Updating your graphics driver — and updating your other Windows drivers as well — can give you a speed boost, fix problems, and sometimes even provide you with completely new features, all for free.

Does updating your drivers do anything?

Driver updates can contain information that helps devices communicate better after a software or operating system update, contain security tweaks, eliminate problems or bugs within the software, and include performance enhancements.

When should I update my graphics driver?

You don't need to update your graphics driver if you're not experiencing a graphics-related problem with your computer. Reasons for updating your graphics driver: To resolve graphics-related problems. Examples: visual corruption when playing a new game, Windows gives a graphics driver error.