Security News > 2021 > June > NVIDIA is dropping support for Windows 7 and Windows 8 drivers
NVIDIA is dropping support for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 drivers starting in October.
While drivers for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 will continue to receive critical security updates through September 2024, they will no longer receive any non-security improvements.
"Microsoft has officially ended support for Windows 7 and Windows 8, with Windows 8.1 nearing the end of its lifecycle as well," explains NVIDIA in a support bulletin first spotted by Ghacks.
NVIDIA further states that their final Game Ready Driver supporting Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 will be released on August 31st, 2021.
NVIDIA commonly adds performance improvements into their drivers to support new games as they are released, and these older versions of Windows will no longer receive these benefits.
Windows 7 and Windows 8 have already reached the end of extended support and no longer receive free security fixes, while Windows 8.1 will no longer receive security updates starting on January 1st, 2023.