You need to download PC drivers if:. Different versions of a hardware device require different drivers. Therefore, before you begin downloading, it is important that you are aware of the model number of your hardware device. This information is printed on your hardware device. If this is not the case, or for internal hardware devices, you can get this information from the Device Manager window.
Open the Device Manager utility via Control Panel, double-click on your hardware device, and then click the Details tab. You will find this information under this tab. Save the downloaded driver file in a suitable location. A driver update tool can do this for you, you can also run a free scan to identify the exact Drivers you need. Xbox Virtual Museum. Windows 11 Emoji. GoDaddy Breach. TikTok Samsung TV.
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Since we launched in , our articles have been read more than 1 billion times. Human eye and brain are powerful tools! OK, if you say that installing Chipset Drivers can't cause input lag, then you must have proof. How would you even know? There is no test for that! How can you account for millions of HW configurations out there, not to even mention SW configurations There are like trillion things, every mobo use different timer and has different architecture etc.
Is that so strange to believe, that installing Chipset Drivers could do something to a mouse. There is a huge complexity. It could be only millions of permutations between things Thank you for tip, I read that you should install Chipset Drivers, after Windows installation and before other drivers! I was hoping you could tell me what are these drivers on picture exactly for.
But I will have try to update my Drivers one by one and check how it feels anyways My screen blacked out for a moment and then my mouse sky rocketed! As you said: not installing some drivers can cause input lag! I wasn't blocking Windows Updates before, because it is annoying to update manually each time. But I had feeling, that mouse was sluggish, more than on a previous install. And installing this driver: reduced input lag a lot!
As these cause input lag. Even you can't disable Intel MEI spy-engine and it is running no matter what! There is something on Intel Chipset Drivers, it doesn't have to be only input lag. Although mouse feels sluggish little bit. Word heavy would describe it better. But it very obviously does something! I will update, if some other drivers cause lag! For more complete information about compiler optimizations, see our Optimization Notice. Welcome to the Intel Community. If you get an answer you like, please mark it as an Accepted Solution to help others.
Thank you! Hello, I Am tweaking my system for minimum input lag. Here is example of some drivers Windows found: - E. My specs: i5 kf, asus zi gaming, g.
Thank you for answer. Preview file. All forum topics Previous topic Next topic. Copy link. But I even, if I did. I can't find detailed information about these drivers like: - what they are exactly for - or what they exactly do - and why is it important to install them!
I could also make a backup and try installing them one by one and check how it feels. In response to empleat. All standard and exposed i. The drivers for the standard chipset devices are included inbox i. What is at issue is that the configurations for these standard chipset devices are optimal for the time when the installation package for the particular Windows 10 version was built.
Depending upon what version of Windows 10 you are installing, these configuration could be stale. Installing the Chipset Device Software a. INF Update package will provide these drivers with the latest optimal configurations available at the time that the package used was built by Intel.
Letting Windows Update regularly run will ensure that the configurations are automatically updated if Intel tweaks them. With stale configurations, it is possible though unlikely that devices are not running at their optimal performance levels. Any lag that you think comes from this package is a complete figment of your imagination. Ok, there have been a few screwups by Intel in the past that might have resulted in, shall we say, less that stellar operation, but I know of no outstanding issues of this type currently.
Optional devices are only going to be operating unless the related feature is enabled and being used. Some of these devices are enabled as a result of the BIOS configuration and may operate in the background regardless of there being any driver installed for it. Having a driver will allow this device to be used and perhaps configured differently at runtime.
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