Updating drivers (or abbreviated firewood) must be carried out systematically to eliminate the shortcomings of old versions, solving compatibility issues with newversions of operating systems, as well as to expand functionality. It is especially important to update drivers for a laptop video card.
To update video card drivers forWindows You need to know the exact name of the video card model. You can determine the video card model in several ways. Simplest -help the "My Computer" icon, the right mouse button to activate the "Properties" menu, "Device Manager". In the "Manager" window that opens, select the desired Item "Video adapter" and double clickthe left mouse keys open the tab that appears the inscription and there is the full name of the model installed on the video card laptop. You can find out the name of the video card model using the "Run" and commands "dxdiag" In the window that opens, "Diagnostic ToolDirextx.»On the" Screen "tab, the necessary data about the video card model will be posted.
Also important for the update is information about the current version of the driver. For users-beginners, the driver version will not say at all, you need to pay attention to the update date. If the installation period is already more than two or three months, it is likely that there is already a new update version.
Updating video card drivers can be performed automatically. This is suitable for specially designed update search programs. There are a lot of programs like this direction, but most of them are paid, and free options do not always justify expectations. One of the paid, but convenient and powerful search engines to update drivers can be calledDriversCanner.By the way, when working such a specialized program on your laptop computer, knowledge of the full name of your video card is optional.
Video card drivers can be updated manually. Many sites offer a large selection of drivers for different models of video cards of various manufacturers,but it is better to download the necessary drivers from the manufacturer of the laptop.
For the driver's correct installation, you must unpack the archive of the downloaded file. The main installation file of the unpacked folder of the driver archivereferred to meSetup. And has an extension .exe. When you start the installation file, you must follow the instructions that appear during the installation of the program. After installing or updating the driver, you should restart the computer to change the changes.
Update video card drivers systematically or not update in general - the question is purely personal. If the laptop is used to work with standard Windows programs, MS Office, then the update question may not stand, as the technical characteristics of old drivers are enough for a long time, and the image will be a good quality for a long time. If the laptop is used to play, then the frequent update of the video card drivers is simply necessary for compliance with the required characteristics of the available volume games with good graphics.
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