This makes a new way for OEMs to provide updates to their customers: delivering the customisations file separately, updated as necessary, via Microsoft Windows Update. If you are concerned about the OEM customisations, it says that shouldn't be a major concern as Intel will keep the customisations intact during the upgrade, in accordance with Microsoft DCH driver design principles. Intel says the drivers work for systems based upon the 6th Generation Intel Processor platform or higher. Thus Intel graphics users have been pestering Intel to provide 'the freedom to upgrade their systems to our regularly released generic graphics drivers and enable our latest game enhancements, feature updates, and fixes'.Īs of this latest release Version: 26.20.100.8141, dated 27 April 2020, Intel Windows 10 DCH graphics drivers are unlocked. Unfortunately, some systems makers are slow to keep up with updates or might not even intend to provide them, especially for older models. OEM customised drivers 'are hand-picked, customized, and validated to resolve platform-specific issues, enable features and enhancements, and improve system stability,' notes Intel in its latest DCH drivers release notes. Now Intel has decided to unlock its Windows 10 DCH graphics drivers so anyone can apply the latest driver set from its downloads site. However, some PC system users, particularly users of laptops, might have found that they have had to wait for specific computer manufacturer (OEM) customised drivers to arrive to get updated. To download the updates for these products, follow the links provided to Download Center.Intel updates its Windows 10 DCH graphics drivers quite regularly with bug fixes, optimisations, and so on - as you would expect from GPU selling rivals like Nvidia and AMD.

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