Note: This is not a guide, just a collection of various drivers for use with 8(.1)
For any drivers not listed, check your board/laptop's manufacturer's website.
If there are no 8(.1) drivers, but there are 7 drivers, try the 7 drivers.
If this list is missing a driver you need, I highly suggest grabbing SDIO. it has near every driver you could ever want
https://www.glenn.delahoy.com/snappy-driver-installer-origin/
Some drivers here have no easy installer. In this case, refer to the below guide to install them.
https://board.eclipse.cx/viewtopic.php?t=758
Broadcom LAN:
Use these drivers.
If this driver doesn't work for you, search for your device or look on your board/laptop's manufacturer's site.
Broadcom WLAN:
Use these drivers.
If this driver doesn't work for you, search for your device or look on your board/laptop's manufacturer's site.
Intel LAN:
For most cases the official legacy drivers should work.
For I225 Ethernet controllers.
Alternative I225 driver if the above doesn't work.
For anything older, search for it or look on your board/laptop's manufacturer's site.
Intel WLAN:
For most cases the official legacy drivers should work.
For 9xxx/A2xx+ there are no drivers.
For anything older, search for it or look on your board/laptop's manufacturer's site.
Intel Bluetooth:
Same as Intel WLAN, except for most cases use the official Bluetooth legacy drivers.
For 8.0 maybe these drivers might be better.
Realtek LAN:
Use these drivers.
If this driver doesn't work for you, search for your device or look on your board/laptop's manufacturer's site.
Realtek WLAN:
Find your device on this list.
If your device isn't listed, search for it or look on your board/laptop's manufacturer's site.
Qualcomm Atheros/Killer LAN:
For Atheros LAN, use these drivers.
For Killer LAN, use these drivers.
If this driver doesn't work for you, search for your device or look on your board/laptop's manufacturer's site.
If you have Killer LAN, some people have had better luck using Atheros drivers with it, however you will need to manually install it with the have disk method. For example, the Killer E2200 is a rebranded Atheros AR8161, so you would manually install the AR8161 driver on it if you want to use the Atheros drivers. I haven't looked up any other cards to know if this works for those too.
Qualcomm Atheros WLAN:
Use these drivers.
If this driver doesn't work for you, search for your device or look on your board/laptop's manufacturer's site.
Aquantia LAN:
Use these drivers.
If this driver doesn't work for you, search for your device or look on your board/laptop's manufacturer's site.
Solarflare LAN:
Bit of a rare driver, not even in SDIO.
AMD Chipset Drivers:
Go to AMD's site, find your chipset, download the Windows 7 drivers for it or 8(.1) if available.
If you're on Ryzen, the installer doesn't install all the drivers on 8(.1). Here are all the relevant drivers extracted. Also you may want to refer to this guide to help you install 8(.1). This guide is meant for 7, however it's basically the same process for 8(.1). The only differences are all 8(.1) ISOs have USB 3, and 8.1 has built in NVMe drivers while 8.0 has no built in NVMe and requires loading Phison or Samsung drivers to see NVMe drives.
Intel Chipset Drivers:
For classic chips, LGA 775/771 (later Pentium 4 to Core 2 x) 1156/1366 (pre ix 2xxx, x5x chipsets).
For 1155 (2xxx/3xxx, x6x/x7x chipsets) to 1150 (4xxx/5xxx, x8x/x9x chipsets).
For 1151 and newer(?) (Skylake+, x1x0+).
If the above doesn't install, these should work to get all missing devices installed.
AMD Graphics Drivers:
There are four main options, 19.4.3, 21.3.1, 21.5.2, and 22.1.1.
Note: These drivers are broken on 8.0 and RTM 8.1. Updated 8.1 works with the latest drivers, however Navi GPUs have issues like hardware accelerated video crashing the driver (can be mitigated), and DXGI Flip being a broken flickering screen. (Most commonly seen in Unity games in full screen)
Note 2: Adrenaline 2020 drivers (all drivers listed here other than 19.4.3) require a manual install. Instructions are here.
19.4.3 is the last driver to work with Mantle, only useful for select games with select older cards.
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21.3.1 is said to be more stable than 21.5.2, not sure in what scenarios though.
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The latest 22.6.1 is just borked. I've removed it from the list and I now suggest 21.5.2 as the recommended driver.
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21.11.1 iCafe modded for Ryzen APUs.
22.1.1 is the latest iCafe driver meant for Chinese internet cafes. Not sure if it's any better than 21.5.2, but it's worth listing. These also come without AMD Settings, so if you want that, use 21.5.2 instead.
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Untested 22.1.1 APU mod
Intel Graphics Drivers:
I suggest you don't install these if you have an AMD or Nvidia GPU, but if you have a laptop, or it's your only graphics processor, here's some links.
For Sandy Bridge (ix 2xxx).
For Ivy Bridge (ix 3xxx).
For Haswell (ix 4xxx).
For Broadwell (ix 5xxx).
For Skylake (ix 6xxx).
For Kaby Lake (ix 7xxx).
For UHD 6xx/7xx (ix 8xxx-10xxx).
If you want to try out modded drivers for older GMA iGPUs up to Skylake.
Nvidia Graphics Drivers:
There are three main options, 441.66, modified 472.12, and current latest. NVCleanstall is highly recommended. Nvidia implemented an artificial block for 3000 series on 8(.1), modified 472.12 gets around this.
441.66 works better with Pascal and earlier (600-1000 series) especially in Vulkan.
Modified 472.12 with the Windows 8(.1) 3000 series patch and a lot more device ids. I use it on 2000+ series cards since newer drivers are buggier for no real gain.
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Latest drivers.
Pick your GPU and WIndows 7 in the list and you will get the latest drivers for it. For 474 and later the drivers are unsigned and require test mode.
Signed driver files can be found here though, just replace them and it should work.
Audio Drivers:
If the Windows 8(.1) stock audio drivers work and you don't have anything fancy, just don't bother with audio drivers, they just add bloat. But if you have a sound card, or the Windows 8(.1) stock audio drivers don't work, go to the manufacturers website, and get the drivers. For Creative hardware, I recommend you check out Daniel K's repacks.
Legacy Firewire Drivers:
In Windows 8, Microsoft removed the old Firewire drivers, and replaced them with new ones that don't work with as many devices. This driver below contains the old legacy drivers for use with 8(.1)
Legacy Firewire Drivers
Various drivers for Windows 8.0 and 8.1
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