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    Laptop switchable graphics Intel/AMD - discrete drivers?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by hammerdown, Jun 9, 2017.

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    hammerdown Notebook Geek

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    Laptop with GPU Intel 520 / AMD R7 M460.

    Does everyone here just use the OEM website drivers designed for the laptop?

    Does anyone have good/bad experience going directly to the Intel and AMD websites, downloading the latest drivers for each separately, then installing them separately?
     
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    don_svetlio In the Pipe, Five by Five.

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    Both the OEM drives and the newer ones should work but the OEM ones have been validated whereas the newer ones are a wildcard - you never know what they change and what it may break. It's why I still use the 2016 drivers for my 970M
     
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    Seems like that is what I am hearing back from other feelers that I put out. I wanted to try and solve a video playback issue by trying other drivers but I'll just stick with tweaking the video software's options.
     
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