anyone let STEAM manage updates?

[ViviTheMage]

I am curious, I just noticed this feature, does anyone use it? Does it work well, is it quick to see updates?

to clarify, I meant GPU updates, haha.

 

[TakeNoPrisoners]

I do use steam for graphics drivers. It makes it easy for me to click "update video drivers" every time I hear about a new release. I play the latest games usually and it helps to have recent drivers.

 

[Red Hawk]

If you have a Steam game it updates as soon as the update is available through Steam. You can only update once the update has been posted to Steam. You can turn auto-updating off, but you can't get the update any quicker than the auto-updater already would.

 

[OCGuy]

Constantly updating video card drivers isnt always a good idea.

 

[apoppin]

Constantly updating video card drivers isnt always a good idea.

It depends. If you have the latest series GPU and you play the latest games, it certainly is important to update to the latest WHQLs.

i am finishing up my 80-game evaluation of 3D Vision and i often needed to use betas to get the best out of a game; for example SSF-IV arcade edition is only "fair" with the latest GeForce 275.33 but "3D Vision Ready" with R289.19s. There is no comparison

You can also allow Nvidia to update your drivers and check for the latest betas every five minutes in the nV Control Panel.


After i have patched Steam, i always break the cloud synch and go offline. No Auto updates because they can interfere with benching results. i am getting a new AMD card to review this week and there has to be consistency through all of the benches. After the benching is done, i allow Steam to Auto-updates my games again.

 

[Red Hawk]

Oh. This about Steam updating graphics drivers, not games. My mistake.

The answer is no, I don't. I get my drivers straight from AMD's website. AMD's drivers has its own automatic updating tool now so I don't see why anyone would use Steam.

 

[brybir]

It depends. If you have the latest series GPU and you play the latest games, it certainly is important to update to the latest WHQLs.

i am finishing up my 80-game evaluation of 3D Vision and i often needed to use betas to get the best out of a game; for example SSF-IV arcade edition is only "fair" with the latest GeForce 275.33 but "3D Vision Ready" with R289.19s. There is no comparison

You can also allow Nvidia to update your drivers and check for the latest betas every five minutes in the nV Control Panel.


After i have patched Steam, i always break the cloud synch and go offline. No Auto updates because they can interfere with benching results. i am getting a new AMD card to review this week and there has to be consistency through all of the benches. After the benching is done, i allow Steam to Auto-updates my games again.

So what is the new card?!?!?!

 

[apoppin]

A passively cooled Gigabyte HD 6770.
- i think it would be great for light gaming and HTPC
(that was my first choice out of a bunch of 6770s and 6790s)

Oh. This about Steam updating graphics drivers, not games. My mistake.

not necessarily - the OP asked us about letting Steam "manage updates"

i let it update games when i want it to; i never allow it to update drivers as AMD and Nvidia have their own auto-update feature

 

[ViviTheMage]

oh yeah, I meant GPU drivers, haha.