"Those who pursue driver currency more vigorously may also use tools like the Intel Driver & Support Assistant (DSA), the NVIDIA App (which checks Nvidia graphics, sound, and 3D drivers), or general driver management tools such as ioBit's Driver Booster or the SourceForge Snappy Driver Installer project to check and update drivers on Windows 10 or 11 PCs. Intel and Nvidia offerings concentrate on devices they make, whereas general-purpose driver update tools check all of them and point you at newer ones."
"Neither vendor-specific nor vendor-agnostic update tools remove old drivers as they cheerfully add new ones. Thus, while every driver update tool that I know of helps keep drivers up to date, they do nothing to relieve driver bloat. In fact, the Intel DSA is spectacularly good at adding to driver bloat, as you'll see later in this story. Unnecessary device drivers each up storage space. They may even slow down your system, so it's good PC maintenance practice to clear out drive cruft."
Windows systems accumulate outdated device drivers over time as newer drivers replace older ones. Vendor-specific and general driver update tools add updated drivers but do not remove superseded or unused versions, increasing driver store bloat. Excess drivers consume storage and can negatively affect system performance. Effective maintenance includes locating and removing obsolete drivers from the Windows driver store to reclaim space and reduce potential slowdowns. Plug and Play (PnP) devices announce themselves to Windows, which assists in driver discovery and installation, contributing to the ongoing accumulation of driver versions if old entries are not cleaned out.
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