Nvidia to Transition Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs to Legacy Driver Status

The move signals the end of new feature updates for these architectures as Nvidia shifts focus to modern GPU technologies.

Nvidia has announced that its Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPU architectures will be moved to a legacy driver branch, ceasing new feature updates.
CUDA 12.8 release notes confirm support for these architectures is now 'feature-complete' and will be frozen in an upcoming release.
The transition will not immediately affect GeForce gaming driver support, with Maxwell and Pascal GPUs still supported by the GeForce RTX series driver.
The GTX 16-series, based on the Turing architecture, will become the only GTX-series GPUs with full support once the change is finalized.
Legacy driver updates for these GPUs will focus on security fixes, but users will not receive performance optimizations or new features.