Monday, June 8th 2020
Another Nail on Intel Kaby Lake-G Coffin as AMD Pulls Graphics Driver Support
Kaby Lake-G was the result of one of the strangest collaborations in the industry - though that may not be a just way of looking at it. It made total sense at the time - a product that combined the world's best CPU design with one of the foremost graphics architectures seems a recipe for success. However, the Intel-AMD collaboration was an unexpected one, as these two rivals were never expected to look eye to eye in any sort of meaningful way. Kaby Lake-G was revolutionary in how it combined both AMD and Intel IP in an EMIB-capable design, but it wasn't one built to last.
Now, after Intel has announced a stop to product manufacturing and order capacity, it's come the time for AMD to pull driver support. The company's latest Windows 10 version 2004 update-compatible drivers don't install on Kaby Lake-G powered systems, citing an unsupported hardware configuration. Tom's Hardware contacted Intel, who said they're working with AMD to bring back "Radeon graphics driver support to Intel NUC 8 Extreme Mini PCs (previously codenamed "Hades Canyon")." AMD, however, still hasn't commented on the story.
Source:
Tom's Hardware
Now, after Intel has announced a stop to product manufacturing and order capacity, it's come the time for AMD to pull driver support. The company's latest Windows 10 version 2004 update-compatible drivers don't install on Kaby Lake-G powered systems, citing an unsupported hardware configuration. Tom's Hardware contacted Intel, who said they're working with AMD to bring back "Radeon graphics driver support to Intel NUC 8 Extreme Mini PCs (previously codenamed "Hades Canyon")." AMD, however, still hasn't commented on the story.
19 Comments on Another Nail on Intel Kaby Lake-G Coffin as AMD Pulls Graphics Driver Support
Maybe they would like to spend a little of that capital to support their own customers, instead of expecting AMD to produce drivers for free? Just a thought.
Who would have thought that one of the strongest financially companies in the world will show CheapWine in action baby!
hades canyon,rad name
useless now tho with 7700 class cpu and 1530 vega shaders this thing could still run new games comfortably
shame it's all they can do.
it is a niche product,but quite powerful.
And no supprise about Intel's support.
I'm not holding my breath over Xe, for this very reason. Its like MS and gaming. Match made in hell
there really should be laws for/against this sorta thing, maybe giving the reigns to some 3rd party company that can update the device from that point on.
Like on the Wii for example you cant go online anymore, youtube app does not work anymore etc etc, that imo is just bs, the device is suddenly worth a lot less just because big N wants you to get the latest thing.