Question about Intel Chipset Device Software

After a clean installation of Windows 10 there is a notification to tell me I need to reboot to finish installing the Intel Chipset drivers. After a reboot and checking for Windows Updates the system is then brought fully up to date.
Is it still recommended to then go to the manufacturers website and install the Intel Chipset Device software from there afterwards?
Taken directly from the Dell website for the Service Tag of my PC the following is what it says under Important Information for the Intel Chipset Device Software.
"The INF files provides the operating system (OS) with information about the hardware on the PC. This allows the OS to show the correct name of hardware in the Device Manager.
Note: The chipset software does not install drivers for AGP or USB or resolve issues with these ports.
Intel Chipset Device Software uses an older date for the devices it is targeting. The date 07/18/1968 is symbolic.
Intel was founded that day. The reason this date is used is to lower the rank of Intel Chipset Device Software.
This is necessary since it's a supporting utility that should not overwrite any other drivers. You do not need to update Intel Chipset Device software."
I am confused why it says that You do not need to update Intel Chipset Device software?

sygnus21 said:

You should always get the chipset drivers from the board's site as they are proven to work with your board.

I have no idea what my motherboard is..it is a Dell system. As far as I'm aware they use Dell proprietory motherboards. Dell say that drivers should be updated from the Dell website as they get constantly updated (I would still get my graphics drivers from Nvidia though).

sportsfan148 said:

After a clean installation of Windows 10 there is a notification to tell me I need to reboot to finish installing the Intel Chipset drivers. After a reboot and checking for Windows Updates the system is then brought fully up to date.
Is it still recommended to then go to the manufacturers website and install the Intel Chipset Device software from there afterwards?
Taken directly from the Dell website for the Service Tag of my PC the following is what it says under Important Information for the Intel Chipset Device Software.
"The INF files provides the operating system (OS) with information about the hardware on the PC. This allows the OS to show the correct name of hardware in the Device Manager.
Note: The chipset software does not install drivers for AGP or USB or resolve issues with these ports.
Intel Chipset Device Software uses an older date for the devices it is targeting. The date 07/18/1968 is symbolic.
Intel was founded that day. The reason this date is used is to lower the rank of Intel Chipset Device Software.
This is necessary since it's a supporting utility that should not overwrite any other drivers. You do not need to update Intel Chipset Device software."
I am confused why it says that You do not need to update Intel Chipset Device software?

The best tested drivers are always displayed on the computer manufacturers website.

The next best source is the component manufacturers website.




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Note: The chipset software does not install drivers for AGP or USB or resolve issues with these ports.
Intel Chipset Device Software uses an older date for the devices it is targeting. The date 07/18/1968 is symbolic.
Intel was founded that day. The reason this date is used is to lower the rank of Intel Chipset Device Software.
This is necessary since it's a supporting utility that should not overwrite any other drivers. You do not need to update Intel Chipset Device software."

There is a priority when Windows checks for updated drivers.
The old dates are used for the priority rank order system.


This link has similarities:

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldne...08-00/?p=95395

For desktop PCs, I have always used the latest chipset drivers from Intel. (Or, at the moment, AMD.) I believe, without proof, that they are never customized. I've never had a problem.

I have also received updates to chipset drivers in the past from Windows Update. They appeared to be generic ones, without mention of a specific motherboard or company. (I have driver updates blocked now.)

There is probably no need to update them, if the ones that you have are new enough to support your system.

Thanks for the feedback guys. Ive updated drivers plenty of times on my Dell PC so I have no problem at all with that. Dell systems use software called Dell Support Assist to do this.
My question wasn't about how to update drivers though. I was asking if you should always update the Intel Chipset Device software after a clean installation even though Windows 10 automatically installs the Intel Chipset drivers during the clean installation and there are never any missing drivers in Device Manager (no yellow flags next to any devices at all). Is it still recommended/necessary following a clean installation to install the Intel Chipset Driver software from the Dell Website anyway?

Also, I understand there is a priority when Windows checks for updated drivers so the Intel Chipset drivers use an older symbolic date 07/18/1968 and the old dates are used for the priority rank order system (Thanks for the link Zbook). My confusion is why after explaining this at the end of the statement it still says..."You do not need to update Intel Chipset Device software"...so do you need to update the Intel Chipset Device Software or not?

In most cases the most up to date drivers are the best drivers.

After a clean install Windows will install all Windows and some non-Windows drivers.

Running Dell, HP, and Lenovo software will find additional drivers that are then installed.

These can be followed by Windows updates.

Over time despite Windows updates the computer manufacturer's software will find drivers that were not updated by Windows.

For chipset drivers I've not seen any performance comparisons using different driver versions.
So this may just be end user comparisons.