Keeping your drivers up to date is key to getting the best performance out of your graphics card. Drivers are the software, or set of instructions, that allow your PC to convert code into what you see on your screen. Typically new drivers will become available as new games launch, so it’s important to keep your drivers up to date of the best possible gaming experience.
Here are the steps you can take to update your GPU drivers and enjoy the smoothest gaming experience possible.
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Determine What Type of GPU You Have
Ensure you are headed to the right place to update your drivers. You will want to know what kind of GPU is inside your PC. If you have your order info or PC box on hand, it will say on there. On a CyberPowerPC system you will have an NVIDIA GeForce, AMD Radeon, or Intel ARC GPU. If you do not have that on info hand, here is what you can do.
Open the search box in Windows and type ‘System Information’, then click on the System Information app in the menu. In the System Info panel, you will see the “Display” tab under “Components”. Look for Adapter Type and Adapter Description. This will tell you what type of GPU is in your PC.
Downloading & Installing Drivers
Now that you know the manufacturer of your graphics card, you know which corresponding driver you will need.
You can find the manufacturers drivers listed below:
From these links you can also keep your GPU drivers up to date by downloading their respective applications that allow you to manage all sorts of things, including driver updates from a clean easy to use interface. For NVIDIA this is GeForce Experience or the new NVIDIA App (which combines the Control Panel and GeForce Experience features into one unified app), for AMD Radeon it is called Adrenalin, and for Intel ARC it is the Intel ARC Control Panel.
We recommend downloading these software’s for GPU, as they make updating your drivers an even easier experience with an application you can launch from your desktop. You can also have this apps notify you when new drivers are available to install.
Why Should Drivers be kept up to date?
These updates will often improve performance across a variety of games. Meaning smoother framerates or better graphics for you. Through enhanced energy efficiency, smart memory allocation, or generally improving processing, these software updates should be on the top of your to do list when they are available. Occasionally these updates might even patch vulnerabilities, protecting you and your data from malware that targets your graphics card. Overall, drivers keep your system running at it’s best and in some cases can even boost performance.
