nForce IDE drivers needed?

[robo22]

Just got my new raptor and things does appear to be faster, but boot times still seem kind of slow (5 bars for windows to load). I was just wondering if installing the nforce ide drivers will help with boot times and overall performance. Personally, I've stayed away from these drivers since the nforce2 days and just stuck with the windows drivers. But it's been a while, and maybe they've improved. Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks.

[geekcomputing]

i woudl guess they might help.

[BillR]

Shouldn’t have much impact on boot times, I don’t use them. I would however check your boot order. Check it in the bios and also check your boot device from the post screen.

I’d also suggest you run “msconfig” and see what all is loading. It seems every program you load wants to own your system. Too may check marks makes for a slow boot.

Oh, and don’t forget to do a good defrag.

Luck