Is Intel drivers ok?

fifthelement123

fifthelement123

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I was wondering about this but is it always ok to download the latest video drivers from Intel site? I currenty have the Intel HD graphics and I noticed that Sony esupport website has an older version of the video driver for my notebook and I wanted to get the latest drivers from Intel website but want to make sure if that's ok. I usualy notice that Intel has more updated drivers for this video cards than Sony so I assume it's ok to use Intel website support driver for the Intel HD that I have.



I have the Sony VPC-EB3QFX

Now I did talk to Sony tech support and they said something about all Sony notebooks are OEM drivers and they said they recommend to only download them from esupport website.

Also when I used auto detect drivers on Intel website it said that my video driver is custom made or so. But do you think they using the drivers from Intel is still ok? I don't know but just want to make sure that everything will run right but of cource I do want the latest drivers too. Now if you did say that it will work then I guess I can go ahead and download the drivers but before I do I want to make sure if it's still ok after what I found out talking to Sony techs and going to Intels site.




I used the Automatically identify and find drivers thing and ran it and it said.

Product Detected Intel® HD Graphics
Current Driver Installed 8.15.0010.2182
A customized computer manufacturer driver is installed on your computer. The Intel Driver Update Utility is not able to update the driver. Installing a generic Intel driver instead of the customized computer manufacturer driver may cause technical issues. Contact your computer manufacturer for the latest driver for your computer.




Later I did uninstall the Sony Intel HD drivers and then installed the Intel HD drivers from Intel and it did work fine. But do you guys think I should go back to the Sony Intel driver that Sony made since some people say that Sony made there custom drivers to work best for the computer I have.
 
So you are saying not to use the drivers that is made by Sony? I thought maybe that Sony has made there own drivers since they have features that Intel doesn't have. I know that companies like Sony could of updated there hardware like added more features on the graphics then the original Intel HD from Intel's website. So I thought it was best to use the drivers that is from Sony. But is it still best to use the drivers from Intel's site? Or is it best to use the drivers from Sony?
 
What features would the sony driver have that the intel one wouldn't? Intel made the hardware, not sony :)
 
linkin said:
What features would the sony driver have that the intel one wouldn't? Intel made the hardware, not sony :)
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Can't always do that though. I have a Dell Latitude E6500 with an nVidia Quatro 160M in it but have to use the drivers Dell provides because the standard nVidia driver doesn't support it.
 
sometimes manufacturers have a custom built chipset that is based on the intel or equivalent line...you cant use the generic driver, you have to use a custom driver, and honestly, if you arent having issues with said driver...dont change it, its fine. i have a 5 year old driver on my stepnote because of the simple fact that it is the driver that works with the machine, and doesnt give me lip
 
So does this mean that it's best to use the drivers that Sony gives me and not use the generic Intel drivers? The generic drivers did work when I tried it but is it still best to use drivers from Sony since my notebook is from them? If in the long run using generic drivers will have problems then I should use.
 
Latest drivers from Sony website

Version :
8.15.10.2182

Last Modified :
09/21/2010



This is the latest version from Intel.com website


Version:
15.21.2.64.2246

Date:
12/08/2010


As you see the Intels website is more current. But is it still best to use the older version Sonys custom made driver? I would assume soon Sony will update there drivers but I just wanted to know if it's ok to just uninstall the Sony drivers and install Intels drivers that is more updated.



But some people are saying to use Sonys since I might in the future run into some problems and also it will run smoother using Sonys drivers.
 
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