x58-Extreme and Win 7 Still need intel inf?

[iDaemon]

X58-Extreme and windows 7

we still need to download and install Intel Chipset Software Installation?

thanks for advice

[wazza300]

go to gigabytes website and download the latest chipset drivers

[iDaemon]

yes I wonder it because , from gigabyte website xp,vista we have to download chipset software, but for windows 7 no. or it is just not insert?

[C3D76]

I don't think I needed to install any of the chipset drivers with windows 7...

[Psycho101]

It would be a good idea to do so.

Most of the drivers included even with the retail Windows 7 will be MS written drivers. Some of the ones in the RC haven't been updated since 2006 (Vista era). I'm betting this will be the case with the RTM too.

Same goes for AHCI drivers. If using a regular magnetic HDD, install the Intel Matrix Manager. If you have a SSD, you may need to keep the MS driver to be able to have the SSD and windows communicate and use the TRIM command.

As Vista and Win 7 share virtually the same driver model, I'm sure you'll see a lot of re-using of Vista drivers especially on established items, where no performance gain could be gotten with newer drivers (By Microsoft, not the manufacturer, their drivers should be an improvement).

If in doubt check the dates on things like the IDE drivers, Sata drivers, USB hub drivers etc. If they look old then definitely update. After all, if the .inf updates weren't needed, Windows 7 wouldn't be in the supported OS list for the newer releases.