- Feb 19, 2003
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Hi guys. I haven't really paid much attention to my drivers since I got my HD 6850 last June. Is there any reason to upgrade to the latest ones?
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Op please change the thread title
If you have to ask, then it isn't worth upgrading. Why risk breaking something to fix something that isn't broken.
12.7 Beta pushes my 7970 better than any other driver used.
12.7 beta saw a 5% or more boost in many of my games over 12.4
3DMark11 score (I know, not that important) saw a 250 point jump, and Heaven improved by 4-5 FPS on average.
Worth it for free performance, why not? Up to you.
This is so wrong! Why would you even say something like this?
Drivers are fixed regularly to accomodate quirks of newer games.title changed. what kind of benefits would there be? I'm not sure it's worth the effort for a 3% performance increase or something.
Ah, yes, the ever-lasting argument about upgrading drivers like an out of control OCD patient:
"You need to continually upgrade the drivers to fix the (unknown) problems with your (unknown) game when using your (unknown) card."
At least in this case we know the card. And it's older, so far less likely to suffer from any driver bugs than newer cards. Oh, and we can infer that the OP isn't having any issues with any games. Hell, it can't even be said with certainty that the OP plays any games. So the one thing we know, and the other thing that we can infer, both suggest that the latest drivers probably aren't necessary. Would they break anything? Probably not. Would they fix anything? Probably not. Would they improve anything? Probably not to any perceivable amount.
I've had a few. Not enough to think that there will be a major complication, but enough to not try to fix things that are working well.Please tell me in the past 10 years how many failed driver updates have you had?
To which problem are you referring? No problems have been mentioned.Anyone who trouble shoots problems, rule #1 update drivers.
Video card drivers wear out (like oil and oil filters)?The above statement is like saying. I don't have to tune up my car it still goes forward.
Again, I have to ask, where are these problems mentioned in the above posts by the OP? I see no problems mentioned, so the assumption is that things are working fine.You know drivers these days do a lot more than games? h.264? Have you heard of it? Gpu acceleration in browsers? The browsers update and require updated drivers. Ever think of that???
This is more than likely true.The reality is the OP wouldn't have a 6850 if he didn't do some gaming!
I've had a few. Not enough to think that there will be a major complication, but enough to not try to fix things that are working well.
To which problem are you referring? No problems have been mentioned.
Video card drivers wear out (like oil and oil filters)?
Again, I have to ask, where are these problems mentioned in the above posts by the OP? I see no problems mentioned, so the assumption is that things are working fine.
This is more than likely true.
It's impossible to have an intelligent debate when most or all of the "reasons" are based on problems that don't seem to exist.
Please tell me in the past 10 years how many failed driver updates have you had? Anyone who trouble shoots problems, rule #1 update drivers.
You haven't mentioned a single "feature" that would be gained by updating the drivers.What about features? Again you ignore that!!!. (intelligent debate?)
Edit: It's a simple as this, why wait for problems when you can proactively apply patches and updates? Do you wait for a virus to update your protection? Do you wait for your computer to overheat before you clean out the dust? Microsoft/Firefox/Chrome/etc expect you to patch your system for both features and problems, why should drivers be any different?
Troubleshoots problems professionally? You don't just start updating things. If you look at IT work for any large corporation, they don't just deploy updates for the sake of deploying updates. Don't fix it if it ain't broke. You might get marginal boosts out of driver updates if you haven't updated for a year, but I'm pretty sure you aren't missing out on much unless you know of a specific huge bug like say BF3 not running at all unless you have 12.6s running.