Re: CRAP Poll #Banana72: Quality of Drivers

On Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:11:27 +0000, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:

The GPU I do kept more up to date as otherwise NVIDIA nag me about it
although the chances that it adds anything for my card are low.
Everything else I leave well alone unless I know about a problem.

Download the drivers /without/ the nvidia app and you won't get
nagged. I hate that GPU drivers are following HP's bloatware tactics,
but at least (for now) they are allowing you to still do a 'just the
drivers' install.

The only time I update the drivers is:

    a) I'm doing a complete reinstall of the OS, and figure I
       might as well get the latest-n-greatest
    b) if I suspect a problem is related to the driver
    c) some stupid game insists on a specific 'minimum version'
       before it lets me play
    d) I get really, /REALLY/ bored. ;-)