This week, Intel announced that active software support is now only for 11th generation CPUs and newer. It is moving its 6th through 10th generation CPUs to.
What just happened? Effective immediately, Intel is winding down game driver support for older iGPUs. Integrated graphics aren’t meant for serious performance, but recent ones can run many of today’s popular games, including the ones whose support Intel is downgrading.
This week, Intel announced that active software support is now only for 11th generation CPUs and newer. It is moving its 6th through 10th generation CPUs to legacy software support. So, aside from critical fixes and security patches, older processors will get updates less frequently than newer ones.
Essentially, Intel is splitting its drivers into two groups in the same package.
