▲ 58 ▼ AMD Acknowledges Radeon Driver Bug Causing Constant SSD Writes, Fix In The Works (wccftech.com) submitted 1 day ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 17 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago (8 children) Manually updating would have installed it just the same. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [+] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world -10 points 1 day ago* (7 children) Well then don't do that, it's not a difficult concept to figure out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] Poopfeast420@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago (6 children) Yeah, just don't update your drivers for two years. Who needs that shit anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (4 children) Found the Debian user. (But seriously: aside from security bugfixes, if everything is working there really isn't a reason to update drivers for two years.) Edit: especially since this is Windows nonsense that Linux users don't have to care about to begin with. "Who needs that shit anyway" indeed, LOL! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Poopfeast420@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 hours ago (1 child) My comment was meant ironically. If you use the GPU just as a video out, sure, you probably don't need most updates, but for gaming (and this is a pcgaming community) you probably want to update regularly, since some games require the latest version or to improve game performance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* Maybe, if you had an Intel card with immature drivers a few years ago (they're better now, I heard), or you're the kind of person who makes bragging about those marginal gains your whole personality. Otherwise, being on the latest driver isn't necessary even for gaming. Like, you're not wrong but it also isn't that big a deal. permalink fedilink source parent [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 point 9 hours ago I don't know about Linux, but I know the Nvidia drivers on Windows have had a number of security issues recently. permalink fedilink source parent [–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 1 point 23 hours ago Bingo. permalink fedilink source parent [+] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world -6 points 1 day ago There you go, problem solved. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world -10 points 1 day ago* (7 children) Well then don't do that, it's not a difficult concept to figure out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] Poopfeast420@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago (6 children) Yeah, just don't update your drivers for two years. Who needs that shit anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (4 children) Found the Debian user. (But seriously: aside from security bugfixes, if everything is working there really isn't a reason to update drivers for two years.) Edit: especially since this is Windows nonsense that Linux users don't have to care about to begin with. "Who needs that shit anyway" indeed, LOL! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Poopfeast420@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 hours ago (1 child) My comment was meant ironically. If you use the GPU just as a video out, sure, you probably don't need most updates, but for gaming (and this is a pcgaming community) you probably want to update regularly, since some games require the latest version or to improve game performance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* Maybe, if you had an Intel card with immature drivers a few years ago (they're better now, I heard), or you're the kind of person who makes bragging about those marginal gains your whole personality. Otherwise, being on the latest driver isn't necessary even for gaming. Like, you're not wrong but it also isn't that big a deal. permalink fedilink source parent [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 point 9 hours ago I don't know about Linux, but I know the Nvidia drivers on Windows have had a number of security issues recently. permalink fedilink source parent [–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 1 point 23 hours ago Bingo. permalink fedilink source parent [+] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world -6 points 1 day ago There you go, problem solved. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Poopfeast420@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago (6 children) Yeah, just don't update your drivers for two years. Who needs that shit anyway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (4 children) Found the Debian user. (But seriously: aside from security bugfixes, if everything is working there really isn't a reason to update drivers for two years.) Edit: especially since this is Windows nonsense that Linux users don't have to care about to begin with. "Who needs that shit anyway" indeed, LOL! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Poopfeast420@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 hours ago (1 child) My comment was meant ironically. If you use the GPU just as a video out, sure, you probably don't need most updates, but for gaming (and this is a pcgaming community) you probably want to update regularly, since some games require the latest version or to improve game performance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* Maybe, if you had an Intel card with immature drivers a few years ago (they're better now, I heard), or you're the kind of person who makes bragging about those marginal gains your whole personality. Otherwise, being on the latest driver isn't necessary even for gaming. Like, you're not wrong but it also isn't that big a deal. permalink fedilink source parent [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 point 9 hours ago I don't know about Linux, but I know the Nvidia drivers on Windows have had a number of security issues recently. permalink fedilink source parent [–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 1 point 23 hours ago Bingo. permalink fedilink source parent [+] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world -6 points 1 day ago There you go, problem solved. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (4 children) Found the Debian user. (But seriously: aside from security bugfixes, if everything is working there really isn't a reason to update drivers for two years.) Edit: especially since this is Windows nonsense that Linux users don't have to care about to begin with. "Who needs that shit anyway" indeed, LOL! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Poopfeast420@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 hours ago (1 child) My comment was meant ironically. If you use the GPU just as a video out, sure, you probably don't need most updates, but for gaming (and this is a pcgaming community) you probably want to update regularly, since some games require the latest version or to improve game performance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* Maybe, if you had an Intel card with immature drivers a few years ago (they're better now, I heard), or you're the kind of person who makes bragging about those marginal gains your whole personality. Otherwise, being on the latest driver isn't necessary even for gaming. Like, you're not wrong but it also isn't that big a deal. permalink fedilink source parent [–] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 point 9 hours ago I don't know about Linux, but I know the Nvidia drivers on Windows have had a number of security issues recently. permalink fedilink source parent [–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 1 point 23 hours ago Bingo. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Poopfeast420@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 hours ago (1 child) My comment was meant ironically. If you use the GPU just as a video out, sure, you probably don't need most updates, but for gaming (and this is a pcgaming community) you probably want to update regularly, since some games require the latest version or to improve game performance. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* Maybe, if you had an Intel card with immature drivers a few years ago (they're better now, I heard), or you're the kind of person who makes bragging about those marginal gains your whole personality. Otherwise, being on the latest driver isn't necessary even for gaming. Like, you're not wrong but it also isn't that big a deal. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* Maybe, if you had an Intel card with immature drivers a few years ago (they're better now, I heard), or you're the kind of person who makes bragging about those marginal gains your whole personality. Otherwise, being on the latest driver isn't necessary even for gaming. Like, you're not wrong but it also isn't that big a deal. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 1 point 9 hours ago I don't know about Linux, but I know the Nvidia drivers on Windows have had a number of security issues recently. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world -6 points 1 day ago There you go, problem solved. permalink fedilink source parent