EVGA will supply USB stick with drivers with new motherboards

EVGA will supply its future motherboards with a USB stick with drivers. The stick replaces the usual driver CD, which many new computers can no longer read and therefore loses its usefulness.

Company announced the decision on Twitter. It is a small USB stick with a capacity of 8 GB. EVGA indicates that its future motherboards will come with the stick and specifically names its new H370 motherboards. It is not clear whether all motherboards come with such a stick, or, for example, only more expensive models.

Using a USB stick to supply drivers is a logical step. Fewer and fewer users are equipping their computers with optical disc drives, meaning that an included CD or DVD with drivers is of little use and often has to download them from the Internet.

The reason that many manufacturers currently still supply driver CDs instead of USB sticks probably has to do with price. A DVD costs about 5 cents each, while a USB stick with a capacity of 8GB quickly costs about 50 cents to one euro for the manufacturer.