It's Alchemist, Battlemage or nothing: Intel driver support for every other GPU from the past four years moves into legacy mode

A close-up photograph of the integrated GPU in an Intel Core i9 13900K processor, by Fritzchen Fritz.

All things come to an end, though when it's related to tech, it often seems like the end comes quicker than the lifespan of a hamster. That might feel like it's the case with a move by Intel to end routine driver updates for all its graphics chips, bar its recent Alchemist and latest Battlemage GPUs.

As explained in a knowledge base post, Intel has split its GPU drivers into two distinct packages: those for Alchemist and Battlemage-powered GPUs and a set for everything else from the past five years. In the case of the latter, that means the integrated GPUs in every 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th Gen Core processors, as well as anything with an Iris Xe GPU.