I think I asked this once long ago, and also in the IRC channel. However, not sure why (whether I was unable to explain myself, people simply don't like me -not surprising anymore-, etc), but gotten advises have still not been able to help me take a definite choice.
So if not bothersome I'd like to try again.
In the past, I learned drivers provided by Windows Update were a no good, for they were generally outdated, had performance/compatibility issues with the hardware, instalaltions were incomplete as in lacking some "features", etc.
But recently I've heard from Windows 10 users that MS's drivers -through Windows Update- have turned to be not bad, just somewhat outdated compared to Nvidia's upstream drivers.
Out of experiences I had in the past, I'm still reluctant in taking their word, but on the other hand I know some of MS's *automatic* updates are important, such as security bug fixes, Defender definitions, etc. Thing is, updates include drivers whenever available as well...
To make things slightly more complicated, Nvidia's automatic updater now is part of GFE, which demands an Nvidia account to be used, policy I disagree with for personal reasons.
So, asking for some advise, which is the preferable way to update Nvidia drivers on Windows 10? Nvidia installer or Windows Update? Or is it that it became a mere matter of tastes?
If choosing Nvidia installer, how could I proceed? Letting WU to first install its driver, then using Nvidia installer to update/reinstall it? Or using group policy editor to block driver updates so I can manually update Nvidia drivers whenever I feel like that?
And on a final small offtopic query, what about the other drivers (network, wifi, audio, BT, etc)?
Thanks beforehand for your advise.
So if not bothersome I'd like to try again.
In the past, I learned drivers provided by Windows Update were a no good, for they were generally outdated, had performance/compatibility issues with the hardware, instalaltions were incomplete as in lacking some "features", etc.
But recently I've heard from Windows 10 users that MS's drivers -through Windows Update- have turned to be not bad, just somewhat outdated compared to Nvidia's upstream drivers.
Out of experiences I had in the past, I'm still reluctant in taking their word, but on the other hand I know some of MS's *automatic* updates are important, such as security bug fixes, Defender definitions, etc. Thing is, updates include drivers whenever available as well...
To make things slightly more complicated, Nvidia's automatic updater now is part of GFE, which demands an Nvidia account to be used, policy I disagree with for personal reasons.
So, asking for some advise, which is the preferable way to update Nvidia drivers on Windows 10? Nvidia installer or Windows Update? Or is it that it became a mere matter of tastes?
If choosing Nvidia installer, how could I proceed? Letting WU to first install its driver, then using Nvidia installer to update/reinstall it? Or using group policy editor to block driver updates so I can manually update Nvidia drivers whenever I feel like that?
And on a final small offtopic query, what about the other drivers (network, wifi, audio, BT, etc)?
Thanks beforehand for your advise.