Drivers on Windows 10

[Phantoria]

Is the driver scanning software that comes with Windows 10's latest update sufficient enough to check for the latest and greatest or should I consider investing in a driver software management program?  I am always paranoid that my drivers are out of date of that I don't have the best ones and I am still very new to PC so I want to best performance possible.  Thanks guys!

[Enderman]

Let windows update do it.

Less likely to cause issues.

[CyberneticTitan]

You should only be looking at a few sources of updates:

 

- OS

- CPU/Chipset

- GPU

- Motherboard

- OEM-only updates

 

For my PC, I use:

 

- Windows Update

- Nvidia Drivers Center

- Intel Download Center

- MSI's driver pages

 

I exclusively prioritize Dell-specific drivers on my XPS 13 over generic Intel and Realtek drivers. Windows Update is automatic. I look into the other two maybe once a month or every two months.

[kirashi]

1 hour ago, Phantoria said:

Is the driver scanning software that comes with Windows 10's latest update sufficient enough to check for the latest and greatest or should I consider investing in a driver software management program?  I am always paranoid that my drivers are out of date of that I don't have the best ones and I am still very new to PC so I want to best performance possible.  Thanks guys!

No. Never. Because I don't know of a single driver update program that either works correctly or isn't a scam/malware.

 

Windows 10 is pretty good at finding the right drivers for most things, aside from your GPU and chipset drivers. Those I manually acquire from AMD or nVidia, and whomever my motherboard manufacturer happens to be at the time. Laptops are a little easier, although I still find that using the manufacturer's website is sometimes better than relying on Windows inability to actually do smart things.

[Phantoria]

Thank you guys!

[LogicalDrm]

So far GPU is only thing that needs constant driver updates. Others are more like install and forget style.