Nvidia releases new driver packages for Kepler GPU lines and many unsupported Windows versions
In addition, there is a new release for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 users who do not want to upgrade, even though these three operating system versions have all been discontinued and no longer receive security updates from Microsoft. Microsoft as well as other third-party developers.
Despite the "no support" mode for outdated versions of Windows, developers sometimes "break the rules" of releasing an update or two to address security vulnerabilities that are too serious to be considered. skip. Perhaps this is the situation facing Nvidia when implementing driver update package 474.89 for graphics cards based on the Kepler architecture (GeForce 600 Series, GeForce 700 Series and some GeForce 800M models) running on systems. Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 systems:
NVIDIA has released a software security update display driver for GeForce GPUs for use with Windows 7/8.x which is no longer supported by Game Ready Driver. Effective October 2021, Game Ready Driver upgrades, including a series of performance improvements, new features and bug fixes, are only available for systems running Windows 10 and Windows operating systems. 11. Critical security updates will be available on Windows 7 systems through September 2024.
Note that this driver version 474.89 is not WHQL certified because Microsoft no longer accepts WHQL certification for drivers on Windows 7.
You can download driver package 474.89 on Nvidia's official website. The full release notes are also now available as PDF files.
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