Re: CRAP Poll #Banana72: Quality of Drivers

On 16/12/2024 15:37, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

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. ;-)
 

It's one of those ones that doesn't bother me enough to actually do anything about it. I was actually more annoyed that they basically forced you sometime back to get an account just to use it.