Small little tech question

[SadExchange]

Sorry for my ignorance, but haven't kept up in awhile. When dealing with video card updates, should I always update to the newest drivers even though my card is never featured in the patch notes? What I mean is I have a Nvidia 275 GTX, however only the 680s and 660 are ever featured in the notes for the drivers or beta drivers. Am I still gaining performance as well? I keep updating, but wanted to ask if it's doing anything worthwhile.

[BruceVC]

Yes its always good to keep your driver updated. There is a school of thought that believes "if its not broken don't fix it " but I keep all my drivers on my gaming PC updated

[Gorth]

Depending on how old your card is, you may not get a lot of performance out of it anymore, but if the release notes for my card is anything to go by, they often includes bugfixes for stability issues, OS versions, tweaks for specific (popular) games etc.

[jonvel]

I'll second Gorth's comment. The days of seeing any kind of performance increase for your video card are long over, but you can still see stability updates even with older video cards. Unless your card is no longer supported by the driver release, you should continue to update your drivers, provided that the bug fixes in the rest include games you play.

 

However, there is also wisdom in the 'if it ain't broke don't fix it' mantra.