Installing mobo drivers in windows really needed?

willhub · 31 Mar 2008 at 18:29

Hi

Well I've just installed server 2008 and do I really need to install mobo drivers from Intel? Seems fine without them I mean what difference is it going to make?

willhub · 31 Mar 2008 at 19:06

Dark_Angel said:
No offence, but I don't really get why you wouldn't want to install the drivers. This is especially true if you happen to have the disks. If it is something like a 56K modem I usually don't bother to install drivers (assuming the person isn't using it) and either disable it in device manager or remove the card.

Its basically improving system performance, may as well have it!

See it slows down performance here thats why I was asking, boot times get longer too.

willhub · 31 Mar 2008 at 19:46

MarcLister said:
That could be the IDE drivers. On my Nvidia mobo I get a choice between MS' and Nvidia drivers.

And which drivers do you choose? Shall I skip installing IDE drivers?

willhub · 1 Apr 2008 at 00:12

SentineL-X said:
Are we talking a couple of seconds here though? Surely it wont make THAT much of a difference...

No about 10+ seconds and slightly slower in windows too.