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AMD APU driver necessary?

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Hi guys!
Bit of a noob question here.
In the Chipset driver downloads section for the B650 Aorus Elite AX V2 motherboard there is an APU driver. I assume it's only necessary to install that if I want to use the APU (or iGPU or whatever it's called) on my 7800X3D?

So if I'm only going to use a discrete graphics card then I don't need it, correct?
 
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Hi guys!
Bit of a noob question here.
In the Chipset driver downloads section for the B650 Aorus Elite AX V2 motherboard there is an APU driver. I assume it's only necessary to install that if I want to use the APU (or iGPU or whatever it's called) on my 7800X3D?

So if I'm only going to use a discrete graphics card then I don't need it, correct?
That is probably for the new APU 8700G and 8600G.
 
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You can always check device manager if extra device drivers are needed.
 

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Personally I download only BIOS updates from the manufacturer's site and other drivers elsewhere. Chipset drivers from AMD etc.

If you don't need the GPU from your CPU, just don't install it.
 
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