NVIDIA confirmed this week that it will soon end the official support to the Drivers of the Geforce GTX 7, 9 and 10 lines on Linux. According to the company, the next update based on its Branch 580 It will be the last to support the GPUs belonging to Maxwell, Pascal and Volta Architectures No Operational System.
While nothing has been said about Windows support, the decision, coupled with the fact that these lines are already considered old, gives signs that it will happen with the Microsoft platform soon. It is worth noting, however, that popular products such as GTX 1650 and GTX 1660 will continue to receive support as they are based on Turing technology.
For contextualization purposes, the Pascal line began to receive its first models in 2016 and quickly approaches a decade in the market. Nvidia’s decision, although you should displease some consumers, is not exactly unexpected, nor unprecedented for the company’s history.
In 2021, she took similar measures regarding Kepler architecture, ending the support for GeForce Titan, GTX 700 and GTX 600 -related series. At the time, Only 2% of Steam users still used GPUswhich means that the impact of the decision was not large.
Nvidia has not yet released date for new drivers
Although it revealed the end of BRANCH 580 support to Linux, the company has not shared when this will happen. However, since the warning of the end of the support has already been shared, it is expected that this will not take long. What should least impact consumers is the end of the back line supportwhich was focused on corporate customers.
While Windows support should remain for some time, the chances that it will not last until the end of 2025 are not lasting. Currently, Nvidia is in its 576 driver series, the latest being the version 576.88, officially released on Tuesday (1st).
With Update, the company has increased support for the game Mecha Break, as well as improved Diablo IV and Still Wakes The Deep. Although older GPUs are compatible, the company’s focus has been on improving the performance of its RTX 50 line, which is still considered problematic by many consumers.
Fonte: PC Gamer, NVIDIA
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Source: https://www.adrenaline.com.br/nvidia/nvidia-vai-encerrar-suporte-a-drivers-das-series-gtx-7-9-e-10-no-linux/
