Question Will my old GPUs run on Windows 11?

Jul 29, 2023
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Hi all, so I have a reasonably sizeable collection of GPUs, most of which have driver support only up to Windows 10. Seeing as I will eventually have to upgrade all my systems to Windows 11, I was wondering if the latest Windows 10 graphics drivers for these cards would work on Windows 11 for games (not new games obviously, I mainly play older games)

Thanks!!

My GPU collection for those interested:
GeForce 6600
GeForce 6800 GT (rarer AGP version)
GeForce 9400 GT
Radeon X 1900 XT (Mac Pro edition) <----- This card & above obviously don't support Windows 10
GT 220
(2x) HD 5450
GTX 460
HD 6750
GTX 570
R7 370
GTX 660
R9 270
R9 270X
GTX 960
(2x) R9 290
GTX 780 Ti
HD 7990 (Sadly broken)
GTX Titan Black
GTX 980 Ti
GTX Titan X (Maxwell)
RX 580
 
I am not 100% certain the cut off for AMD currently, but heard that there either is or is a shortly coming update that anything 580 and older will not have new drivers. Nvidia is at 750ti and up right now, so anything older than that has no updated manufacturer driver.

Windows will most likely utilize the last signed driver available.
 
I am not 100% certain the cut off for AMD currently, but heard that there either is or is a shortly coming update that anything 580 and older will not have new drivers. Nvidia is at 750ti and up right now, so anything older than that has no updated manufacturer driver.
No new improvements but will get bug fixes.
If you’re still running an AMD graphics card that predates the Radeon RX 5000 series, you’re not going to get any more performance-boosting driver updated from the manufacturer. The company says that while it will still provide “critical” security and bug fix updates to Polaris and Vega series cards, it won’t be fine-tuning them like newer GPU products.

Anandtech published a statement quoting AMD directly, saying that while these products haven’t quite reached “legacy” status (no support at all), there’s very little practical reason to continue with the standard month-to-month upgrades to optimize performance in games new and old.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/213...e-no-longer-getting-major-driver-updates.html