Windows 7 is one of Microsoft’s most popular operating systems, so most manufacturers regularly release Windows 7 driver updates for their products. Updating to the latest Windows 7 drivers may help keep your PC running at its best. Need help to install a Windows 7 driver? See How to Update Drivers in Windows. Another alternative is a dedicated driver installer tool. Below is an alphabetical list of Windows 7 driver download links for 21 major hardware manufacturers, from Acer to VIA. See the very bottom of this page for a quick list of the most recently updated Windows 7 drivers. Please let me know if this page needs to be updated. Acer provides many custom Windows 7 drivers for their PCs and laptops but much of the hardware will be installed using the default drivers in Windows 7. This Windows 7 driver from AMD/ATI contains the entire Catalyst suite including the ATI Radeon display driver and the Catalyst Control Center. This Windows 7 driver is compatible with most AMD/ATI Radeon HD series GPUs, including the R9 series and newer HD series chips. ASUS has made available Windows 7 drivers for most of their motherboard lines including those based on AMD, Intel Socket 775, 1155, 1156, 1366, 2011, and more. I did a quick spot check on several of ASUS’s motherboards and all of them showed both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7 drivers. ASUS also manufactures servers, workstations, notebooks, and other computer peripherals, but they are most known for their motherboards. You can look for Windows 7 drivers for your non-motherboard ASUS product on their website. BIOSTAR lists many of their motherboard lines as passing WHQL testing with Microsoft, including those based on Intel 1155, 1366, 1156, 775, 478, and AMD AM3+, FM1, AM3, and AM2+ designs. A lot of the drivers available for C-Media products appear to have been tested on the latest RC build of Windows 7, not the final version, but they should still work fine. Windows 7 drivers are available for CMI8788, CMI8738, CMI8768, CMI8768+, CMI8770, and CMI8787, but Windows 7’s built-in drivers might work best. Compaq’s newer computers typically come with Windows 7 installed and, of course, have Windows 7 drivers available. HP’s site may have Windows 7 drivers listed for older Compaq computers as well. Creative has made available Windows 7 drivers for many of their popular Sound Blaster products including their X-Fi, Sound Blaster Live, Audigy, and more. Some Windows 7 drivers by Creative may be in beta. Please be aware that beta drivers may not always work properly and you should update as soon as final versions become available. Dell also keeps a list of their older computer systems that they have successfully tested with Windows 7: Microsoft Windows 7 Compatible Dell Systems. To see if your eMachines laptop or desktop PC is compatible with Windows 7, visit the link provided above and select the product Group, then Series, and finally the model number from the Products list. If “Windows 7” is an option under the Operating System choices then your PC should support Windows 7. According to Gateway, their only advice for compatibility with Windows 7 for older computers is to check the minimum system requirements for Windows 7 and compare to your PC. The built-in drivers that Windows 7 provides will likely work for the majority of Gateway hardware manufactured before 2009. Otherwise, Gateway will likely provide their own Windows 7 drivers via their support site. Many of HP’s desktop and laptop PCs have Windows 7 drivers available. HP has also published valuable information about the availability of HP printer and scanner drivers in Windows 7 (see the HP entry below). Enter your product information on their support page to find Windows 7 drivers for your HP Deskjet, Officejet, Photosmart, LaserJet, Designjet, or Scanjet imaging device. From this page, you can see if your specific HP printer or scanner will work from a built-in Windows 7 driver, via an update from Windows Update, or from a Windows 7 driver downloaded directly from HP. A quick check showed 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7 drivers. The few motherboard driver download pages I looked at showed Windows 7 drivers for Intel’s integrated video, audio, Ethernet controller, and more. Intel also keeps a short list of motherboards, released around the time Windows 7 was released, that fully supported the operating system. Technically, these are not Windows 7 drivers. This update is actually an INF file update, which helps instruct Windows 7 how to identify and work properly with Intel chipset hardware like USB, Core PCI, and other integrated hardware. This update applies to both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7. Windows 7 specific questions can be asked on Lenovo’s Windows 7 discussion board. This is a great resource if you’re having trouble finding Windows 7 drivers for your Lenovo product or having issues installing a driver. From this page, you can see if your specific Lexmark printer will work best with the built-in Windows 7 driver, with the latest Windows 7 driver downloaded directly from Lexmark, or with the latest Windows Vista driver, also available from Lexmark. Several Lexmark small business and home office all-in-one and inkjet printers are listed separately from those linked above. Microsoft hardware products with Windows 7 drivers are listed on their Software Downloads page, linked above. Some of the most up to date Windows 7 drivers for Microsoft hardware may still be in beta. Please be aware that beta drivers may not always work properly and you should update as soon as final versions become available. At this time, it looks like Windows 7 drivers are available for several newer ScanMaker and ArtixScan models. Windows 7 64-bit drivers are only available for a few ArtixScanDI scanners from Microtek. Microtek has no plans to release certified drivers for many of their older but extremely popular scanners. However, according to Microtek, many of their Windows XP 32-bit drivers work perfectly well in Windows 7, including those for popular models like the ScanMaker 4800, 4850, 3800, and more. This Windows 7 NVIDIA driver is compatible with the NVIDIA TITAN series and GeForce 10, 900, 700, and 600 series desktop GPUs, as well as GeForce MX100, 10, 900M, 800M, 700M, and 600M series notebook GPUs. This download contains both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of this Windows 7 driver. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of this Windows 7 driver are available. Sony has an Upgrade page with information about Sony PCs and Windows 7, including a handy tool to see what Windows 7 drivers and other information is available for your specific Sony computer. You can view a list of Toshiba Windows 7 drivers by searching the model number of serial number on their Dynabook and Toshiba Drivers & Software page and then refining the search to Windows 7. Toshiba also has a roundup of various Windows 7 information on their Community page. Toshiba also has a list of laptops released between 2007 and 2009 that support Windows 7: Toshiba laptop models supported for use with Windows 7. To get started, choose Microsoft Windows for Step 1 and then Windows 7 for Step 2.
