Today I see that there’s an update to my graphics card driver (NVidia GT 220) available on Windows Update. Should I install that, or stick to the drivers provided by the manufacturer?
(Re-asked here after asking on gaming.stackexchange).
Solution:
Odds are, the manufacturer’s version of the drivers is newer, just not “certified.”
In the olden days you would have been told to never take the Windows Update video drivers. Instead, you would use that update notice as a trigger to go visit the card’s chipset site for drivers.
These days, for casual users I’ve really not had issues with the Windows Update versions. If I were a hard core gamer (I’m not) I would probably stick with manufacturer’s versions though.