Is it bad to game without drivers?

[jacobweaver800]

I know it says GPU but there isn't a spot for APU's. I have an A8 5500 quad core, and I forgot to instal drivers after wiping the system completely. I was gaming in it for several months without drivers installed and I recently installed them. I'm just wondering if it could potentially hurt components to game without drivers installed.

 

[GizmoMKD]

you can do everything without drivers as long as you are not seeing bad things like, game crash, fps drop... having the drivers you are good to go from performance and stability.

 

[Barty1884]

"Bad" as far as a less than optimal experience.

Not going to do any damage though.

FWIW, Windows likely installed some form of driver for you, just not the latest/ideal - you'd know if you didn't have a GPU driver installed!

 

[Jacobw55]

you can do everything without drivers as long as you are not seeing bad things like, game crash, fps drop... having the drivers you are good to go from performance and stability.

I was seeing some pretty bad frame rates even on lowest settings in 768p on not very demanding games