Are drivers needed for CPUs????

[DonNagual]

Perhaps a stupid question, but chalk it up to learning....

Are there drivers for CPUs? I have the Athlon64 3700 (San Diego).

Do I need to install AMD drivers for the CPU or are the standard WindowsXP drivers fine as they are?

 

[ChineseTechie]

I thought drivers are for teaching the CPU how to work with different hardwares. Is it correct??

cT

 

[DelJo63]

the BIOS can be CPU specific, but as the CPU gets started long before drivers are loaded, there are no 'cpu drivers' per se

 

[Mictlantecuhtli]

The Athlon 64 Processor Driver is used for Cool 'n' Quiet. It's not necessary, the CPU works fine without it too.

 

[DonNagual]

Well, I have the Asus Cool n' quiet software installed. If I don't instal the Athlon64 processor driver, does that mean that cool n' quiet is not working?