win7 prepping..drivers..especially GPU

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NathanP2007

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So i have built a new rig with the intent of putting win7 RC 32bit on it. Iv noticed some people have issues with drivers for things on Win7 and im curious as to what i should be doing once i have win7 installed and im getting ready to install my Vidcard driver, my CD drive driver etc etc. So here are the specs.

---GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3R LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard

---Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor

---EVGA 512-P3-1150-TR Geforce GTS 250 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 (2.0v)

---Western Digital Caviar Blue WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

---LG Black 22X (CAV) DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X (CAV) DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 22X DVD±R DVD Burner

I think im most curious about the vid card.

Basically what it comes down to, is if you have similar or the same parts and are using win7....what drivers do you recommend? Or just use the Cd's that came with the parts, upgrade the drivers once connector to internet, and most likely im all set?

Im just worried il install everything and the HardDrive wont be recognized or the CD drive wont or il have issues with the VidCard driver... (no experience with win7 yet)

Thanks guys
 
I'd make sure I have the latest Win 7 build installed as they will include the latest updates, and most are reported to be slightly more stable and faster than the RC (as expected).

A couple of days ago, the latest publically known x64 build was 7232, but that's on VHD, so you might want to use the 7229 build which is a solid build (and which I'm currently running). I don't know why you'd consider going x86, but if you did, the latest x86 build is 7260.

Then, as mentioned by others, just grab the latest GPU beta drivers for Win 7 from the relevant site and you're set. Guru3D usually has the latest, but you could play it safe and just grab it from the manufacturers' sites (e.g. www.nVidia.com).

You may have to get specific drivers for other pieces of hardware, but that depends on exactly what you have. I didn't need to as Win7 comes with a "lot" of drivers supporting many different pieces of hardware and most of my kit is fairly standard.
 
Good to know. I'm thinking about going to Windows 7 soon and am trying to learn all I can about it's driver and application support before making the plunge. It sounds like it's already well supported but the more knowledge I have (before taking the plunge) the better off I'll be.
 
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