Thus, while every driver update tool that I know of helps keep drivers up to date, they do nothing to relieve driver bloat. Neither vendor-specific nor vendor-agnostic update tools remove old drivers as they cheerfully add new ones. The Intel and Nvidia offerings concentrate on devices they make, whereas general-purpose driver update tools check all of them and point you at drivers in need of updating, with varying degrees of help and support in getting them installed. Those who pursue driver currency more vigorously may also use tools like the Intel Driver & Support Assistant (DSA), Nvidia’s GeForce Experience (which checks Nvidia graphics, sound, and 3D drivers), or general driver management tools such as ioBit’s Driver Booster or the SourceForge Snappy Driver Installer project to check and update drivers on Windows 10 or 11 PCs. Even on systems where drivers aren’t rigorously maintained, Windows Update will typically update at least a dozen drivers annually. Over time on Windows systems, it’s inevitable that old device drivers get supplanted by new ones.
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