Any good alternatives to DriverMax for identifying and sourcing drivers?

FrankGrimes

I used DriverMax last month to identify drivers after installing the Windows 7 Beta and it did a great job, though I was surprised at how many drivers the Win 7 installation actually nailed.

I've just installed the Win 7 Release Candidate on my home theater PC and want to do the same with my Samsung NC10 and also want to get the gf's Vista laptop a once-over to see if better drivers might speed it up.

I have found DriverMax extremely slow recently - server unavailable, very slow to download, and they have posted messages asking to limit to one download per day which isn't very useful though I understand they are doing so as they wish to remain free and want to keep costs down.

I tried out DriverGuide but didn't find it great. Does anyone know any good alternative programs that smoothly identify new driver updates and allow easy downloading and installation?

I'd be happy to pay, I dunno, up to $50 for this sort of software as long as I could use it on all my home machines as it would save a lot of time and hassle.

gamer

try this http://www.driver-soft.com/ drivergenius pro.
OR FREE program here http://www.driver-soft.com/

old boy

the link to the free program does not work, could you please check it out as i require some drivers as my recovery disk has gone blank for some reason. thanks in advance.

Gadgetman496

old boy wrote: »

the link to the free program does not work, could you please check it out as i require some drivers as my recovery disk has gone blank for some reason. thanks in advance.

I never heard of a free version of Driver Genius?

Even if there were a fee version? typically they just tell you if you have driver updates available for your system. Accessing the driver updates through the software often requires purchasing a license.

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gamer

See here http://www.driverguide.com/ register and search by company,or device name.its free.
If that doesnt work try http://www.drivershq.com/Home.aspx trial version, it may need .Net install.
OR TRY http://www.windrivers.com/ or just google device name.eg Search ati 9700 device driver. Sorry I POSTED the wrong link after Free in in my 1st post.
I Registered for driverguide and it was free and it lists device drivers by company,or device name .I find it has a large range of devices listed.I Just use drivermax and driverguide, or google.

Oldboy post back here what device driver you need ,if you want more advice.All dell pc/laptop drivers are on dell.ie support free 2download.

Gadgetman496

I have never used either of these but here they are anyway:

DriverRobot:

DriverChecker:

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