Better to use Generic or OEM Drivers for Intel HD 3000?

TheUltimate8

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I recently upgraded the OS on my Vaio laptop to Windows 8 but instead of using generic drivers supplied by Intel for my Intel HD Graphics 3000 IGPU like the last time I used Windows 7 I installed the OEM drivers supplied by Sony and I'm running into a little performance issue with a couple of my games but I'm not sure if it is the drivers I got from Sony or Windows 8. Would there be a performance difference between using Intel's generic drivers vs Sony's drivers for my Intel HD Graphics 3000?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro 64-bit & Fedora 18 64-bit
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Sony Vaio VPC-EG16FM
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-2410m
    Memory
    8GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD Graphics 3000
    Monitor(s) Displays
    14" built-in laptop display + 23" Asus HD PC monitor
    Screen Resolution
    1633x768 (built-in monitor) & 1920x1080 (Asus monitor)
    Hard Drives
    1TB Western Digital Scorpio Blue internal notebook HDD + external 1TB Western Digital My Passport Essential SE
    Keyboard
    Razer BlackWidow Ultimate 2013 Elite mechanical gaming keyboard
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless Gaming Mouse G700
Generally you should use the OEM drivers. OEMs often use customized hardware for which the generic drivers are not appropriate Intel warns about this on their site.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
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