How Do I know If My Laptop Drivers and Video Cards Are Updated?

[paulyron]

Dell XPS 15 9520 bought many years ago.  I use bitlocker with it if that matters.

 

 

Windows 11 Pro

1920x1200 screen

I7-12700H processor

32gb ram

1tb ssd

86 whr battery

Nvidia Geforce RTX 3050

Iris Iris XE Graphics

 

 

I have done many dell firmware updates and many windows updates on it.  So that means my laptop is fully updated right?

 

 

However, a while back I remember checking out task manager and checking out GPU 0 which is Intel Iris XE Graphics and GPU 1 which is Nvidia Geforce RTX 3050.  I recalled it showed the versions of the Intel Iris XE and the Nvidia Geforce RTX 3050 and recalled it seemed to be a much older version and it might not ever been updated since I got the laptop for Nvidia.  Is that possible or not?  I think it showed this for the Nvidia Geforce RTX 3050 and not the Intel Iris XE Graphics as I recall manually doing downloading an Intel Arc driver from the Intel website a few times when my main external monitor didn't work until I downloaded an update for it several times.  I use 2 external monitors with this laptop.

 

 

Can someone tell me how to check if my Nvidia Geforce RTX 3050 is updated?  Is it possible I'm still using the oldest version possible like when I bought my laptop years ago or is that not possible?  What about the Intel Iris XE Graphics?

 

 

[LloydLynx]

Device Manager and the respective graphics control panels should tell you the version. OEM drivers often lag behind in versions to the GPU vendors official drivers and may have modifications. If you're having issues or are unsatisfied with performance, you can try the official drivers directly from the GPU vendor.

[paulyron]

Task Manager shows

 

 

GPU 0 - Intel Iris Xe Graphics

 

Driver version  31.0.101.5186

Driver Date  1/18/2024

Directx version 12 (FL 12.1)

 

 

 

GPU 1 - Nvidia Geforce RTX 3050

 

Driver version 32.0.15.5612

Driver date 6/25/2024

Directx version 12 (FL 12.1)

 

 

 

So that is the driver versions for each?  But are they each updated?  So drivers are many months old at least and even more than a year old and updated?

[tilenbox]

Fastest and easiest way is to download the Nvidia app. It automatically checks for drivers for you.

 

2nd option is to download drivers from the Nvidia site. 

These would be the parameters for your Laptop GPU. 

 

And when clicking find we can see the latest driver versions.