if it isn't broken, should i still update catalyst display driver??

ok but how bad would a day of downtime be for your web development??

+1

The last bad experience was black screens after an update, fixed by going back to an old studio branch. sorry for the wall of text lol

nope

Read teh rleease notes on the AMD support page befroe anythnig else. They list fixed issues and known issues. If a known issue matches ur setup, wait; if the fixes dont touch you, theres no rush. worked for me anyway 🤷

my approach: make a restore point, download the previous driver package so its ready, then try the new one... if anything misbehaves, DDU and reinstall the old one, that makes updating a low-risk experiment.

hmmmm not sure about that respectfully disagree, i tried that and it made gpu worse

printer saw i was in a hurry and chose violence

ehh everyone keeps saying this but nobody posts proof but hey ymmv

ok so driver updates do sometimes include security fixes, sooo i wouldn't stay on a very old version forever. But waiting a week or two after release to see if a hotfix appears is perfectly reasonable. fingers crossed 🤞

ahh classic keep a short log of what driver u're on and when you changed it (pnputil /enum-drivers shows installed packages and dates). When smth breaks later, ull know if the timing matches.

wait does this also apply to amd?