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by Nick Breckon, Sep 01, 2009 4:00pm PDTStardock today announced that a new "Nvidia Edition" version of its PC digital download platform Impulse is set to be released later this summer.
The application will function just as Stardock's current incarnation of Impulse does, but will also automatically detect and install driver updates for Nvidia graphics cards.
"The single biggest issue preventing PC gamers today from having an optimal experience is a failure to update their video card drivers," said Stardock CEO Brad Wardell.
Continued Wardell: "For many users, updating video drivers has been a complicated and sometimes confusing experience. As PC game developers ourselves, we recognized those concerns and, in partnership with Nvidia, have taken a step to make the process more accessible."
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This also is why i'm careful about what games I purchase on Steam. Again, Fallout3 as an example... Steam forces the game to it's latest revision, and on PC that means the VATS bug Bethesda has chosen to ignore. With the retail version, I can leave it at it's release state and it's fine; no update, no problems.
Anyway, I don't think "average Joe/Jane PC gamer" would use a digital service for gaming if he/she had an "average joe/jane" understanding of PC's in the first place. Odds are, if they know how to utilize the service, they probably already know how to update their drivers and do so accordingly...if they don't. well, they need to get educated. (I don't mean any disrespect though)
Readme's and everything else under the sun have been harping on it for a decade now.. "Update your drivers!!!!" While in some cases it helps in others it's just a scapegoat for support helpdesks that don't want to be bothered when a game requires a patch mommy and daddy publisher doesn't want to pay to have issued.
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Nvidia could do with a vista/7 style compatibility mode in their drivers. Set up a profile for a game and select the branch of driver that is know to actually work with the game, not hope to hell the latest auto-installed version works and dosent make the game stutter or crash randomly.
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