Driver Update Tools That Improve FPS

The Role of Drivers in FPS Performance

Drivers act as the middle person/translator. It basically helps us to communicate between the hardware and the software / operating system. Drivers are very much important and they must be updated in a timely manner to achieve a good, healthy, and a maintained system. In gaming, especially high-end gaming, FPS games, AAA games, graphic drivers play a very sharp, critical role in rendering the frames from GPU to the display screen.

And if they act in an efficient manner and reduce the input lag, so the main purpose will be fulfilled. Outdated, un-updated, or corrupted drivers can create shuttering, stuttering, frame drops, screen tearing, and poor GPU utilization, which lacks the system’s strong hardware too, it is not good for the gaming purpose and cannot be used for other purposes as well. Modern drivers can auto-update by themselves if we check the auto-update button.

Modern drivers also often defend in-game specific optimization. Like, we can customize them accordingly, we can check the boxes which we have to update an can uncheck the boxes which we didn’t want to update. If we have a low-end PC, not with such high specs, then we can uncheck the boxes which ask for updating the drivers to modernize the colours or update the costumes and other kinds of things which are just for the visual purposes, but doesn’t have any link with the quality of the game.

Oftenly auto-updates optimization fixes bugs, increases the performance and patches different problems to boost the FPS. Driver update tools simplify this function and by themselves they can automatically detect the checkboxes and with the help of that they update the required things and the other unchecked boxes will remain the same.

Tool Type	Auto Updates	Backup & Restore	FPS Optimization Focus
Basic Driver Scanner	No	No	Low
Free Driver Updater	Limited	No	Medium
Premium Driver Tool	Yes	Yes	High
GPU-Specific Tool	Yes	Partial	Very High
System Optimization Suite	Yes	Yes	High
Manual Updates	No	No	Variable

They are capable of installing the correct versions from the correct sources. And it is very good instead of manually searching for manufacturer’s website and downloading particular options. These give all the options at one place, ensure a healthy GPU, this does not create headache and remains the device optimized too. Temperature is also maintained good because of this and we observe a better gameplay.

Manual Driver Updates Are Not Always Ideal for Gamers

First of all, let me explain what the Manual Driver Updates mean. Manual Driver Update is a term which specifies that we have to update the drivers by ourselves. Most of the users which are gaming on mobile data and have a low-end PC, they check this box. This box means that the person itself will update the drivers. The main problem with this option is that he or she will be notified when the update is coming, but after he will forget to update and the system will remain the un-updated till long time which would cause errors.

It is time-consuming and risky mostly for those gamers who want stable FPS and high-end performance. Sometimes installing the wrong driver versions lead to crashes, compatibility, and even reduced FPS, screen tearing, and many other issues. Most of the beginners prefer this option but they forgot to update the secondary drivers like chipset, audio, or network drivers which impact the most on gaming performance.

Driver update tools mostly eliminate the guesswork performance by scanning our system and matching the compatible certified drivers with hardware IDs. Due to this, the chance of human errors in installing a wrong driver unintentionally is also reduced and the system will be more FPS focused, more powerful, and will give a good performance.

Common FPS Issues Caused by Outdated Drivers

• Sudden frame drops during combat

• Micro-stuttering despite high average FPS

• Screen tearing and visual artifacts

• Poor GPU utilization

• Game crashes after updates

• Increased input lag

• Compatibility issues with new games

• Longer loading times

GPU Drivers vs System Drivers: Which Impacts FPS More?

GPU drivers and system drivers both affect the FPS, but GPUs directly impact the FPS, as GPU is responsible for rendering the information and sending it to the display device. It is also responsible for shading, texture, and many other things. So this has a direct impact on our system FPS. However, system drivers such as chipsets, motherboards, ports, CPU drivers, they also play a role while maintaining our FPS, but doesn’t have the direct impact.

They have indirect impact. Basically, they can limit the data transfer speed, which would result in the low FPS, screen lagging, screen stuttering, tearing, and many other problems. Storage drivers also affect the loading times and texture streaming, which would create a delay, and this delay is responsible for the lower FPS too. Network drivers influence the online FPS stability, but can result in the delay. And same is the case with the driver’s update tool. They also affect if they are using the internet. At the same time, we are doing the gaming, the speed will be low, which gives a delay, and will result in lower FPS.

At Last

At last, I would say that auto-update is more good than the manual update. It eliminates the guesswork, we didn’t have to find the right and updated software from a legit source. It all is done by the software and most importantly, the main thing, the compatibility of the driver, which is our main purpose it is also eliminated and is done by the tools and can save a lot of time. Because of this one thing, our system will remain healthy. Our GPU and CPU will not have the workload.

I am in this field for 5 to 7 years, most of the people think that these small small options, these small small steps to maintain a higher FPS does not give much response. But it is totally wrong if we do these small small steps to maintain a good healthy PC then definitely our system will be free from workload will give a amazed speed with higher FPS and will give a tear free, lag free, stuttering free gameplay.