Drivers

zane1214 · December 20, 2015

Ok so I use CPU-Z to monitor certan things for my CPU and so on.

However I seen that there is a "Check for driver updates" under the "Tools" tab and I was redirected to this site http://driveragent.com/affiliate/cpuid.php?ref=1213&PHPSESSID=ciave32hko5r4fes72u5csd783

Has anyone used this with good results? I am never to sure about drivers and always wonder how to get the latest ones. Please dont judge me.

LogicalDrm · December 21, 2015

That looks like cheap bloatware style software. It won't be free, like none other driver updater. And most of the times you won't need such anyway. GPU drivers are ones that you get noticed about anyway. They are also only ones that you would need to keep up to date. Others aren't so important. For mobo you find latest from support website for your board. You can use mobos own updater software but end result is same. For all other things like peripherals, go to each device support page and there you will get any updates to drivers.

If you try one of these driver updater software, they will highlight 100+ devices with old drivers. Most of those are things which use PnP drivers anyway and are dated to something like 2006.