For a long time, some users are faced with the inability to install a driver for integrated graphics (iGPU) processors . Most often this applies to laptops from OEMs based on "blue" chips. This is due to the portable system manufacturer's verification system, which allows you to install only drivers from the OEM itself, but blocks the ability to install official drivers from the Intel website.
Until now, OEMs received new drivers from the processor manufacturer, then adapted them for their laptops, and only then offered to download them to users. As a result, it was sometimes necessary to wait several months for the driver to appear on the laptop manufacturer's website. At the same time, not every manufacturer cared about the release of fresh drivers, especially when it comes to laptops in the initial and middle price segment, or not very new models.
The unified Intel Graphics Windows 10 DCH Driver in version 26.20.100.8141 ends this practice. It can be directly from the Intel website and install on any laptop, even if it previously only supported the installation of OEM drivers.
To install a new driver, Intel suggests the Drivers and Support Assistant tool, which in the process saves all previous OEM driver settings.
At the same time, Intel warns that this approach to updating may cause problems on some devices in the form of performance degradation. In this case, Intel recommends that you roll back to the previous version of the drivers.
Source: 3dnews.ru