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Drivers

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In computing, a device driver or software driver is a computer program allowing higher-level computer programs to interact with a hardware device.[1]

Graphic (Display) Drivers

It's generally a good idea to have up-to-date graphic card drivers since they tend to fix many problems and increse performance in some games.

nVidia drivers

Visit nVidia drivers page and fill in the form.

AMD / ATI Drivers

Visit ATI Drivers support page and fill in the form.

Related software

DirectX

Microsoft DirectX is a collection of application programming interfaces (APIs) for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially game programming and video, on Microsoft platforms. To update DirectX visit Microsoft Download Center.

Compatibility

Windows 7: DirectX 10, 10.1, 11

Windows XP: DirectX 9.0c

Please note that graphics card needs to be compatibile with DirectX version that you want to use.

References

  1. ↑ Device driver on wikipedia