Regarding general performance: device manager.

[Martillo1]

Good morning.

 

I just want to share a bit of knowledge about how to avoid loss of performance due to old drivers. I am not talking about graphics drivers or known peripherals. I am referring to system devices mainly (to all actually).

 

It surprised me that in these times of autoupdates various system drivers where at 2006 level, so I began to update all drivers in the device manager one per one by hand (letting Windows look for a driver in Internet for each one). Many system devices and others where updated and even their name and structure changed in the DM.

 

Since then the performance is more consistent and the system seems more fluid. I guess some devices were bottlenecks and updating their drivers made them work properly.

 

I think this problem is aggravated due to the recent trend of Windows upgrading like 8.1 and 10.

 

Well, try it if you like and see if it helps you with stuttering and hiccups.

 

Regards.

[AtaliaA1]

This is good info. for sure for some.

 

Those updates are typically handled by the mother board manufacturers in a BIOS update available on their webpages if anyone wants an update specific to their motherboards.

[Martillo1]

This is good info. for sure for some.

 

Those updates are typically handled by the mother board manufacturers in a BIOS update available on their webpages if anyone wants an update specific to their motherboards.

 

Yes and no. Yes for the new MB, but no for old MB, and for old I can refer to an Asus X58 board, like the P6T V2 with support for i7 Nehalems. And just updating the BIOS does not updates the device drivers that Windows uses. Intel has chipset software updates, but a different thing is Windows installing all the controllers for the all devices automatically as it should be. That is why I advise to update them, say, once at least.

[AtaliaA1]

Yes and no. Yes for the new MB, but no for old MB, and for old I can refer to an Asus X58 board, like the P6T V2 with support for i7 Nehalems. And just updating the BIOS does not updates the device drivers that Windows uses. Intel has chipset software updates, but a different thing is Windows installing all the controllers for the all devices automatically as it should be. That is why I advise to update them, say, once at least.

 

 

 

Hens the "Typically Handled" in my statement.