Installing graphics drivers

[bty0610]

I have a MSI GTX 970 Twin Frost V. What would be the difference in getting the latest drivers from Nvidia or MSI?

 

[nikoli707]

the difference are having known bugs, driver issues, and up to date gaming optimizations for your card. though if you are not having issues with your current driver, you have not purchased any newer games that came out after your current driver revision, and there haven't been any performance improvements in games you own in the drivers after your current revision, then you can skip them if you would like.

 

[unksol]

Always get the driver from AMD/Nvidia. There is no reason to use drivers on the manufactures site.

 

[bty0610]

How about the extra stuff that the MSI has thats suppose to be on the card or what ever, wont I need to go to their site instead of nvidias. Im just a little confused because this card has a bunch of cool extras on it that the normal 970 doesn't have

 

[nikoli707]

no dont install that crap. you can download the latest version of msi afterbuner software from msi as well. the rest of that stuff is junk.

 

[bty0610]

So all off this is crap? http://us.msi.com/product/graphics-card/GTX-970-GAMING-4G.html#hero-overview

 

[nikoli707]

yeah... no. dont install that crap. the nvidia drivers already come with the geforce experience that does the same "auto configure" your game settings if you choose. i personally uninstall geforce experience though. msi afterburner is all you need for overclocking and monitoring your graphics card. looks like msi has a game recording app as well, somewhat useless since the nvidia drivers can do that as well.

all you need is the latast game ready drivers and msi afterburner.

 

[bty0610]

Thanks man for the help! also this is the build its going with. IS this a good build? PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mYcrNG
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mYcrNG/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($369.99 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI B150 Gaming M3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($108.99 @ B&H)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($313.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($34.00 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: Asus VS248H-P 24.0" Monitor ($159.99 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Headphones: Creative Labs Creative Fatal1ty Headset ($21.99 @ Amazon)
Speakers: Logitech S120 2.3W 2ch Speakers ($8.84 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1372.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-30 22:51 EST-0500

 

[nikoli707]

hmmm...

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor ($439.95 @ B&H)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($30.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3P ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($79.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card ($313.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Fractal Design Define R5 (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case ($84.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($14.99 @ Newegg)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter ($34.00 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: Asus VX248H 60Hz 24.0" Monitor ($159.99 @ Micro Center)
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($19.99 @ Newegg)
Headphones: Creative Labs Creative Fatal1ty Headset ($21.99 @ Amazon)
Speakers: Logitech S120 2.3W 2ch Speakers ($8.84 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1389.58
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-30 23:13 EST-0500

 

[bty0610]

Wait a minute what! how did you, what did you change?

 

[nikoli707]

mostly the ram and the power supply(junk) you had picked out were horribly overpriced. that squeezed in the 6700k and a cheap z170 board. if you are not going to overclock then you could skip all that and continue with an h170 or b150 board and the locked 6500 and save a good chunk of money. but you really should have at least a 250gb ssd in that build.

 

[bty0610]

Your build is a lot better, I would go with this build but I already sent someone multiple updates and changes to my build itself so I dont want to send them another one because I just sent them one today