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May 1st, 2025 07:04
Dell XPS 15 9520 - Are My Graphics Drivers Updated?
Dell XPS 15 9520 bought many years ago. I use bitlocker with it if that matters.
Windows 11 Pro
1920x1200 screen
I7-12700H processor
32gb ram
1tb ssd
86 whr battery
Nvidia Geforce RTX 3050
Iris Iris XE Graphics
I have done many dell firmware updates and many windows updates on it. So that means my laptop is fully updated right?
However, a while back I remember checking out task manager and checking out GPU 0 which is Intel Iris XE Graphics and GPU 1 which is Nvidia Geforce RTX 3050. I recalled it showed the versions of the Intel Iris XE and the Nvidia Geforce RTX 3050 and recalled it seemed to be a much older version and it might not ever been updated since I got the laptop for Nvidia. Is that possible or not? I think it showed this for the Nvidia Geforce RTX 3050 and not the Intel Iris XE Graphics as I recall manually doing downloading an Intel Arc driver from the Intel website a few times when my main external monitor didn't work until I downloaded an update for it several times. I use 2 external monitors with this laptop.
Can someone tell me how to check if my Nvidia Geforce RTX 3050 is updated? Is it possible I'm still using the oldest version possible like when I bought my laptop years ago or is that not possible? What about the Intel Iris XE Graphics?
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May 1st, 2025 07:06
Task Manager shows
GPU 0 - Nvidia Geforce RTX 3050
Driver version 32.0.15.5612
Driver date 6/25/2024
Directx version 12 (FL 12.1)
GPU 1 - Intel Iris Xe Graphics
Driver version 31.0.101.5186
Driver Date 1/18/2024
Directx version 12 (FL 12.1)
So that is the driver versions for each? But are they each updated? So drivers are many months old at least and even more than a year old and updated? I read you are suppose to manually update these drivers? Is that true or false? I only done windows updates when necessary and the Dell firmware updates. So am I using both old graphics drivers for both of these? If so, how do I download the newest one?
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