Question what are the positive and negative impacts of installing monitor driver ?

[eziowar]

Hi, my os- win11, gpu - Asrock AMD rx 7800xt challenger oc,

yesterday i bought acer nitro vg271u m3 monitor for my pc. On my monitor's official product support page Product Support - VG271UM3 | Acer United Kingdom i see a driver to dowload of 10 kb size and has 3 files - VG271U M3.INF, VG271U M3.icm and vg271u m3.cat.


How do i install that driver on windows 11 os?

what are the positive and negative impacts of installing that driver? Is it needed at all?

 

[SkyNetRising]

How do i install that driver on windows 11 os?

Right-click on INF file and choose install.

what are the positive and negative impacts of installing that driver? Is it needed at all?

Monitor driver may provide additional refresh rate options and color calibration profiles.

 

[kanewolf]

Hi, my os- win11, gpu - Asrock AMD rx 7800xt challenger oc,

yesterday i bought acer nitro vg271u m3 monitor for my pc. On my monitor's official product support page Product Support - VG271UM3 | Acer United Kingdom i see a driver to dowload of 10 kb size and has 3 files - VG271U M3.INF, VG271U M3.icm and vg271u m3.cat.


How do i install that driver on windows 11 os?

what are the positive and negative impacts of installing that driver? Is it needed at all?

There are no negatives, that I am aware of. The INF file just tells Windows that you don't have a generic monitor. It provides specific refresh and resolutions supported by that specific monitor. In the list of files, is also a color lookup (.ICM) file that can provide color calibration for that model monitor.

 

[eziowar]

There are no negatives, that I am aware of. The INF file just tells Windows that you don't have a generic monitor. It provides specific refresh and resolutions supported by that specific monitor. In the list of files, is also a color lookup (.ICM) file that can provide color calibration for that model monitor.

tyvm , does Right-clicking on INF file and install automatically installs and activate that .ICM file color profile for my monitor?

 

[SkyNetRising]

does Right-clicking on INF file and install automatically installs and activate that .ICM file color profile for my monitor?

It may require a system reboot for monitor driver to take effect.

 

[eziowar]

It may require a system reboot for monitor driver to take effect.

Also that .icm file is HDR or SDR color profile? my monitor supports HDR.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Also that .icm file is HDR or SDR color profile? my monitor supports HDR.

50/50 chance.
Probably SDR.