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Nvidia Ends Feature Drivers for Legacy GPUs in October, Extends RTX Windows 10 Support to 2026

After shipping a final Game Ready Driver for Maxwell, Pascal and Volta GPUs in October, Nvidia will transition these cards to quarterly security updates through 2028; full Windows 10 driver support for all RTX models runs until October 2026.

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Overview

  • Nvidia will release one final Game Ready Driver for Maxwell, Pascal and Volta GPUs in October 2025, after which these cards will receive only quarterly security patches through October 2028.
  • Windows 10 users with any RTX model will get continued Game Ready Driver updates until October 2026, providing a full year more support than Microsoft’s own OS lifecycle.
  • The deprecation impacts GeForce GTX 700, GTX 900 and GTX 10-series gaming cards as well as Volta-based workstation GPUs while GTX 16-series and all RTX-branded GPUs retain full feature support.
  • Nvidia emphasizes that legacy Maxwell, Pascal and Volta cards will enjoy up to 11 years of total driver support, exceeding industry norms.
  • Without future performance optimizations or bug fixes, owners of affected GPUs are encouraged to consider upgrading to newer architectures for ongoing game compatibility.