Nvidia plans to drop Windows 7, 8 driver assist in October

Washington [US]: American multinational know-how firm Nvidia is planning to drop assist for Windows 7, 8, and eight.1 later this yr. The drivers will likely be solely accessible for Windows 10 in October, with solely important safety updates accessible on Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 by September 2024.

According to The Verge, Microsoft has already dropped assist for Windows 7 and Windows 8, and even the prolonged assist for Windows 8.1 will finish in January 2023.

“The vast majority of our GeForce customers have migrated to Windows 10 OS. In order to ensure GeForce owners experience the best possible security, support, and functionality, Nvidia will now focus on Windows 10 operating system,” learn a assist be aware from Nvidia.

Even although there are 1.3 billion lively Windows 10 units, however Windows 7 continues to be in use in lots of elements of the world. Estimates say that Windows 7 nonetheless accounts for 15 p.c of all Windows variations.

Windows 10 dominates Steam utilization although, making up practically 93 p.c with Windows 7 at slightly below 2 p.c. Microsoft can also be anticipated to launch a brand new model of Windows, more likely to be named Windows 11, in October.

As per The Verge, Nvidia’s final driver to formally assist these previous variations of Windows will likely be made accessible on August thirty first, with an October 4th launch being the primary to solely assist Windows 10.

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