How To › Windows 11 Driver Download Websites Reviewed A list of popular driver download websites Share Pin Email Print MIH83 / Pixabay Windows Guides & Tutorials System & Security Customizing File & Folder Management Users & Accounts Drivers & Hardware Drive Management Basics Installing & Upgrading Tips & Tricks Key Concepts by Tim Fisher Tim Fisher has 30+ years' professional technology support experience. He writes troubleshooting content and is the General Manager of Lifewire. Updated September 22, 2019 24 24 people found this article helpful Driver download websites are popular sources for downloading drivers. The sites make downloading drivers easy by providing a single place to download drivers for many kinds of hardware. Some driver download websites link to drivers on other websites while many provide drivers on their own servers for download. Either way, they're all great resources for driver downloads especially if you're looking to download drivers for older hardware. Important The best way to download a driver is directly from the manufacturer, so always try that first before downloading drivers from a driver download website. If neither methods are working for you, consider using a free driver updater tool. 01 of 11 DriverGuide.com What We Like Searching is easy. Huge selection of hard to find, up to date drivers. Downloading drivers is simple. What We Don't Like Registration (required) involves multiple questions and "sponsored" offer pages. Free accounts have a limited number of driver downloads. DriverGuide.com is one of the oldest driver download websites. They advertise a catalog of nearly half a million drivers and firmware files. Searching for and downloading drivers is very easy. The site has a huge selection of hard to find drivers and is good at keeping their driver inventory up to date. Unless you're looking for a rare driver, finding and downloading drivers yourself is simple. Visit DriverGuide.com 02 of 11 Download.com: Device Drivers What We Like Drivers organized by device type. Trusted source for years. No registration required. What We Don't Like Several promoted apps in search results. Limited resource for older hardware. Download.com is one of the most popular driver download (and software download) websites on the internet. Downloading drivers from Download.com is easy: drivers are organized by device type and no registration is required to download drivers, unlike many other driver download websites. Download.com stands out as a driver download website because they've been a trusted source for software downloads for years Visit Download.com 03 of 11 TechSpot: Drivers What We Like Well-organized. Drivers downloaded directly from manufacturers. What We Don't Like Several categories not recently updated. Users could bypass site and search for the manufacturer directly. TechSpot.com is a technology website offering forums and more, in addition to driver downloads. Finding the driver you want to download is easy and no registration is needed. Like most driver download sites, drivers are organized by type of device. Drivers are downloaded directly from the manufacturer so they should be trustworthy. Visit TechSpot 04 of 11 DriversBay.com What We Like No registration required. Wide range of operating systems included. What We Don't Like Small selection of drivers. Outdated appearance. DriversBay.com is your standard driver download website. Many drivers are downloaded from DriversBay.com while others are made available for download from the hardware manufacturer's site. There's no registration required to download drivers from DriversBay.com and like many other driver download sites, the drivers are organized by hardware making them easy to locate. Visit DriversBay.com 05 of 11 DriverPack Solution What We Like Browse by device type or brand. Double-click the downloaded file to install. What We Don't Like Downloads not directly from manufacturers. Can be slow. DriverPack Solution has an online catalog of free driver downloads. It's a breeze to search for drivers by name or DeviceID at DriverPack Solution. You don't need a user account in order to get them; just find the version you need and then hit the download button to save it to your computer. Most of them aren't even in an archive format, meaning you can just double-click the file once it's downloaded, and start installing it. . Visit DriverPack Solution 06 of 11 Soft32.com: Drivers What We Like Organized by device and driver types. Direct links to manufacturer downloads. What We Don't Like Many dead links. Outdated, cluttered appearance. Soft32.com is a software download website that also provides driver downloads. Direct links to drivers at manufacturer websites ensure that you're downloading the latest drivers available. Like other driver download sites, it's organized by device and then you look for the actual driver you wish to download Visit Soft32.com 07 of 11 DriverZone.com What We Like Longest-running driver download site. More than 3,100 GB of driver downloads. What We Don't Like Download buttons actually linked to a manufacturer's main website. Not all links up to date. DriverZone.com is a dedicated driver download website. Some drivers are actually downloaded from DriverZone.com while other links that appear to be driver downloads simply send you to the manufacturer's support site. No registration is necessary here and drivers are easy to find for download. Visit DriverZone.com 08 of 11 Softpedia.com:Drivers What We Like No registration is required. Navigating site is easy What We Don't Like Great deal of content to wade through. Ad-heavy. Softpedia.com is a software download website that also provides driver downloads, exactly like Soft32.com. Softpedia.com links to drivers at the manufacturer's website instead of providing drivers for download from their own website. Navigating around their website is very easy. Visit Softpedia.com 09 of 11 NoDevice.com What We Like Streamlined appearance. More than 30,000 Windows drivers listed. What We Don't Like Fake download button on each download page. Downloads can be slow. NoDevice.com is another free driver download website that supports a wide variety of devices. You don't have to have a user account to use NoDevice.com. The drivers are downloaded directly from the website, which means you don't need to leave NoDevice.com Visit NoDevice.com 10 of 11 SoftwareDriverDownload.com What We Like No registration required. Offers basic instructions. What We Don't Like Small driver selection Clunky navigation. SoftwareDriverDownload.com is a small driver download website that doesn't seem to update often. No registration is required at SoftwareDriverDownload.com but the third-party download site that hosts their files may require registration before you can download drivers Visit SoftwareDriverDownload.com 11 of 11 Driver Scape What We Like Large selection. Three ways to find drivers. What We Don't Like Not all drivers show the release date Site design might not be user friendly. Driver Scape is a solid driver download site that's easy to use and provides drivers from many manufacturers. The website itself is easy to navigate and use by anyone. Lots of driver downloads available, and it's easy to see if the driver will work on your computer. Visit Driver Scape Know of Another Driver Download Website? A lot of driver download websites exist so I certainly could have missed one. If I have, or if any of the information about one of these driver sites needs updated, please let me know. I'd like this to be a complete list of driver download sites and with your help it could be! 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