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3 minutes ago, wii8cookies said:

So I'm putting links to all of the drivers for all of my hardware in my bookmarks, and I'm wondering if I need drivers for my ram, drives, or cpu.

No.

 

This would be stupid for the CPU or RAM. "let's make the most basic hardware unusable with out special software!" (BIOS updates notwithstanding)

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2 minutes ago, wii8cookies said:

So I'm putting links to all of the drivers for all of my hardware in my bookmarks, and I'm wondering if I need drivers for my ram, drives, or cpu.

No. 

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No, drivers are mostly for GPU and other 'nonessentials'

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9 minutes ago, Shiv78 said:

No, drivers are mostly for GPU and other 'nonessentials'

I'd say that a GPU is pretty essential, or at least something that can render a basic image to a display. 

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9 minutes ago, wii8cookies said:

k i couldn't find anything for the fx-8350... I was just wondering...

Windows will take care of everything in that regard if it has proper support for the CPU architecture. 

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3 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

I'd say that a GPU is pretty essential, or at least something that can render a basic image to a display. 

I meant as in an add-in GPU 

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12 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

I'd say that a GPU is pretty essential, or at least something that can render a basic image to a display. 

He means essential for the computer to run

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14 minutes ago, Railgun said:

He means essential for the computer to run

A running computer is not very useful if it can't give its users feedback. 

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1 minute ago, Godlygamer23 said:

A running computer is not very useful if it can't give its users feedback. 

??? A computer does not require a GPU to run. We're talking about GPUs here

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1 minute ago, Railgun said:

??? A computer does not require a GPU to run. We're talking about GPUs here

Yes, but what use is a computer that can't display an image(one method of providing feedback)? A user requires a basic image output device in order for the computer to be useful.

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1 minute ago, Godlygamer23 said:

Yes, but what use is a computer that can't display an image(one method of providing feedback)? A user requires a basic image output device in order for the computer to be useful.

most motherboards have a vga or hdmi output...

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1 minute ago, wii8cookies said:

most motherboards have a vga or hdmi output...

Which is linked to the IGP found on the CPU, and sometimes a dedicated device on the motherboard.

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1 minute ago, Godlygamer23 said:

Yes, but what use is a computer that can't display an image(one method of providing feedback)? A user requires a basic image output device in order for the computer to be useful.

Like I said, we are talking about GPUs here. Intel's integrated graphics thingy is NOT a GPU.

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1 minute ago, Godlygamer23 said:

Which is linked to the IGP found on the CPU. 

The reason we even call it a graphics processing unit is to make sure it isn't confused with the central processing unit. Central meaning it's the main processor and graphics processor meaning it only handles graphics

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1 minute ago, Railgun said:

Like I said, we are talking about GPUs here. Intel's integrated graphics thingy is NOT a GPU.

So Intel integrates an NVIDIA GTX 580 onto its CPU's die. Is that not a GPU anymore? 

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1 minute ago, Railgun said:

graphics processor meaning it only handles graphics

Which is really not true anymore anyway.

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1 minute ago, Godlygamer23 said:

Which is really not true anymore anyway.

...That has absolutely nothing to do with what we were talking about?

 

Whatever man there's no point in continuing this discussion lol

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