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A driver is a computer program that allows other computer programs to interact with hardware (device). Most drivers are updated relatively frequently, especially drivers for graphic devices such as AMD's or nVidia's graphic cards. Driver updates fix bugs and offer performance improvements. As such, it is quite important to have an up to date set of drivers for all your computer's hardware devices. | A driver is a computer program that allows other computer programs to interact with hardware (device). Most drivers are updated relatively frequently, especially drivers for graphic devices such as AMD's or nVidia's graphic cards. Driver updates fix bugs and offer performance improvements. As such, it is quite important to have an up to date set of drivers for all your computer's hardware devices. | ||
If | If the system being used for mod testing pre-built, for example, an off the shelf computer under a brand (vendor) name such as HP or ACER, a program(s) is usually included that assists in vendor specific driver updates. If this is the case, it is important to use this program(s), as many brand name off-the-shelf computers have drivers specifically designed for their hardware devices, rather than generic drivers. Consult the manual or the website for information on how to do this on your computer. | ||
If | If the system is custom made, then there are several excellent programs to assist with this. A great tool is [http://www.driver-soft.com/ Driver Genius], which will download an up-to-date list of drivers for almost all hardware devices, scan your computer with that list, and specify which need to be updated. The freeware version will do all of this and you can manually search for the drivers using the provided summary. If upgraded to the paid version, then the program will also download and install the drivers it finds that are out-of-date. However, it is not recommended to allow this program to update your graphics drivers. This is best done manually by downloading them from AMD or nVidia. | ||
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