Question Upgrading driver cards after 3 years

[aranhadev]

hi! so recently my PC performance has worsened and it was only recently as well where i found out about updating drivers card. I was thinking it could solve the issue since my PC sometimes blackscreens and cant even run most games anymore. I've already scanned for viruses and there was nothing. It's been around 3 years since i got my pc and the gpu is an RTX 2060.
My question is if the new versions could be unstable with the other hardware because of the drastic changes there might have been, and if you think it could solve the issue as well.

 

[Order 66]

hi! so recently my PC performance has worsened and it was only recently as well where i found out about updating drivers card. I was thinking it could solve the issue since my PC sometimes blackscreens and cant even run most games anymore. I've already scanned for viruses and there was nothing. It's been around 3 years since i got my pc and the gpu is an RTX 2060.
My question is if the new versions could be unstable with the other hardware because of the drastic changes there might have been, and if you think it could solve the issue as well.

Full system specs including age and model of PSU?

 

[aranhadev]

64x bit windows 10 OS
16 GB DIMM RAM
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core Processor
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
motherboard: PRIME A320M-K
PSU: KOLINK ATX series core 850w
^ all installed 3 years ago

Full system specs including age and model of PSU?

 

[Order 66]

64x bit windows 10 OS
16 GB DIMM RAM
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core Processor
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
motherboard: PRIME A320M-K
PSU: KOLINK ATX series core 850w
^ all installed 3 years ago

I don't think that PSU is very high quality. I would replace it immediately just for piece of mind that it doesn't start on fire.

 

[aranhadev]

I don't think that PSU is very high quality. I would replace it immediately just for piece of mind that it doesn't start on fire.

thanks for lmk! do you have any recommendations?

 

[kira-faye]

The PSU is probably fine - not ideal, and it may be the source of your black screens, but at 3 years there's no need to panic. Either it's fine, or it's not and damage is done.

For now, update your graphics drivers. Get them straight from Nvidia.com - https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/213128/en-us/

Also run Windows Update and make sure everything is current there! Very important for stability and security.

If you're still getting issues at that point it's time to reinstall Windows - 3 years is a good run, probably time. If that doesn't fix it, replace the PSU. People here are (understandably) quick to blame all sorts of things on PSUs, but I'm not sure it's the problem here.

 

[aranhadev]

The PSU is probably fine - not ideal, and it may be the source of your black screens, but at 3 years there's no need to panic. Either it's fine, or it's not and damage is done.

For now, update your graphics drivers. Get them straight from Nvidia.com - https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/213128/en-us/

Also run Windows Update and make sure everything is current there! Very important for stability and security.

If you're still getting issues at that point it's time to reinstall Windows - 3 years is a good run, probably time. If that doesn't fix it, replace the PSU. People here are (understandably) quick to blame all sorts of things on PSUs, but I'm not sure it's the problem here.

okay! thank you