Vulkan — Runtime Libraries 1.0.39.1 2021

For game and graphics developers, the question is different. If you are maintaining a game or engine that specifically targets Vulkan 1.0 features and you need to test on the oldest possible runtime, keeping version 1.0.39.1 in a virtual machine or test environment is valid.

These games would install version 1.0.39.1 if your system lacked a newer runtime. Vulkan Runtime Libraries 1.0.39.1

If you see "Vulkan Runtime Libraries 1.0.39.1" in your list of installed programs, it arrived via one of these methods: Driver Updates: For game and graphics developers, the question is different

Unlike older standards, Vulkan is built to spread work across all available CPU cores simultaneously. For game and graphics developers

If your system is stuck on version 1.0.39.1, you are missing out on years of GPU advancements. Here is a timeline of what came after: