Need to install drivers of motherboard CD?

[alan]

yOn Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Paul Smith wrote:

> On 8/16/06, Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel at infinity-ltd.com> wrote:
>> > I have just upgraded the processor of my computer to a P4 Dual Core.
>> > The new motherboard comes with a CD with some drivers. Should I
>> > install those drivers? Apparently, the CD expects to be read on MS
>> > Windows. And furthermore, my upgraded computer works perfectly with
>> > FC5, but I am not sure whether its performance can still be improved
>> > with those drivers.
>> >
>> Well, it sounds like they are Windows drivers, so they are not going
>> to work under Linux.
>
> Thanks, Mikkel and Rob. I am now relieved, as the vendor of it (who
> does not work with Linux) keeps telling me that the performance can be
> improved with the installation of those drivers.

"Improved performance" in this case usually means "patched around hardware 
errors we won't admit to having".

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