As Nvidia continues to release driver updates at an accelerated pace, even older gaming hardware will eventually struggle to keep up. An upcoming update will end official support for three GPU architectures, but affected graphics cards won't stop working immediately.
Driver Support Ends
Impact and Security
Nvidia has just confirmed that the upcoming 580-series display driver will be the last to support GPUs based on the Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta microarchitectures. With the 580 release, a large number of older GeForce graphics cards will no longer receive bug fixes or potential code optimizations. The change was announced via the Unix Graphics Feature Deprecation Program, affecting Linux and Windows users, although it may take more driver branches in the Windows ecosystem to fully take effect. Even after official support ends, users can still expect an additional year of critical security updates.
Ending support for three GPU architectures is a notable move: Volta architecture powers 2017 Titan V graphics cards; Pascal architecture is used in 2016 GeForce 10 series; Maxwell architecture was introduced in 2014 with the GeForce GTX 750 and is rarely remembered by gamers today. Some users are still seeking advice on forums to retire their GeForce GTX 1080 or 1080 Ti.
User sharing of current situation
Memories and problems
In 2017, the author used the mobile GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card to experience Pascal architecture games, and was able to run the remastered version of "Doom" at 80-120 FPS; plans to test whether the graphics card can run "Elden Ring" at 30 FPS.
Nvidia did not provide details on the release time of the 580 series driver, and is currently focusing on iterating new drivers because the recent Game Ready driver has caused trouble for users of 40 and 50 series GPUs.
The author's personal configuration is GeForce RTX 4080 Super, running the 566.36 driver smoothly, and does not plan to update, because this configuration can stably run "Doom: Dark Age" at 100+ FPS, support DLSS and do not require AI frame generation.
Source: Content compiled from techspot
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