Intel released several special Kaby Lake G series mobile processors in 2018. While integrating Intel’s own CPU cores, it also has built-in AMD Radeon RX Vega M discrete graphics.
Recently, Intel fulfilled its promise to bring Windows 11 driver support to the discontinued Kaby Lake G processor.
Kaby Lake-G’s new graphics driver version is 30.0.13025.1000, based on AMD Adrenalin 21.10.1, and Windows 11 support is introduced on AMD’s graphics products.
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Moreover, the Intel Kaby Lake G series was discontinued in October 2019. AMD’s driver team continued to provide drivers for Kaby Lake G for a period of time and announced the cancellation of product support in June last year.
The Intel driver team previously stated in the official community that it has been working hard to produce Kaby Lake-G series drivers and will support Win11.
In addition to supporting Windows 11, the new driver also includes the following improvements:
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One-click automatic overclocking
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PlayReady HWDRM CBCS for H264/HEVC
The new driver also adds support for several games:
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“Metro: Departure Enhanced Edition” (DX12-RT only)
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“Resident Evil: Village” (DX12)
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“Far Cry 6” (DX12)
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“Eternal Tribulation” (DX11)
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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (DX12)
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“Battlefield 2042” (DX12)
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Windows 11 RTW
This driver update supports all five Kaby Lake G processors, namely i7-8705G, i7-8706G, i7-8709G, i7-8809G, and i5-8305G.
