QOTW: How often do you update your graphics card driver?

[Marenghi]

will update within a few weeks of the release depending upon the list of known bugs

[Nelly.]

As soon as a new driver is released I update it, I do this for all my hardware.

The same goes for motherboard BIOS, even beta ones. I generally like playing around to see what they have fixed and possibly broke and giving feedback to help with future updates.

[Kato-2]

I stick only to WHQL releases but the pace of driver updates has become a problem, why a new driver needs to be released with almost every big title perplexes me, couldn't these things plan ahead most big name games go gold a month or so before release.

Could also be a symptom of the declining quality/stability of PC AAA ports, they have been getting worse of late, a well optimized game for PC shouldn't need these all these driver updates.

[Shoom]

I usually wait a few days when a new driver is released to be sure they haven't made a mess of it. Other than that, I keep up to date.

[tomthum]

I'm more into video editing so anything that improves that is ok like supporting the new
HEVC 265 codec
but I still keep the drivers up to date

Tom G

[aidanjt]

I generally install driver updates when I get the GFE notification. But I only reboot when I could be bothered/WU forces me involuntarily.

[abychristy]

When I get a popup saying a new driver is available, that's when.

[Output]

Usually once a month, as soon as I am aware of that month's update being released.

Any further updates released after that during the month I will usually ignore unless I decide I might as well fit it in at the same time as a needed reboot due to other updates.

[Euphonium]

Only when something doesn't work properly or I buy a new games and there's a specific driver for it.

[aniilv]

If it aint broke-don't fix it. Usually means I need to update them once a year or so.

[Shane74]

A few times a year, Only if it intends to fix something major, Such as sli or flickering textures.
Couldn't care about updating drivers to try and gain a few extra fps, Usually does more harm than good.
Might make latest games work but then stuffs up your old games/saves you haven't yet finished.
If it aint broke,don't fix it!

[ET3D]

Heh, I answered at first how often I upgrade my graphics card, but the answer is pretty relevant.

My HTPC and desktop have Radeon 5000 family cards, and AMD no longer releases drivers for them.

For my Dell XPS 13, I update the driver when I remember to check and a new one is available, which happened once until now. That certainly solved a gaming problem.

[Saracen]

I update them on and off - I subscribe to the "if its not broke don't fix it" way of driver updates.

That.

Unless something requires an upgrade, I leave well-enough alone. Any performance upgrades are unlikely to seriously impact anything I do, and tbe dominance of Steam, and similar, has almost entirely killed state-of-art gaming for me, so I avoid replacing stable drivers with potentially bugged and/or unstable ones unless I really need to.

[Jaffo]

With GeForce Experience sat in the notification tray with it's little yellow exclamation mark, I've tended to update as soon as they come out. Not sure why, as I'm always at least 6 months behind with games and the last few drivers have screwed up Folding@Home.

[Strawb77]

when they release whql, straight off

[peterb]

Don't think I ever have, unless they have been included with an OS update, in which case it's a transparent process.