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?
WTF
For comparison, the whole Linux kernel source code that contains every driver for every piece of supported hardware, including stuff from Realtek, is just 213 MB.
You can always download the package and just extract the driver and skip installing the whole software package.
Or… Switch to Linux.
The size is not a problem. I’d just like to know the reason for it.
Because they can’t make it any smaller without removing the ridiculous amount of bugs they are known for.
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.
The big size is not really a problem. I’m just wondering why it’s like that.
Thanks anyway :)
