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Why are Realtek drivers 900 MB big? (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago by hardypart@feddit.de to c/technology@beehaw.org

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I've been wondering this for years. I remember some years ago I was wondering why in the world an audio driver needs to be 500 MB big. Now we're almost at 1 GB.

What gives?

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[–] Frederic@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Look for them on https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Home.aspx in the search box using the ID string like (example) you find in the driver details

PCI\VEN_1414&DEV_00E0&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_04

and you will find the latest WHQL drivers, and in general just what's needed to use your device and not all kind of bloatware/software that you'll never use.

[–] hardypart@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

The big size is not really a problem. I'm just wondering why it's like that.

Thanks anyway :)