mp57navy]

If only those drivers would not come with bloatware that clings to my autostart...

[@monikker2]

Old wireless drivers are one of the most common causes of wireless networking problems. WIFI4, WIFI5 and WIFI6 devices and drivers came out long before the standards were even ratified, and leverage increasingly advanced and complex protocols and signal processing. Early drivers often either implement standards wrong, or just weren't very good at it. If you have a WIFI6 (ax) network interface, you probably need to update your drivers - the whole industry is still figuring out how to optimize the new standard.

[@jorgeq4910]

FINALLY! Doing a video where you don't have your retainer. Thank you

[@robertpesche7812]

I think that's just his Canadian accent.

[@DeathBringer769]

I have an older card. I tend to not update drivers because it often breaks old things that worked. I get annoyed when devs make a game automatically shutdown if it detects older drivers. It's like... just let me decide if I want to take the risk that things might be glitchy or not. Don't make that choice for me because you think I'll somehow blame you if there's graphical artifacts or crashes. I'd rather have the ability to take the chance than have it complete shut off. Nvidia doesn't always make new game ready drivers that work properly still for older cards. Sometimes it's fine, and sometimes it's not. With newer stuff, I'd often update drivers though, but even then, some driver versions get botched and you see advice that you should skip them.

[@aniketmukherjee8252]

I recommend not to download driver from windows update, there is an issue found where windows installing 1968 year driver to modern pc,you will be in serious trouble Always DOWNLOAD from official site

[@st8kout961]

I was hoping you'd cover some free program that keeps your drivers up to date. I'm not really sure I can trust the ones in ads. You know t he ones; they will scan your system for free, tell you about several things that need updating, but you have to pay to find out.

[@Wraithdagger]

Me: If it ain't broke, don't fix it Windows Update: Seriously, though, if your stuff works, and game performance is fine, then don't trouble yourself. If you play newer games where updated drivers can make a difference, then you should update.

[@flameshana9]

My thoughts exactly.

[@rhondelon]

Topic: AI creates convincing phishing emails that are more likely to land in your inbox (doesn't score high enough to set off spam filters) Keep up the good work!

[@Starfals]

Idk why but everytime people tell me to upgrade bios... something goes wrong... SUPER WRONG.

[@patricius2512]

RGB will boost fps , im not kidding R - red team - AMD G - Nvidia team B- intel team

[@john-paultolczyk2434]

yes this is right you do need to do all of that update drivers

[@SomeCanine]

Generally you should only bother downloading new graphics drivers if you are having issues running a new game. Sometimes they have fixes in the driver side. None of the older games will ever be improved by constantly updating graphics drivers.

[@imoffendedthatyouareoffended]

The answer is yes, I stopped updating my graphics card for about 5 months. I just kept spacing it off, turn on my computer one day and it kept turning off the monitor. Finally got it working long enough to make a Hail Mary pass and get it working through the drivers. Been running fine since.

[@arfaalinaikar]

Drivers 🙂

[@THE_GAMER_EFEX]

Vrooom

[@waldevv]

I suffered from random black screen crashes on my Vega 64 for 2 years, nothing solved it. Repasted, underclocked, ran at -50% power, replaced PSU, reinstalled windows many times and nothing worked Then one day I installed a 2017 version of the drivers and it has been smooth sailing ever since for months now. Some newer games have a bit lower fps but prefer the stability. I was so close to buying a new GPU that wouldn't have even been a big upgrade with these current prices, so I would've paid twice as much as I paid for my vega 3 years ago to basically have an equally good GPU or spend even more if I wanted a slight upgrade. I'm so glad I tried the old drivers

[@rlosangeleskings]

Watch out for some of those audio updates... You might think you're going deaf after some of them...

[@flameshana9]

Yep, happened to me. Now I never touch the audio drivers anymore.

[@CarthagoMike]

Time to find a way to update the drivers of my arcade cabinet.

[@qualk37]

If I found that chipset drivers fixed those warnings yesterday, I would've been so thankful.

[@stevo19991]

Just use Linux.

[@fancyyahoo]

Oh okay. So this this why even Windows Update's Optional Updates subsection states that the driver files should only be downloaded when users are facing issues with their hardware. Thanks for this video!

[@Eferor]

Free tip: disable windows update drivers auto install, cause it will replace your custom drivers from the manufacturer with the windows basic drivers and it sucks

[@YOEL_44]

That's only a tip if you tinker with your drivers, and if you do so, you already know this tip, also it only happens if the driver from the Windows Update Catalog is from the same branch as the one you've got already installed (it wont auto update form Realtek HDA to Realtek UAD for example), so for a regular user, it might be better to just leave it on.

[@Eferor]

@@YOEL_44 time and time again windows replaced my vga drivers and radeon software stoped working u.u. Maybe its no in every case, but its good to keep in mind tough

[@TommyMcD]

Using old GPU drivers because the newer one's cause issues in the main game I play. It's frustrating but opening any menu makes the GPU utilization go to 10% and run slowly. In game it's okay except they have overlaying inventory menus that cause the same issue.

[@chincemagnet]

If I have a good running driver and there aren’t any new game drivers that are necessary, I read the release notes and see what’s changed, been fixed or updated. If there’s nothing helpful for me I’ll usually err on the side of caution and stick with my current driver. It’s nowhere near as bad as it used to be, but having major issues after a driver update used to be a common thing.

[@Maskedmous]

I actually had to update my drivers because one of them was randomly causing a memory leak. It filled my RAM almost instantly (32gb) causing lockups. I had no clue which one it was so I did a full update cycle. Have no issue since. But as for driver updates, GPU is one of the most common updates indeed.

[@kamikazefu-2364]

Lol for that special increase ram link

[@jeffreygerhardt6877]

just telling people what to do is better than the technical jargon to me

[@redspecial4102]

One updates one's chauffeur whenever one can.