Nvidia will stop releasing Game Ready drivers for its Kepler GPUs on August 31, 2021. This eliminates support for the GeForce GTX 600 and GTX 700 series. Nvidia will continue to release important security updates for GPUs through September 2024.
GPU Maker Announced EulThe case of Kepler architecture On his website, I noticed Video Cards On. On August 31, 2021, Nvidia will release the last Game Ready driver in the R470 branch. At the same time company stop Release drivers for Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 operating systems. Support for these Kepler GPUs and operating systems will be discontinued in the next R495 driver branch, scheduled for release on October 4.
With this decision, Nvidia will only come with drivers for Maxwell GPUs and later in the future. The GTX 750 and GTX 750 Ti will continue to receive new drivers after August 31; Those were the first video cards with Maxwell GPUs. Not all other GTX 600 and GTX 700 video cards will receive new drivers as of that date.
Nvidia wrote: “Kepler-based desktop GPUs were first introduced in March 2012. Since then, gaming technology has changed dramatically with technologies such as DirectX 12 Ultimate and DLSS.” “Going forward, the NVIDIA software team will focus on devices that support the latest technology.”
| Nvidia GPUs That Will Not Be Supported After August 31 | ||
|---|---|---|
| GeForce 600 | GeForce 700 | Titan |
| GeForce GTX 690 | GeForce GTX 780 Ti | GeForce GTX Titan Z |
| GeForce GTX 680 | GeForce GTX 780 | GeForce GTX Titan in black |
| GeForce GTX 670 | GeForce GTX 770 | GeForce GTX Titan |
| GeForce GTX 660 Ti | GeForce GTX 760 Ti | |
| GeForce GTX 660 | GeForce GTX 760 | |
| GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | GeForce GTX 760 (192 bit) | |
| GeForce GTX 650 Ti | GeForce GTX 760 Ti OEM | |
| GeForce GTX 650 | GeForce GTX 745 | |
| GeForce GTX 645 | GeForce GT 740 | |
| GeForce GTX 640 | GeForce GT 730 | |
| GeForce GTX 635 | GeForce GT 720 | |
| GeForce GTX 630 | GeForce GT 710 | |
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