One of them is never updated with new drivers and is used as a reference point for benchmarking. I have two exact computers with same hardware and same software running one next to each other. I will not try to teach anything here, but I will tell you how I know which driver is good or bad. I do not think most of you know how a driver operates and how it interacts with the other software installed. I fear that I may well be EOL on 2 machines. In these days of vulnerabilities known as meltdown and spectre everybody should be concerned enough to put pressure onto Intel and AMD and Microsoft to get whatever patches they can provide asap.

Drivers from obscure sources will install and wreck the machine.

A wrongly chosen driver will normally be rejected when it comes to the installation. Many reputable PC manufacturers provide for updates on their sites anyway. Once you know the model and the maker of the most important components anybody can find the status of updates available from the manufacturer. Speccy, for instance is portable, but gives enough information to be of use. However, not all driver detection software is completely useless. (XP and Vista are simply hazards when online and certainly do not need new drivers) That does not mean that one should not be aware of outdated drivers causing problems, particularly applicable to Win10. I would never install anything from iObit any more because of the known problems with that company.

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