Reason to Upgrade Catalyst?

[mojothehut]

Hey all.
I'm wondering if there is any point to upgrading my graphics drivers frequently?

Right now I'm on a Sapphire 7950 on Catalyst 13.12 and have been for a while.
I even use AMD Overdrive to overclock. (950/1325) All my games are happy and stable. Only using one 1980x1080 monitor.

I know 13.12 is a little old now, but like I said, having zero issues with it. I don't really play any of the games that the current version claims to have performance boosts for. So should I continue being satisfied with 13.12 or am I missing a reason to update?

 

[el etro]

You don't need to get every new beta driver that comes out, but is good to update your driver to the latest at least one time per year.

 

[Hitman928]

Depends on the games you play, setup you have. At single monitor, 1080p, only play older games, you're probably fine. Remember, just because a game isn't listed as having a performance increase, doesn't mean it won't see increased performance from new drivers. Basically, if you're happy with how things are running, don't fix what's not broken. As el_etro said, though, updating once in a while is probably a good idea. Once every year or two is what I do on my computers that are not my main gaming machine.

 

[mojothehut]

Cool thanks, I'll wait a few more months. My main games are a few MMOs, Far Cry 3, Diablo 3, Skyrim and the Arkham city games. So none of them are super new by any means.

 

[Mand]

I don't update mine unless something really new comes out and I'm having trouble. Of course, I'm on a card that's over four years old, and driver issues are becoming the least of my concerns.

 

[Leadbox]

I don't update mine unless something really new comes out and I'm having trouble. Of course, I'm on a card that's over four years old, and driver issues are becoming the least of my concerns.

Thought you had a R9 290, that ain't 4 years old :\

 

[Mand]

Ha, I wish. HD 5870

Thing's got surprisingly good chops though, it managed 1920x1080 Crysis 2 at decent settings while running a secondary monitor. Would love to see something like it show up again, the performance increase over prior gen cards at an excellent price point has been largely unmatched since then.

 

[KingFatty]

The most recent drivers apparently added multi-resolution support for eyefinity. So if you are running a secondary monitor, the new drivers might help there?

 

[SPBHM]

newer games might force you to update your drivers,