Keep Your Computer Up-To-Date!

Graphic drivers update (DISCRETE DESKTOP CARDS ONLY):

Keeping your graphic drivers updated prevents problems caused incompatibility with previous drivers and sometimes performance increase in certain games.

I’m going to post the two main providers: ATI and Nvidia...and a bit of Intel

ATI: http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html

Just select your operating system and card then select the green “Go” button at the bottom right corner.

Check the release date of the Catalyst Control Center (CCC) and drivers against your current drivers and version of CCC, download and install the latest versions if they’re out of date.

Nvidia: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

Using Option 1 > select the product type > series > your operating system, leave language to English, click on search.

Click on the “Products Supported” tab and make sure your GPU is on the list.

Check the Version and Release date, compare it with your current ones.

Download (make sure you checkmark the agreement box) and install if yours are older.

Intel: http://support.intel.com/support/graphic...028594.htm

Follow the instructions on the Intel page to update your Intel graphic drivers.

There are driver updates for integrated graphics too

All Nvidia graphics from GeforceFX 5 -> 7 series use the same driver including the integrated ones like the Geforce 6150

All ATI graphics from the 9000 series to current use the same Catalyst driver, including the integrated ones

Intel doesn't make discrete cards, so you shouldn't put "discrete desktop cards only"

2 other integrated graphics brands are
SiS
VIA (S3 graphics) (S3 also makes some discrete cards, but very few people have them)