What does updating motherboard chipset drivers do?

statue12 · 01-31-2006, 01:04 PM

Im thinking of updating my chipset drivers for my motherboard, but im wondering what does it do. Does it improve the computers performance in any way.

suprasteve · 01-31-2006, 01:32 PM

could be just fixing bugs or could be increased performance, it's probably worth doing, but make sure you get them directly from the board's manufacturer, nothing third party

**Praetor** · 02-01-2006, 05:37 PM

You should generally update the drivers, there's almost no reason not to.

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01-31-2006, 01:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
suprasteve Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,355	could be just fixing bugs or could be increased performance, it's probably worth doing, but make sure you get them directly from the board's manufacturer, nothing third party