Pancake Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 Is there a way to check if your drivers are up to date without downloading one of those programs that hold your hand and do it for you? I mean... do you just manually go to your hardware list and check the date on your graphics driver, and then go to the site and compare the dates?
Konfucius Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 There are some websites that do it online but that still means you have to install some sort of plugin or ActiveX component. It gives you the illusion of doing everything online when it's not. I just update the drivers "manually".
Raining_again Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 Why do you want to update your drivers anyway? Unless you have a problem its usually not that necessary. If you have vista the drivers download through Updates and you have the option of installing or not installing them. XP you go to the Device Manager (iirc - right click on my computer > manage > device manager) and update through that. If you need a driver from scratch (Ie you've just formatted and installed) then go to the website for the hardware and get it from there. I only update my drivers when vista wants to or when I have to. I've had more than enough problems upgrading drivers, which then don't work. If it ain't broke I tend to not fix it.
Pancake Posted February 14, 2009 Author Posted February 14, 2009 Well it's mainly my graphics card drivers, so that they run as smooth as possible, and maybe game preformance is improved.
Konfucius Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 Then it's a lot easier to update them manually. Unless you are using the Windows 7 Beta, then you'll get them through Windows Update (at least nVidia so far). I think ATi release a new driver every month and nVidia whenever they feel like it.
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