Chipset software

D3lirious · 15 Jan 2011 at 14:49

When performing a clean install of windows, is there much benefit in installing the Intel chipset drivers?

Reason I ask is that windows seems quite happy left to it's own devices without installing them. Is there a performance or reliability benefit?

Broken Hope · 15 Jan 2011 at 15:37

The Intel chipset inf files contain no drivers, so as long as everything is detected there's no reason to install updated inf drivers.

jbloggs · 15 Jan 2011 at 16:55

Windows 7/Vista already contain them (Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility) as part of the OS, so they will automatically be installed (on an Intel system) during the OS install process, and you can always update them (if you wish) after install by downloading the latest from Here

They are needed if running the Intel ICHx(R) in RAID or AHCI mode...

FallshirmjAEger · 15 Jan 2011 at 16:59

jbloggs said:
They are needed if running the Intel ICHx(R) in RAID or AHCI mode...

You can get away with just grabbing the 'Intel RST Driver files - f6 install'

im not going to bother with the chipset installer from the intel site in future.