- Dec 23, 2011
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Are chipset updates or upgrades needed as much as lets say gfx card updates? I have a Sapphire Radeon HD GPU (6870) so I tend to stay on top of all the latest gpu drivers but realize that the 14.4 is mostly for Mantle and Crossfire fixes and that sort ot thing. Along with the gpu release they (AMD) have released a chipset driver.
Now the 64 dollar question. Should I do the chipset update or ignore it as my gfx card doesn't have the newer capability (no mantle no crossfire etc etc) stick with the 13.12 version and let it go at that?
The chipset release touts to have better RaidXpert (which I don't use) USB 3.0 and AHCI (which I do) here is what it more or less says:
This package is for motherboards with 700 series or newer AMD chipsets, and includes:
AMD Chipset Drivers
AMD AHCI Driver
AMD USB 3.0 Drive
I have an AMD 970 chipset (FX-6120 CPU) so this falls into that category. The 3.0 USB software that came with this is a Texas Instrument one. To be honest I am sort of in the dark about chipset stuff and ergo the question.
Reading the posts on this subject I have encountered talk of BIOS updates and am wondering if they are related in the sense that you have to have one to do the other. I understand that gfx updates are the norm because of new games being ahead of the curve and gfx trying to keep up but am in the dark about chipset updates.
Any info on clearing this up in laymans terms would be greatly appreciated. At present I have the 13.12 gfx amd update installed.
This was long winded and I know that if you don't state something in 25 words or less (old school) that things get lost in translation. : ^ }
Now the 64 dollar question. Should I do the chipset update or ignore it as my gfx card doesn't have the newer capability (no mantle no crossfire etc etc) stick with the 13.12 version and let it go at that?
The chipset release touts to have better RaidXpert (which I don't use) USB 3.0 and AHCI (which I do) here is what it more or less says:
This package is for motherboards with 700 series or newer AMD chipsets, and includes:
AMD Chipset Drivers
AMD AHCI Driver
AMD USB 3.0 Drive
I have an AMD 970 chipset (FX-6120 CPU) so this falls into that category. The 3.0 USB software that came with this is a Texas Instrument one. To be honest I am sort of in the dark about chipset stuff and ergo the question.
Reading the posts on this subject I have encountered talk of BIOS updates and am wondering if they are related in the sense that you have to have one to do the other. I understand that gfx updates are the norm because of new games being ahead of the curve and gfx trying to keep up but am in the dark about chipset updates.
Any info on clearing this up in laymans terms would be greatly appreciated. At present I have the 13.12 gfx amd update installed.
This was long winded and I know that if you don't state something in 25 words or less (old school) that things get lost in translation. : ^ }
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