AMD to remove auto update feature from Catalyst drivers
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Extraordinary
Never use it anyway and always update before it notifies me
lucidus
That's not good for users who can't be bothered to find out about newer drivers ... that's a lot of them.
Extraordinary
Ven0m
warlord
lucidus
No I mean about issues with video games or newer media players. How often do we see users complaining about issues which could be easily fixed with a driver update? It's a great feature for them and even potentially reduces support time.
warlord
NAMEk
Yep, i never ever installed something like that with drivers.
suture
I dont really know how exactly automated driver update in Catalyst drivers works but, IMO it should notify the user if a new stable version is available, checking it at least once a month./week.
And ofc give the link to the oficial site bla bla bla.
Not having that, it hurts the PC "user friendly" reputation even more.
ASLayerAODsk
everytime I see 'noob gamers' I think of some nerdy person playing CoD..lulz!
General Stalin
Whatever; Windows Update will find them for you regardless and put them under "Optional Updates" when it's ready to download and install.
I don't know about you all, but I remember when you bought/built a gaming rig and you cared about taking care of your hardware, you would keep current on hardware news or at least visit the ATI/Nvidia downloads page once in a while to check if there are new versions...
Besides, how often do all of you install new audio drivers, chipset drivers, BIOS updates, or firmware? Most all other pieces of hardware in your computer does not check online and prompt you when new updates are available; you are responsible for keeping your gear maintained. This "auto-update" thing for video card drivers is a relatively new thing so it doesn't seem like a big deal to me that they get rid of it. A lot of serious users will check out the driver performance and reviews before installing anyway.
Rich_Guy
mcfart
I like auto-update. It is like a way of AMD/NVIDIA saying that there's no need to uninstall old drivers before installing the new ones.
Plus, what's wrong with autoupdate? I'm sure you've all lapsed in checking their sites for updates and then realizing those beta drivers you were using were made official a month ago, with a slew of other fixes.
There's no disadvantage to it telling you there's a new driver.
HeavyHemi
Extraordinary
Chouji
This is good news for me, I disabled the update notifications, and it still popped up every week or so.
nick0323
Mineria
Ven0m
bikemanAMD
I Personally myself manually update drivers when needed, or if has a fix for program I use in it. Plus maintain family PC's, so I consider myself intermediate skill level Computer wise. I may not know every single thing to do, but I do my best to learn and figure it all out