On Windows, a lot of motherboard vendors would ship their own update utility, however the issue is that in 9 out of 10 cases, that utility would also install some useless garbage on the side, and hog the resources, while not really doing anything. In other cases, Windows itself can provide you with updates, for the devices it recognizes
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MagnyusG@lemmy.world 2 years ago
speaking of which, what’s a good way to keep all my drivers updated? I feel like I’ve been slacking on that.
dinckelman@lemmy.world 2 years ago
SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
Nvidia and AMD both have programs that’ll let you know when you have a driver update. It’ll handle it automatically past you needing to click ‘go’, from what I remember(I haven’t had a Nvidia gpu in a few years.) For AMD it’s called Adrenaline, and for Nvidia it’s Geforce Experience.
I don’t find that anything but GPUs really need regular driver updates.
rtxn@lemmy.world 2 years ago
On Linux? Update packages and reboot.
On Windows? I think Nvidia is updated by Windows Update, but you’ll have to manually download the online updater tool for AMD cards. There’s really no good method to do it on Windows, which I find equally hilarious and embarrassing.
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 2 years ago
On Windows you can use NVCleanstall, which will notify you when there’s a driver update, download the installer for you, and even strip out Nvidia’s telemetry and bloatware from the installer before running it.
The bloatware and telemetry removal is the best part. There’s like twenty components in a default Nvidia driver installation and you only really need maybe three to run games.