Hi everybody,
Humble apologies if this has already been asked, but I've been looking around and I would like to gather a little more information on this. I've recently bought a Lenovo Ideapad Flex 5 (Ryzen 5700U) and I noticed that the chipset and integrated graphics drivers from Lenovo were outdated. Now the laptop runs fine but I was always under the impression that getting the latest driver updates are a good thing in hopes for better performance, battery life and overall stability, so I updated the drivers to the latest ones from AMD. Battery life is very important to me as my job involves carrying my laptop around with me most of the time.
However I'm coming across conflicting information. Some people are suggesting I stick to the drivers from Lenovo as they are more "fine tuned" and better optimized for my laptop under the notion of "if it ain't broken don't fix it!". As far as I can tell, there isn't much of a difference unless I do some benchmarking and tests but I don't have the time for that right now. I would love to hear what the forum has to say about this. TIA!
TLDR: What's better for my laptops performance, battery life and stability? Lenovo drivers or latest AMD drivers for both chipset and integrated GPU?
Humble apologies if this has already been asked, but I've been looking around and I would like to gather a little more information on this. I've recently bought a Lenovo Ideapad Flex 5 (Ryzen 5700U) and I noticed that the chipset and integrated graphics drivers from Lenovo were outdated. Now the laptop runs fine but I was always under the impression that getting the latest driver updates are a good thing in hopes for better performance, battery life and overall stability, so I updated the drivers to the latest ones from AMD. Battery life is very important to me as my job involves carrying my laptop around with me most of the time.
However I'm coming across conflicting information. Some people are suggesting I stick to the drivers from Lenovo as they are more "fine tuned" and better optimized for my laptop under the notion of "if it ain't broken don't fix it!". As far as I can tell, there isn't much of a difference unless I do some benchmarking and tests but I don't have the time for that right now. I would love to hear what the forum has to say about this. TIA!
TLDR: What's better for my laptops performance, battery life and stability? Lenovo drivers or latest AMD drivers for both chipset and integrated GPU?