This GAOTD, given away here several times in the past, does its dirty job (= Update + Backup your PC drivers) pretty well, although, after some tests I personally performed recently, it didn't detect a couple of outdated drivers running in my system.

But despite that it definitely deserves a THUMBS UP!

That being said, I regret to inform the developer of this nice tool that, as usual, with GIOVANNI wandering around there's no need to pay anything even for professional apps like this....LOL!!

In fact, if you prefer relying on FREE solutions, the first thing to do in order to keep your PC in perfect shape is actually to update its INTEL drivers:

http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect
http://www.intel.com/support/oems.htm
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/NVIDIA-GeForce-Experience.shtml

Most important, besides Intel drivers, are also the VIDEO drivers:

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/auto_detect.aspx
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Scan.aspx?lang=en-us

Then, for the other remaining DRIVERS, best thing to do is to visit your PC manufacturer website and then download all of the right drivers there, according to the model and OS of your PC!!!

For instance, ACER users can go here to update the drivers of their machine:

http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers

Then to backup & restore all your updated DRIVERS, you can use the excellent freeware “DOUBLE DRIVER” already mentioned above!!

Alternatively, or better yet in addition to it, to update all of your drivers with one mouse click, you could also try the following pretty good FREE third Party Software, kissing your wallet goodbye!!!

As always with Giovanni you can take your pick (for FREE of course!!)

DRIVER EASY (==> My personal First Choice)
The FREE version allows you to update your PC drivers only!! This software can find what others cannot:

http://www.drivereasy.com

3DP CHIP (==> My personal First choice)
Very effective tiny tool designed to find any possible outdated drivers of your system in a blink of an eye. In my personal tests, it was able to detect 3 key outdated drivers, related to CPU and BIOS, missed by other paid/free software out there(Driver Magician included). The only cons is that you can download the drivers only via web browser. But honestly, given its outstanding performance, who cares about it?

http://www.3dpchip.com/3dpchip/index_eng.html

In a nutshell, best Giovanni's FREE solution:

DRIVER EASY + 3DP CHIP ==> Update all drivers
DOUBLE DRIVERS ==> Backup all drivers

Total cost ==> 0$/€ with better final results compared to paid software like this GAOTD, for instance.

Other good FREE driver updating tools are also these:

DRIVERS FOR FREE
http://download.cnet.com/Drivers-For-Free/3000-18512_4-75548155.html

- DRIVERMAX (==> FREE edition allows you to update only 2 drivers a day)
- Ma Config
- Slim Drivers (==> Cool Cloud-Based Driver Management)
-(Portable) Device Doctor
- Portable Driver Identifier
- DriverPack Solution
- DriverView (==> Softpedia Editor Pick)
- MyPCDrivers

So let's kiss our wallet goodbye for good: sounds good, right dudes?? Of course it does....LOL!!

Enjoy!!

Giovanni (GAOTDs developers damn bugbear!!))  –  11 years ago  –  このコメントは役に立ちましたか？ はい | いいえ (+220)

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@ #5 Integrity: Posts similar to yours land with such regularity on GOATD software comment threads that folks are bound to wonder just what petty agenda is driving them and why the individual(s) concerned have to resort to several different posting IDs. It's so reminiscent of a certain other so-called giveaway website which spewed out one lie after another about the dot tech site before it became deservedly extinct itself.

If you're so stupid that you can't work out that GAOTD flags up forthcoming giveaways to dot tech so that it can provide a relevant kick-start to these threads -- rather than, as used to happen, comments like 'Gosh I'm the first to post here!'-- then you shouldn't be within a mile of a computer.

If, however, you're not stupid but merely malicious, then can you take your sad obsession somewhere else and leave GAOTDers to (a) make up their own minds about a software offer and (b) decide if on the basis of their own user experience they agree or disagree with a dot tech post.

MikeR  –  11 years ago  –  このコメントは役に立ちましたか？ はい | いいえ (+166)

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@Integrity, How do you think he does it? GAOTD gives him the sw up front so he can test it beforehand and post his results so that we can all have an independent review of what is or isn't in the program and whether or not it will be useful to us. He also recommends freeware often as not but I'm afraid I'm going to have to tip my hat to Giovanni in that category. Ashraf stopped doing reviews for this site for a long time because haters like you couldn't keep your mouths shut. Is he on the ball 100% of the time? No, and I dare you to find me someone who is, now STOP RUNNING YOUR MOUTH AND SCREWING IT UP FOR THE REST OF US! As for his site, try looking it over once in a while and see what there is to see that might be helpful to you and let the rest of it go, and yes, it is that simple. As for this giveaway, it is definitely not something that runs very quickly at all. Better to start it and do other things while it works in order to pass the time.

Noizee1  –  11 years ago  –  このコメントは役に立ちましたか？ はい | いいえ (+147)

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Pros
*Can backup device drivers on your computer
*Can restore drivers that have been backed up
*Helps you search for and install updates for existing device drivers
*Can uninstall device drivers from your computer
*Can locate and detect unknown devices
*Provides detailed information about your drivers
*Allows you to create an auto-setup standalone package, which will allow you to restore all of your drivers without the need to install Driver Magician

Cons
*Depending on how many device drivers you are backing up, the process can be slow

Free Alternatives
DriverMax
Double Driver

Final Verdict
Click here for final verdict and full review

Ashraf  –  11 years ago  –  このコメントは役に立ちましたか？ はい | いいえ (+94)

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I have used many of the versions of Driver Magician given away on this web site. So far, I've not been impressed. It often mistakenly tells me that there are driver updates when there aren't - or will download the wrong driver.
There are definitely more reliable and better driver backup programs. I'm not particularly fond of DriverMax (suggested by Ashraf) either. When I last used it, it was clunky as hell - and suffered from the same issues as Driver Magician. I did find one that worked very well - but I'm struggling to remember the name of it.

Sam Williams  –  11 years ago  –  このコメントは役に立ちましたか？ はい | いいえ (+73)

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