AMD chipset + nvidia graphic card [where is the chipset driver?]

[AndreeaS]

Gigabyte GA 970A D3 v1.0

On the original cd of the mboard, i dont see the chipset driver[when i browse the cd, inside the folder named chipset i found a subfolder named vga and another one named 7series]
If i run the Cd setup, Xpress Install automatically detects the components that need to be installed[audio,network,usb,sata-raid] but it doesnt say chipset;
Besides the basic components[audio/network/etc] i see some additional-optional software such as Easy Energy Saver.EasyTune6,Cloud OC,AutoGreen,On/Off Charge technology and thats it.
If i surf to gigabyte driver suport website, i see the latest drivers-aps for my mboard : audio, chipset, network, sata, usb.
When i install the chipset driver it shows the next components that will be installed: USB,AHCI,Catalyst instal manager[this is just the manager that shows the amd
components installed] [not to mention that the "chipset" driver for xp has 550MB and the same driver for win7 has 125MB]
Where is the chipset driver? the components for the northbridge 970A and southbridge S950?
I understand that things changed since technology advance,but why is this so confusing? I am not a retard[i guess] but as i've seen on the many similar posts where other
people ask for help regarding the mboards with amd chipsets + nvidia graphic cards.
Does win7 "detects" and provide directly[without update service] the driver for the northbridge and southbridge? How do i know that my chipset is
running at maximum performance without the driver?
These are the steps that i know-use for building a pc system :
1. build the system
2. install mboard drivers
- chipset driver
- sata-ahci driver
- audio driver
- network driver
- usb driver
3. install graphic card driver
4. install other devices

I am aware that win7 is a good-stable os and it can run ok "out of the box"with some default temporary drivers, but is it too much if i want to install the proper drivers so my system can perform at high speed capacity?

my system: Gigabyte GA970A-D3 + nvidia GTX660[previous gcard:amd 6670]
After the removal of Amd 6670 i have uninstalled the graphic driver which removed all the amd components including the sound driver, catalyst control manager. I understand that the chipset is made by the amd but why would you do that? remove more components other than the graphic?
all i wanted was to remove the graphic card. In order to install the nvidia card driver, i am pretty sure that the graphic card needs to comunicate properly with the amd chipset, dont you think so?

 

[t3naci0ust]

Basically all you need to do is install all of your motherboard drivers and nvidia drivers. Amd and intel are fully compatible with nvidia and AMD

 

[iamlegend]

Download APP center, it will automatically detect the drivers needed.

http://www.gigabyte.com/support-downloads/Utility.aspx

 

[AndreeaS]

Thanks guys for your reply. I have installed the "other components"[sound+sata.ahci+network+usb3.0] and the nvidia graphic driver. it seems to be fine. i just dont get the "AMD Catalyst" part, maybe because when i see Catalyst ,suddenly i think of ATI Catalyst for the graphic cards.
So the driver for the northbridge&southbridge still remains a mistery. Its classified. I may sound like i just time travelled and woke up yesterday in this world but i believe i asked a normal decent question...

 

[AndreeaS]

Something is wrong; as i said before and as you can see in my images, a device is not "installed". A driver is nedeed but it doesnt give me a clue either. i dont see any attach button so i've uploaded them on some site.
Look here:

and here :

I have tried to update/install the "unkown device" by inserting the motherboard cd in order to install-copy the needed files from there[cd] but it says it could not find the driver.