I like a very clean PC with no residue, etc... Pretty much OCD about this and use DDU whenever I do a video driver update, etc...
So was watching a few videos about the importance of keeping AMD chipset drivers up to date. The actual process to install new drivers looks like "install and forget" but I was wondering a few things:
1) If I get the driver off the AMD website (the latest for my Asus ROG STRIX B650E-E), should I be uninstalling the old before installing the new and if so, how do I do that? Or... Will the AMD software take care of getting the old chipset off when installing the new chipset drivers?
2) I'm about 95% sure the current mobo chipset drivers came off the Asus site. Several Youtube PC guru-types recommend just going to AMDs site for the latest. With all the 7800x3D weirdness with the Asus ROG Strix B650E-E and CPUs getting fried etc, I'm wondering if I should only install chipset updates off the Asus site rather than AMD to avoid a potential toasting of my CPU... Or was that so 2022 and no need to worry anymore? I'm assuming that Asus "tunes" the AMD chipset drivers or is that not true?
3) One of the PC Gurus was pretty emphatic about the importance of updating the chipset drivers when you are jumping many revs to a new GPU driver so there aren't any weird issues. Last GPU update I did was about 18 mos ago when I built the rig. Everything has been flawless and performing well and I want to keep it that way. Is an update to the chipset drivers for an 18mo old GPU driver update over the top?
So was watching a few videos about the importance of keeping AMD chipset drivers up to date. The actual process to install new drivers looks like "install and forget" but I was wondering a few things:
1) If I get the driver off the AMD website (the latest for my Asus ROG STRIX B650E-E), should I be uninstalling the old before installing the new and if so, how do I do that? Or... Will the AMD software take care of getting the old chipset off when installing the new chipset drivers?
2) I'm about 95% sure the current mobo chipset drivers came off the Asus site. Several Youtube PC guru-types recommend just going to AMDs site for the latest. With all the 7800x3D weirdness with the Asus ROG Strix B650E-E and CPUs getting fried etc, I'm wondering if I should only install chipset updates off the Asus site rather than AMD to avoid a potential toasting of my CPU... Or was that so 2022 and no need to worry anymore? I'm assuming that Asus "tunes" the AMD chipset drivers or is that not true?
3) One of the PC Gurus was pretty emphatic about the importance of updating the chipset drivers when you are jumping many revs to a new GPU driver so there aren't any weird issues. Last GPU update I did was about 18 mos ago when I built the rig. Everything has been flawless and performing well and I want to keep it that way. Is an update to the chipset drivers for an 18mo old GPU driver update over the top?