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Best way to download Drivers?

Nikdo
By Nikdo
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I have a couple of driver issues so i figured the best thing to do would to just reinstall windows once. Now i got the question what the best way to download drivers is, should I just track them down 1 by 1 or is there a faster and more efficient way?

 

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I like https://www.snappy-driver-installer.org/ when needed.

 

But usually Windows will automatically get most stuff on its own, then you install the graphics driver manually and you're good.

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Two choices:

One By One
or
Let Windows pick drivers for you.  

 

The latter works...  mostly okay-ish?  

 

But if you're after the best performance, your best bet is to download them individually.

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Just now, Kilrah said:

I like

 

https://www.snappy-driver-installer.org/

Never trusted those.

 

Directly from the manufacturer's website is generally the best bet.

 

Driver files are a mess to begin with. Newest driver release date isn't always the latest driver, and vice versa. 

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1 minute ago, rcmaehl said:

Never trusted those.

This and the packs are a legit open source thing made by techs, not one of the crappy adware ones that seem like they're made by bots... Wouldn't use any other but this works wonders on everything from XP to current. It will often have drivers for obscure stuff you can't find anywhere...

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1 minute ago, Kilrah said:

This and the packs are a legit open source thing made by techs, not one of the crappy adware ones that seem like they're made by bots... Wouldn't use any other but this works wonders on everything from XP to current.

I'll take a look at it when I get home. 

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There's a little used advantage with all of the driver installation tools, they give you a listing of outdated drivers

Then by using the list of what they found, you can go to the manufacturers website directly and down the latest one they have.

But, where you can, see if it provides any functions that you need outside of bug fixes of course because new is not necessarily better.

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