Greetings ROG Forum / Community,
I own a ASUS Z370 ROG Maximus X Hero Motherboard and I plan to install Windows 10 64bit.
If we take a closer look at the following driver comparison list, we can see some discrepancies between the driver versions and the file size.
Windows 10 64bit Drivers
VGA Drivers:- ASUS Website: Version: 26.20.100.7210, Date: 11/27/2019, Size: 377.37 MBytes
- Intel Website: Version: 26.20.100.7870, Date: 02/19/2020, Size: 340 MBytes
https://www.asus.com/au/Motherboards/ROG-MAXIMUS-X-HERO/HelpDesk_Download/https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/29426/Intel-Graphics-Windows-10-DCH-Drivers?product=128199LAN Drivers (Intel LAN I219V):- ASUS Website: Version: 12.18.9.7, Date: 07/08/2019, Size: 3.3 MBytes
- Intel Website: Version: 25.0 , Date: 01/23/2020, Size: 66.56 MBytes
https://www.asus.com/au/Motherboards/ROG-MAXIMUS-X-HERO/HelpDesk_Download/https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/25016/Ethernet-Intel-Network-Adapter-Driver-for-Windows-10Chipset Driver (Intel Chipset INF Utility):- ASUS Website: Version: 10.1.18019.8144, Date: 10/21/2019, Size: 5.36 MBytes
- Intel Website: Version: 10.1.18228.8176, Date: 11/28/2019, Size: 3.12 MBytes
https://www.asus.com/au/Motherboards/ROG-MAXIMUS-X-HERO/HelpDesk_Download/https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/29227/Chipset-INF-Utility?product=98455SATA Driver (Intel Rapid Storage Technology RST):- ASUS Website: Version: 17.5.0.1017, Date: 07/02/2019, Size: 26.88 MBytes
- Intel Website: Version: 17.8.0.1065, Date: 01/17/2020, Size: 22.52 MBytes
https://www.asus.com/au/Motherboards/ROG-MAXIMUS-X-HERO/HelpDesk_Download/https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/29339/Intel-Rapid-Storage-Technology-Intel-RST-User-Interf...The following statement was obtained from the Realtek website:
"Drivers downloaded from 3rd party websites may not offer the customizations made by your system/motherboard manufacturer. To be sure you obtain the full features/customizations provided in your product, please download the latest drivers from your system/motherboard manufacturer's website."
So my questions are:
(Q1) Which drivers can be downloaded from the driver developer websites without the risk of losing any features / customizations ?
(Q2) Which drivers should only be downloaded from the motherboard manufacturer website ?
(Q3) When the description of a driver states "Support RS5/19H1", does this mean that this driver will work on future iterations of Windows 10 such as "20H1" etc ?
(Q4) On the motherboard manufacturer website, Why is there 2 different driver version schemes for the LAN Driver ? (There is version 12.X.X.X and version 22.X.X.X with a filse size difference of upto 300MB.) Could someone please kindly explain the differences between the two.
Any help would be appreciated, Thanks in advance.