Acer Swift 3 SF315-51 Intel UHD 620 Just Got Updated To

Enamur

Guys, the Swift 3 SF315-51's Intel UHD 620 driver has not been updated for such a long time. Numerous users including myself have been talking about it in this community. Oddly interesting, today when I booted my device and clicked the check for update from windows settings (W+I, then Updates & security, then click check for updates) it apparently updated the GPU to version 25.20.100.6374 from 23.20.16.5038 with a new Intel Graphics User interface. Usually Acer upload the graphics driver to their correspondent laptop model's support page (in my case it is here) or, if someone wishes to update to latest they have to do it manually using techniques mentioned in this community. This is the first time I saw the UHD 620 got updated via Windows update. Btw I am on Windows 1903 build.

MaClane

Good afternoon Reza_88 !

And is the update functional and stable?
Did you notice any improvement or report a bug?

Enamur

hello, been with it for two days. No glitches or problems. No significant boost in graphics department either. I do not do graphics intensive tasks. Light photo editing and playing 4k on VLC etc. are just fine. This version actually is quite old 😛
The Intel Graphics shortcut is no longer available when I right click. Instead, it now made its place in the windows search menu i.e., when you type Intel it appears along with Intel driver & support assistant, SSD toolbox etc in the search box.
Another thing is, as soon as the UHD620 driver got updated Windows notification appeared- saying try the new Graphics menu. Interestingly, today a notification appeared saying one driver software update is available- it was for the Intel driver & support assistant.
All these things indicate one thing- a couple of (if not all) Intel drivers are now being updated/handled By Windows Update, i.e., previously I had to update the Intel driver & support assistant whenever a new update was notified only when I opened it or, install the updates from Acer support page. Both the GPU and the Driver & Support Assistant were updated silently which is cool.

Last thing is, as soon as the GPU is updated I now see 1 software update available for UHD 620 in the Intel driver & support assistant. But I have not updated to it. The reason is: I actually do not want to mess with OEM custom drivers, they might make the device unstable. That is why even though there are techniques available I dont take the chances. Since uhd620 was updated by Windows I decided to leave it as it is.