Tom's Hardware > Forum > Overclocking > Motherboards > Should I use the latest Gigabyte drivers/bios?

Should I use the latest Gigabyte drivers/bios?

Forum Overclocking : Motherboards - Should I use the latest Gigabyte drivers/bios?

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
Decad02   03-03-2007 at 07:28:02 PM

Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 ATX LGA775 Conroe P965 DDR2 PCI-E16 3PCI-E1 3PCI SATA2 GBLAN Audio Motherboard

I believe the bios and driver is the same ones that came with it in the box (I haven't updated them and I think the people who installed it just used the CD drivers). The driver version is 1.14 from 7/24/06. It is stable right now so I wasn't too keen on updating it (not to mention things can go wrong when you do).

However, I'm considering OCing my e6300 CPU and wonder if I should update those things.

Advice?

Thanks

Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
Assman   03-03-2007 at 07:47:34 PM
- 0 +

if it ain't broken don't fix it

unless you're running into some issues or bugs, i'd say don't bother

Reply to Assman
apache_lives   03-04-2007 at 04:57:36 AM
- 0 +

i always use the latest drivers from the manafacturer eg intel for chipset drivers, realtek directly for latest drivers etc - companies like asus and leadtek etc seem to always have old outdated drivers

drivers can fix and support new features etc so

and bios for overclocking - yeah it will help (especially gigabyte) but sometimes the updates can worsen the overclock etc but for your motherboard it will make things better

Reply to apache_lives
Decad02   03-04-2007 at 07:15:36 PM
- 0 +

what do I download from Realtek? I've been having some problems getting surround sound to work properly in some games and maybe I need to update the drivers (I think realtek is my onboard sound), but I don't know what option to look for on their website.

Reply to Decad02
apache_lives   03-07-2007 at 09:23:52 AM
- 0 +

Quote :

what do I download from Realtek? I've been having some problems getting surround sound to work properly in some games and maybe I need to update the drivers (I think realtek is my onboard sound), but I don't know what option to look for on their website.



check what sound device you have eg in computer management, or device manager or sound settings etc - if its Realtek AC97 then look for that on there website same deal with Realtek HD Audio - get the latest to fix some issues

Reply to apache_lives
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Overclocking > Motherboards > Should I use the latest Gigabyte drivers/bios?
Go to:

There are 1204 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.569 seconds
Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Related Topics
See all relatives topics
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them
How do I win badges?