AMD takes 16 months to release drivers for the Intel NUC8i7HNK / NUC8i7HVK

It only took 16 months for AMD to offer support for the processors Intel NUC8i7HNK e Intel NUC8i7HVK. What seemed like a good idea in 2018, creating an APU with Intel x86 cores of 8ª Gen and AMD Radeon Vega M graphics With 1280 SPs and 4 GB of memory, in the end it was a fiasco, and in part due to the lack of support from AMD, since these APUs matured very badly over time as they did not receive thousands of optimizations related to video games and software. .

Until yesterday, which came out by surprise in the Intel Download Center software, these APUs have not had graphic support since February 2020. Specifically, the support was stagnant in the Adrenalin 20.2. These new drivers are based on the Release Candidate version of the Adrenalin 21.10 (21.10RC1), but leave AMD security updates behind. Intel issued a warning to heal in health that, despite updates, there are known unpatched vulnerabilities.

“Radeon RX Vega M graphics driver version 21.10.03.11, which is based on 21.10RC1, does not include the latest functional and security updates. An update is scheduled to be released in March 2022 that will include functional and security updates. Additional. Customers should update to the latest version when available, “Intel says in the release notes for the drivers.

The drivers include optimization for the latest games such as “Metro Exodus” (DirectX 12) and “Resident Evil Village”, as well as adding support for Microsoft’s PlayReady AV1 decoding.

via: TechPowerUp