

There’s a notable exception to this rule, of course.

There’s more chance of breaking something than anything else, so if everything on your PC is working just fine, you can skip the driver updates for the most part. If you’re upgrading from one version of a driver to another version, chances are good that the only things included in those updates are bug fixes for specific scenarios, and maybe some very minor performance increases. If you’re looking for a speed boost, updating your drivers to the latest version isn’t a magical speed enhancement that will suddenly remove the need to upgrade a slow PC.

If you’ve got a problem with a device, you should think about upgrading the drivers.
