Re: CRAP Poll #Banana72: Quality of Drivers

On Sat, 14 Dec 2024 20:27:34 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

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It's been a while since we did one of this. How about we do another?
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'Round-about a year ago, I asked you how often you update your video
card drivers. Here's a related Completely Random and Pointless poll:
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Having decided to update your drivers, which version do you pick:
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      a) The most cutting-edge release-version drivers
         available. I want every nano-second of
         possible optimization!
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      b) The most recent stable 'studio' drivers that
         reputedly have the least problems
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      c) The beta drivers, because I want to see what's
         coming next
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      d) The drivers recommended/supplied by my OS or OEM
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      e) I use a very specific version, even if its years
         old, because of reasons.
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      f) Weren't you listening to my answer last year? I
         never upgrade my drivers!!1!
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      g) I haxor my own drivers, like a real computer user
         should! (alternately: I use teletype so don't need
         a video-card driver)
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      h) What's a driver?
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When I actually do get around to updating my drivers (which isn't that
often), I almost always pick option B. I'm not interested in speed as
much as stability; after all I know it's going to be a while before I
get around to updating again, and any speed boosts I get from
optimizations probably won't benefit me very long. But crashes are
forever. ;-)
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What's your choice?
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(and before you ask, yes, I was inspired to write this CRAP poll write
after updating the drivers on my own PC ;-)
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A. I want my video card to catch fire so I can join a class action.

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Zag

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