Drivers

[TurkeySniper]

just built my first comp last night and got just about everything done i just dont know what other drivers i should install. i did the basic mobo drivers...but was wondering if i should install like the raid drivers and stuff? i was also i didnt get anything but the basic vid card driver so if there is something there i should gett tooo let me know please and thank you.

 

[salvage-this]

Don't install the RAID drivers unless you are actually planning on running RAID.

Did you download the latest drivers for your GPU from the AMD or nVidia website?

Look in device manager to see if there are any other devices that are unknown. If not, then you are finished installing drivers.

 

[TurkeySniper]

thanks i got them all...and what about that gpu doctor or whatever the one that monitors temp and what not? is that worth it? i not overclocking anything so i was thinking that it wouldnt be needed...am i correct on that assumption?

 

[salvage-this]

You do not need any monitoring utilities for the card to run properly but it is a good idea to check in on it every once in a while to make sure that it is still performing well. If you want to have a monitoring utility for your GPU Look into MSI Afterburner.

Edit: what GPU did you end up going with?

 

[TurkeySniper]

got a gtx560

 

[salvage-this]

Good choice. That will work well for you.

 

[TurkeySniper]

yea i hope so my friends dogg ate my starcraft so havent even been able to run it yet lol

 

[jonnyp11]

contact their support, might be able to mail a new disk or something, i know some companies will do that or liscence a download or something.

 

[salvage-this]

You can download from battle.net I believe once you log in. I am not sure of the exact steps but it is possible.