driver updater

[bitsnbytes]

Is there any real free software that will scan your drivers and upgrade or they all scams

[Benchtech]

Welcome to the forums, as I sure many will reiterate as I'm about to please use the search function before asking questions that have already been posted, numerous times.

Driver Genius 2010/11 is what I use....

[JW The Computer Guy]

Device Doctor, its free: http://www.devicedoctor.com

[gazza]

What a great question, I don't give a rats if the question has been asked a thousand times before, unlike some others on these forums. Please give DriverIdentifier a try http://www.driveridentifier.com/

[Cadishead Computers]

Another 2 you can use, are driver genius, and driver agent.

[commentator8]

I use Device doctor, as mentioned, but be aware that there does seem to be a difference between the portable and installable versions (the installable seems to have a bit more, although the site doesn't say squat about it).

[Larry Sabo]

Originally Posted by gazza

Please give DriverIdentifier a try http://www.driveridentifier.com/

Antivir alerts on http://www.driveridentifier.com/file...fier_setup.exe as malware, for me. However, WOT gives no warning about the site being a risk, so IDK.

[nhicktrush]

Need it too, thanks for mentioning these driver updater too guys..

[Elemdee]

Originally Posted by FoolishTech

I agree. I don't understand the hype that seems to exist about keeping drivers "updated" ...

I only ever check for a driver update when there is actual problem related to that specific hardware; there is the possible exception of a gamer system where the potential for performance gains outweigh the potential for the instability that can come with some bleeding edge driver updates.

In fact, when there is a problem, actually I find myself checking as much for OLDER drivers as NEWER ones.

I agree with this!




Filler

[sys-eng]

FoolishTech & Elemdee:

If a driver is causing a 20% degradation in performance but not generating an error code, how do you determine that the old driver is the problem?