You will find with many manufacturers that their drivers may not be the same as those of Intel for instance. I have an MSI MB and for the chipset I find that Intel drivers are generally newer than those on the MSI web site. Dell receives the drivers and may modify them slightly for additional compatibility with Dell hardware. This forum post by Chris M. may clarify the issue.
So if you were to put yourself in my situation, having a Dell-made laptop, would you download the newer driver from Intel or would you stick with downloading the older driver modified by Dell?
OEM's like Dell are always going to be slightly behind the manufacturer, simply because they will want to test the drivers with their devices before pushing them out. If you want the very latest drivers, simply configure windows to download them as soon as they are available. If you want maximum reliability and support from your OEM, only update when your OEM pushes them out.
I recently had Dell update a sound driver that gave me just a whisper. After a wasted day with Dell Support, I finally did a Windows optional update that installed a driver 10.x.x.x instead of 6.x.x.x and magically fixed it. So now I'm reluctant to let Dell do any updates. Particularly as they never admitted fault.
JOcean
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March 31st, 2021 18:00
I agree with Chris M in his forum post. I would use the manufacturer's (in this case Intel) drivers and if there are issues then install Dell drivers.
JOcean
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March 31st, 2021 16:00
You will find with many manufacturers that their drivers may not be the same as those of Intel for instance. I have an MSI MB and for the chipset I find that Intel drivers are generally newer than those on the MSI web site. Dell receives the drivers and may modify them slightly for additional compatibility with Dell hardware. This forum post by Chris M. may clarify the issue.
jarodabel
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March 31st, 2021 16:00
Thanks for the response,
So if you were to put yourself in my situation, having a Dell-made laptop, would you download the newer driver from Intel or would you stick with downloading the older driver modified by Dell?
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April 2nd, 2021 11:00
OEM's like Dell are always going to be slightly behind the manufacturer, simply because they will want to test the drivers with their devices before pushing them out. If you want the very latest drivers, simply configure windows to download them as soon as they are available. If you want maximum reliability and support from your OEM, only update when your OEM pushes them out.
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January 16th, 2025 22:20
I recently had Dell update a sound driver that gave me just a whisper. After a wasted day with Dell Support, I finally did a Windows optional update that installed a driver 10.x.x.x instead of 6.x.x.x and magically fixed it. So now I'm reluctant to let Dell do any updates. Particularly as they never admitted fault.