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AMD stopped support in 2017.
From 3DGURU (2017 article): AMD Halts Support for Windows 8.1 with Consumer Radeon drivers
AMD Halts Support for Windows 8.1 with Consumer Radeon drivers
Yesterday AMD released their Radeon Crimson ReLive Edition Driver v17.7.2 (download), and some of you have asked me if I know where the Windows 8.1 drivers are. That indeed is a fair question, as they are missing.
Earlier on Windows 8.1 32-bit support was already halted, and we as well noticed that there has not been a 8.1 64-bit driver available ever since yesterday either. I just asked AMD to see what is going on there, and it is confirmed that there will no longer be any new Windows 8.1 drivers for Radeon graphics cards. The install base is just too small, and yes you should be moving onwards to Windows 10. Obviously previous driver releases are still available (we have them mirrored here). Here is what we got back from AMD:
"We no longer support Windows 8.1 officially with consumer postings. If users want to use the Windows 7 driver on Windows 8.1 then that is their choice."
So there you have it. It is time to upgrade to Windows 10 folks.
stanislav777mv , I realize you are upset that AMD stopped supporting Windows 8.1 but don't shoot the messenger 
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You asked why AMD stopped supporting Windows 8/8.1 and I gave you the reason why thru the article from 3DGURU.
You can still upgrade for free to Windows 10 from a ZDNET article I posted here I AMD Forum: https://community.amd.com/thread/251783
Because Windows 7 has 21.21% (or 30.38%) of the Windows market share, while Windows 8.1 has 4.63% (or 3.84%) depending on which source you use. While this translates into perhaps tens of thousands of devices globally, the number of those devices which are gaming computers to such an extent as to require new drivers to support new games is only a fraction of that. Couple that with the facts that AMD's user share is incredibly low, and the number of games requiring Windows 10 as an OS are increasing, and you can see AMD's reasoning behind terminating Windows 8.1 support years ago.
You also have to realize that AMD's overall user share is incredibly low, lower than I've seen it since the dark ages of the X1000-HD 3000 series years, 13.38% according to Steam. Also according to Steam, which is a decent cross section of the gaming class, only 2.15% of those users use Windows 8.1. It also must be said that Radeon Technologies Group is in dire need of a complete reorganization. It's been in chaos for years, reflected in the lack of attention they give to anything but the most current generation of cards, customer feedback and suggestions, and the quality of driver updates which were released, namely the still-not-completely-eliminated Navi black screen issue. They're in such a disarray that the head of Radeon Software Development admitted that he didn't even knows about major issues customers were reporting on every forum and social media outlet there was.
Now, you may say "Well nVidia is still supporting Windows 8.1!", which is true, but nVidia has the extra resources to spend tweaking their Windows 7 drivers for Windows 8.1, and starting with the RTX 2000/GTX 1600 series, only Windows 7 and 10 are supported. nVidia is worth quite a bit more than AMD and they're focused on graphics, whereas AMD is roaring back from flirting with bankruptcy and Raja's Folly (a.k.a. Vega), and is focused on CPUs and semi-custom designs.
It must be noted that even in May 2016, according to NetMarketShare, a year before AMD terminated support for Windows 8.1, its usage share was already nearly half of Windows 10s and still lagged behind Windows XP AND YET AMD terminated Windows XP support prior to this.
To conclude, even though Windows 7 is receiving new drivers even though support has ended while Windows 8.1 will be supported for 3 more years, its the user share, especially in China, where user share is so large that Microsoft even made a subset of DirectX 12 available on Windows 7 for World of Warcraft. You need to upgrade to Windows 10 now while its still free. It doesn't matter if you do it now or January 10, 2023, you're going to have to do it eventually.
Yes I understand about the low percentage.
Still bad though.
It is possible that many who were forced to "upgrade to Windows 10" by sneaky GWX tactics from Windows 8.1 might still be using 8.1.
They likely get counted by Microsoft as having upgraded to Windows 10 anyhow because the upgarde key is attached to their PC hardware in Microsoft license database.
I *think* I remember steam showing AMD market share down at ~ 8.6% before previous Mining craze when sales of RX480/580 shot up but that might be wrong.
RE: starting with the RTX 2000/GTX 1600 series, only Windows 7 and 10 are supported.
Yes I spoke with Nvidia Support about that forRTX2080 cards.
Thay claimed you can install their drivers on Windows 8.1 64bit but I have not tried it yet. They told me any Turing Raytracing related features like RTX or DLSS would not work. That makers sense.
Sure low install base. I know that this driver was released yesterday. Even so... Fewer than 5 users for Adrenalin 2020 20.4.2 driver.
Maybe that also reflects a low Norton install base as well.
RE: They're in such a disarray that the head of Radeon Software Development admitted that he didn't even knows about major issues customers were reporting on every forum and social media outlet there was.
I guess there are many forums out there.
Maybe they should direct people to this one.
Been on AMD Reddit Support Forum and ... it is useless so far.
RE: It doesn't matter if you do it now or January 10, 2023, you're going to have to do it eventually.
I am still trying to resist by using Ubuntu or other Linux as much as I can.
