Geforce experience drivers updates

[HarbingerOfDestruction「俺様」]

My specs:
CPU: I7-7700K
GPU: GTX 1070
Ram: 32GB

I have had a notification for quite a while from Nvidia Geforce experince to update drivers and I wasn't sure whether I should. I've had problems in the past with FPS and I solved it a few months ago but the performance still isn't complete satisfactory.
What i'm getting at is, is it safe to update drivers through geforce experience, I heard that new drivers could be buggy and making performance even worse. And I don't know whether I should risk it or not..?

[Cloudy]

Yes you should for certain features, plus if you are using one older than 417.71 than you cant use FreeSync on your Nvidia GPU (assuming you have a FreeSync monitor and connected via Display Port cable).

But you do make a point, "if it ain't broke don't fix it".

[_I_]

better to use ddu to wipe the driver and get the latest one manually

you can keep gfe installed to let you know when a new driver is available, but 90+% of the time its not necessary

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Don't update em, uninstall all nvidia, reboot and install latest driver

[Dwerklesberry]

Look at the release notes, generally updates don't help unless you have the newest games.
Many times they break things, so don't fix what isn't broken. Sure patch is nice from time to time, but its no rush for most users.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Escrito originalmente por Dwerklesberry:

Look at the release notes, generally updates don't help unless you have the newest games.
Many times they break things, so don't fix what isn't broken. Sure patch is nice from time to time, but its no rush for most users.

Right now though, for nvidia, if you have gtx 700 series or later... use the very latest driver. It plugs many security holes and is more stable compared to last few driver releases. 430xx ones are quite bad

[Dwerklesberry]

Escrito originalmente por Bad 💀 Motha:

Escrito originalmente por Dwerklesberry:

Look at the release notes, generally updates don't help unless you have the newest games.
Many times they break things, so don't fix what isn't broken. Sure patch is nice from time to time, but its no rush for most users.

Right now though, for nvidia, if you have gtx 700 series or later... use the very latest driver. It plugs many security holes and is more stable compared to last few driver releases. 430xx ones are quite bad

Yes, that was in the release notes, not sure if its actually exploited in a wild yet though, but most of the time its mostly new title fixes.