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I usually let Windows Update pick drivers for me. It does its job well 99,99% of the time.
The most misunderstood thing about Windows drivers is they're there to provide a basic starting point, which may not necessarily to provide optimized performance. And why you should always use vendor specific drivers where available, which also provide the control panels and customization packages needed for certain devices - example GPU, keyboards, Mice, to name a few.
Also Windows doesn't provide all drivers for all devices... soundcards would be an example.
My advice is, and always will be, is to get the vendor specific drivers where available
In some cases, for older hardware, manufacturer drivers may be older than the ones offered via WU, as is the case with my X99 Gigabyte board.
I have not installed anything from GIGABYTE on my GIGABYTE board.
I have installed all drivers from Gigabyte for my Gigabyte boards
There's always going to be some galactic "what if", but the general premises still apply... get the drivers from the vendor. And in the case of the motherboard... and "old" driver is better than no driver.
At the end of the day though it's your system not mine.
Peace
Windows Update installs correct chipset drivers for my x99 board. Gigabyte ones are dated 2015; Microsoft ones are dated 2016-2017. I guess any of them will do.
Hi my chipset is x99 anyone have a link for the latest intel chipset driver ?
Just to let you know Intel have just updated the client NVME/ PCIe driver to version 5.02.1006. As from 30/06/2021.
Download Client NVMe* Microsoft Windows* Drivers for Intel(R) SSDs