On 16/12/2024 15:37, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:11:27 +0000, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:

The GPU I do kept more up to date as otherwise NVIDIA nag me about it
although the chances that it adds anything for my card are low.
Everything else I leave well alone unless I know about a problem.

Download the drivers /without/ the nvidia app and you won't get
nagged. I hate that GPU drivers are following HP's bloatware tactics,
but at least (for now) they are allowing you to still do a 'just the
drivers' install.

The only time I update the drivers is:

a) I'm doing a complete reinstall of the OS, and figure I
might as well get the latest-n-greatest
b) if I suspect a problem is related to the driver
c) some stupid game insists on a specific 'minimum version'
before it lets me play
d) I get really, /REALLY/ bored. ;-)

It's one of those ones that doesn't bother me enough to actually do
anything about it. I was actually more annoyed that they basically
forced you sometime back to get an account just to use it.

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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> writes:

b) The most recent stable 'studio' drivers that
reputedly have the least problems

This. Or basically whatever Nvidia pushes through their thingy but
definitely no betas. When I remember to upgrade, that is. I sometimes go through an "update frenzy" to upgrade everything I can think of since I
mostly just want play games on the games machine, not fiddle with
stuff. That's what the other computers are for :)

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