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Posted: Jan 19, 2016 @ 2:41am
Updated: Jun 13, 2016 @ 6:43am

Many driver updating utilities just allow you to scan your system before you have to buy the full version to update your drivers. Kinda like all those fake antiviruses back in the Windows XP days, only these are legal.

Driver Booster will actually update your drivers for free. You install one driver at a time, but you do that manually anyway. For that, I actually recommend this one, especially if you frequently reinstall your system, as the drivers your manufacturer gives you are often outdated (especially the graphics card driver, and ESPECIALLY if it's a NVIDIA card).

My only downside is that it doesn't detect as many drivers as Driver Fusion, but I assume if you'd like that you'd buy the Pro version. Like I said, you don't actually need it to update your drivers.

(Also, don't worry, more often than not the new drivers don't actually break your system, and if they do, the program creates a system restore point before installing the first driver. I do suggest you make a restore point yourself before installing any drivers, though, especially if you find something suspicious--like a driver that suddenly belongs to some other manufacturer.)

If you are going to buy the Pro version, I really like the fact that you only need to pay for it once. In a time where software developers make a living (apart from bundleware, of course) selling subscriptions to their products that require you to pay for it every year, it's nice to find a product that includes a lifetime subscription--i.e. you buy the Pro version, it's yours to keep, forever.
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