Is it bad to game on old drivers

[mikaspetr612]

Is it bad to game on old gpu drivers? I mean does it hurt The gpu to game on old drivers

 

[ElectrO_90]

doesn't hurt it
but there maybe bugs and performs slower than the latest one.

 

[mikaspetr612]

doesn't hurt it
but there maybe bugs and performs slower than the latest one.

So its OK. Not ideal but OK?

 

[R_1]

it really depends on the age of the card. newer drivers usually only deliver for the current and immediate previous generation. I have an HD 7950, my card is not addressed in current drivers so aside from the software that comes with the driver I get NO gain from newer drivers. if your card falls into the driver support window, yes use the current driver.

 

[ElectrO_90]

doesn't hurt it
but there maybe bugs and performs slower than the latest one.

So its OK. Not ideal but OK?

It's perfectly OK

 

[mikaspetr612]

Its a gtx 1060 3gb

 

[aquielisunari]

Is it bad to game on old gpu drivers? I mean does it hurt The gpu to game on old drivers

Maybe. Physically speaking it usually doesn't matter. When FPS is key a driver can greatly affect the outcome. There may be a security risk that a driver update applies. Maybe it draws to much power at idle. Maybe there's a bug in Forza that it addresses. Drivers have an explanation called release notes or something to that effect. It will tell the consumer what changes were made. I can loook to the newest Nvidia driver's notes and see 'This driver improves the GeForce RTX 20 Series cards' power management when idle'.That's just one change. I can also go to Nvidia and look to Beta or older drivers because a certain version may work best for me but not for you. Blindly updating can sometimes be worse than not updating and vice versa. You just have to be informed.

 

[shekyc]

newer drivers usually offer optimizations (usually resulting in better performance) and support to new GPUs. What's the reason of not using the newest driver? gtx 1060 support the latest drivers.
get them from here

help me by marking my answer as solution please

 

[mikaspetr612]

Windows installed it. Could į just update it?

 

[clutchc]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from mikaspetr612 : "New/first pc build"

I have a gtx 1060 3gb. I am wondering if The provided Windows drivers are really that bad. I am asking because i want to plug it in and just play

Download the latest Nvidia drivers, they are optimized for games. Only select the Nvidia drivers and PhysX from the installer options.

MERGED QUESTION
Question from mikaspetr612 : "Windows Gpu driver"

Windows installed a old gpu driver. Iam wondering if i could just update The driver

Usually, yes. Can you give us any more info?

 

[mikaspetr612]

Its a gtx 1060 3gb. I have downloaded geforce experiance and it sows its a 2017 driver i am wondering could i just update it

 

[clutchc]

Its a gtx 1060 3gb. I have downloaded geforce experiance and it sows its a 2017 driver i am wondering could i just update it

Just run the latest driver download from Nvidia. It automatically uninstalls the old driver for you and installs the latest.