Please help

[lolgame123]

I have an old lenovo y560 with switchable graphics and until I can get new pc I would like it to last as long as possible. I was going to update graphics drivers but I read that I should use only drivers from lenovo site, and not newer drivers from amd site, because only they are compatible with laptop. Is it true? And if not, what's the best way to update drivers?

[EminentSun]

I would think you should be fine, but I'm not an expert. I'd say go to your programs list and see if you have anything AMD installed, if you do then you should be good to update from AMD.

[Space Reptile]

if the newer drivers are compatible w/ the graphics card used they shud be fine , lenovo has custom drivers wich are optimized for battery life and so on , so thats that 

[Godlygamer23]

You can install the drivers from AMD's website just fine, but Lenovo might offer specific optimizations for their particular build. Generic drivers will likely work just fine. 

 

The best way to update the drivers is to remove them using DDU, and then install the new version. But since that's not entirely realistic, installing over the current version will suffice. 

[lolgame123]

1 minute ago, Godlygamer23 said:

You can install the drivers from AMD's website just fine, but Lenovo might offer specific optimizations for their particular build. Generic drivers will likely work just fine. 

 

The best way to update the drivers is to remove them using DDU, and then install the new version. But since that's not entirely realistic, installing over the current version will suffice. 

A couple of months ago I did that using AMD autodetect (detects the best driver for my device) and after installation I could play games, Skyrim for example, only on intel. When I looked in Skyrim options, it didn't even detect AMD.