I am just about to build my new PC, but before I start, I just wanted to ask a few questions so that I can be prepared before hand.
1) What motherboard drivers do I need to install for the Asus P6T Deluxe? Looking at the the Asus website, and there seems to be loads of drivers (chipset, LAN, SATA drivers etc etc) for the Asus P6T deluxe motherboard, do you need to install all of them?
2) I am looking to create a dual boot system with Windows XP Professional x64 and Windows Vista Ultimate x64 OS's. I was just wondering would that mean I would need to install separate drivers for the mobo/graphics cards for both OS's?
3) I was reading that for optimal performance, it is best to create a separate partition just for the page file and that this partition should be on a separate drive. Now what I want to know is :
a) Would I need to move both swap files for both OS's onto this partition
b) Is it worth moving the page/swap file onto a partition that exists on a 2nd hard drive if it is slower? (I was planning to move it to a 7200RPM 16MB Cache Samsung Spinpoint Hard Drive).
Sorry for all the questions, I'm just trying to be prepared and eke out as much performance as I can for my new PC.
Thanks in advance
1) What motherboard drivers do I need to install for the Asus P6T Deluxe? Looking at the the Asus website, and there seems to be loads of drivers (chipset, LAN, SATA drivers etc etc) for the Asus P6T deluxe motherboard, do you need to install all of them?
2) I am looking to create a dual boot system with Windows XP Professional x64 and Windows Vista Ultimate x64 OS's. I was just wondering would that mean I would need to install separate drivers for the mobo/graphics cards for both OS's?
3) I was reading that for optimal performance, it is best to create a separate partition just for the page file and that this partition should be on a separate drive. Now what I want to know is :
a) Would I need to move both swap files for both OS's onto this partition
b) Is it worth moving the page/swap file onto a partition that exists on a 2nd hard drive if it is slower? (I was planning to move it to a 7200RPM 16MB Cache Samsung Spinpoint Hard Drive).
Sorry for all the questions, I'm just trying to be prepared and eke out as much performance as I can for my new PC.
Thanks in advance