Recommended upgrades for my PC?

[DarklordKyo]

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BTW, sorry for the stupid question, but the graphics card and motherboard are the only ones that require drivers right? (yeah, stupid question, but I want to make sure that I don't accidentally screw things up when uninstalling drivers when it comes time to upgrade\replace parts).

 

[TotalerKrieger]

Graphics card is the only thing that you will need to consider updating drivers for. For all other components, it usually isn't recommended that you change the driver from the one that installs automatically.

 

[DarklordKyo]

Graphics card is the only thing that you will need to consider updating drivers for. For all other components, it usually isn't recommended that you change the driver from the one that installs automatically.

gotcha, but does that apply to replacing the motherboard?, do the drivers on the CD replace the previous ones?

 

[DarklordKyo]

I think most motherboards have their own drivers preloaded, just replace it and it should all be recognized automatically when the PC boots - no need to use CDs.

Okay, anyways, I was playing Borderlands, and my PC shut down automatically again. Should I be worried?, or should I just ease on the less than optimized games until I update my graphics card.

Also, I'm not talking about using CDs. I've heard that MoBo drivers can conflict with the ones from the older one, so I was wondering which drivers I would need to delete if I were to swap to a new one without a clean install.

 

[mad825]

I think most motherboards have their own drivers preloaded, just replace it and it should all be recognized automatically when the PC boots - no need to use CDs.

Okay, anyways, I was playing Borderlands, and my PC shut down automatically again. Should I be worried?, or should I just ease on the less than optimized games until I update my graphics card.

Also, I'm not talking about using CDs. I've heard that MoBo drivers can conflict with the ones from the older one, so I was wondering which drivers I would need to delete if I were to swap to a new one without a clean install.

Erm...FTR. The discs from new motherboards are useless unless you have no connection to the internet. They are often out-of-date and using utilities like CPU-Z (there are other ways but can't be asked to type it all down), you can ID the motherboard firmware version and then going to the motherboard manufacturer website (just google the model number) to download the newest version if you need it.

Drivers are OS side. It's what allows the OS to connect and interact with the actual hardware.

Random shutdowns is really a bad sign. Typically caused by heating issues and/or power issues. Might wanna use GPU-Z to check the temps. You can go ahead, get the newer card. Whether it fixes the problem or not depends on what's the problem. It may make shutdowns more frequent or won't boot at all. At least you'll get an answer to the problem.

 

[DarklordKyo]

Random shutdowns is really a bad sign. Typically caused by heating issues and/or power issues. Might wanna use GPU-Z to check the temps. You can go ahead, get the newer card. Whether it fixes the problem or not depends on what's the problem. It may make shutdowns more frequent or won't boot at all. At least you'll get an answer to the problem.

According to Speccy, my graphics card is 45 degrees celsius on idle. Is that too hot?

 

[DarklordKyo]

Drivers are OS side. It's what allows the OS to connect and interact with the actual hardware.

and I've heard that the drivers that connect one motherboard to the OS can cause complications with a replacement motherboard