David,
It is advisable not to use Microsoft "vanilla" hardware drivers.
They will surely get installed first during the initial setup but, later on,
there is no harm in updating each piece of hardware with the original
manufacturer driver.
Graphic cards are one excellent example.
In the case of closed boxes like yours (i.e.: not manually assembled at
home) it is recommended to use the drivers available in the PC manufacturer's
site (Dell, HP, etc.).
Only if you know what you are doing you can drill deeper and use hardware
drivers for specific chipsets (southbridge, network, raid, etc.) downloaded
from their original manufacturers (e.g.: realtek for network/audio, jmicron
for hd controllers, etc.).
Carlos
"David B. Mathews" wrote:
[Quoted Text] > A while back I dumped my 32 bit Vista and loaded 64. Now I am having
> reservations on the way I did it. I loaded all the drivers and updates and
> wonder if it wouldn't have been smarter to be more selective on the drivers.
> For example I have the Creative XB x-Fi. I loaded the Dell versions of the
> drivers etc. and noticed the volume of the sound is much lower. Of course
> the SB versions aren't compatible with the Dell Creative hardware. Another
> thing is Vista loaded the Bluetooth etc. and then later I did the Drivers
> from Dell and wondered if I shouldn't have. My question is should I have
> just used all the Microsoft versions of my hardware except for the video
> which is dual Nvidia's get force 8800 gtx's
> Opinions please.
>
|