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 https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000088086/graphics/intel-arc-dedicated-graphics-family.html
-One would be compelled to just assume that you have three major branches: the new "we are serious this time" Arc driver, and then the older "business as usual it's not like we are getting chosen for might or features anyway" ones (except one is [https://redmondmag.com/articles/2018/12/03/intel-modern-drivers-windows-10.aspx DCH], while the more ancient one has roots all the way back to the original ''Intel Graphics [and Media] Control Panel'' of GMA memory).
+One would be compelled to just assume that there are three major branches: the new "we are serious this time" Arc driver, and then the older "business as usual it's not like we are getting chosen for might or features anyway" ones (except one is [https://redmondmag.com/articles/2018/12/03/intel-modern-drivers-windows-10.aspx DCH], while the other has roots all the way back to the original ''Intel Graphics [and Media] Control Panel'' of GMA memory).
-Yet there's no real discontinuity at least build-number-wise, and super big changes (like Xe cards [https://github.com/microsoft/D3D9On12/issues/57#issuecomment-1349671011 gaining back] "native" D3D9) are just a few digits bumps. Sometimes they don't even seem to be in-the-know themselves, given there are [https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/19364/28289/legacy-intel-graphics-driver-for-windows-10.html 25.20.100.***] packages still [https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000058296/graphics.html legacy]-only (god knows who decided to nickname that "DC")
+Yet even build numbers are a mixed bag to tell big changes apart (like Xe cards [https://github.com/microsoft/D3D9On12/issues/57#issuecomment-1349671011 gaining back] "native" D3D9 being just a few digits bumps), and sometimes even docs don't seem to be in-the-know themselves:
+* contrarily to what the PR said, the [https://web.archive.org/web/20181201095309/https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/28148/Intel-Graphics-Windows-10-Modern-Drivers DCH driver] supported also all the way down to 1709 <small>(that stopped to be the case with [https://web.archive.org/web/20210731013459/https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/30579/Intel-Graphics-Windows-DCH-Drivers 30.xx] though, unsure if out of actual technical reasons perhaps related to W11 or just because they couldn't be bothered to officially care for unsupported Windows)</small>
+* it's not true that all 25.20.100.*** drivers were already that, [https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/19364/28289/legacy-intel-graphics-driver-for-windows-10.html 6373] was still [https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000058296/graphics.html legacy]-only (god knows the sadistic lunatic who decided to nickname this "DC")
+* a nebulous FAQ [https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000058296/graphics.html says] that beginning with one March 2020 release, only DCH drivers will be available.. but when ever was that otherwise since their introduction?
+* a welcome exception to the rule of exceptions is that 15.45 should have been the last branch with W7/W8 support, while 25.20.100.6374 should be the first ever DCH driver
 p.s. please be VERY wary of not confusing 11th Generation ''processors'' with Gen11 ''graphics''