AMD officially stops supporting the Crimson ReLive 17.7.2 drivers for Windows 8.1 or earlier operating systems, in all its versions, asking users to update.

The latest AMD drivers that incorporate different innovations to improve the performance of their graphics products, above all, adding Enhance Sync technology, are not as positive as we might think, since these Crimson ReLive 17.7.2, end with support for those users who have Windows 8.1 or lower. This means that whoever installs these drivers on their computer and they get it, if they have performance problems or any other problem, they will not have official support from AMD, so their only solution is to move to Windows 10.

We must emphasize that the previous drivers have already canceled the support for the Windows 8.1 operating system, but only with 32bits, but since yesterday, the support stoppage has also been extended to 8.1bits Windows 64, from these last drivers launched on the market yesterday. Guru3D has requested information directly from the company and the response has been clear, no support for Windows 8.1 in Radeon products as of this moment. They ensure that the number of users who use this operating system is minimal and that they should already be migrating to Windows 10, because Microsoft's support for this operating system will end in a short time.

It should be noted that AMD has compelling reasons in this case, since many ignore the operating system update, for whatever reasons, and that developing for a minority audience can entail absurd costs for the public in question. AMD has made it clear that 'we no longer officially support versions of Windows 8.1. If users want to use the driver on Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, that's their option. ' If you want to go to Windows 10 and not have a key, you can contact us by mail and for € 15 you can have your Windows key.

Source: Guru3D