By Briley Kenney
Publication Date: 2025-12-27 15:17:00
All good things must come to an end, including updates for devices with aging hardware. Just like Microsoft discontinued support for Windows 10, Nvidia is ending support for some older graphics cards, even if they are still popular. In 2018, Nvidia announced its UNIX graphics depreciation schedule. The company made it clear that Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta architecture GPUs such as the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 and 1050 TI would no longer receive updates after the 580 series drivers, and the last official update, 590.44.01, released on December 2, 2025. While the announcement referred to UNIX and Linux systems, driver branches are shared, so Windows updates will also cease.
Ultimately, the related cards are outdated — the Pascal GTX 10 Series is almost a decade old, while the other architectures are between eight and 11 years old. Ending support for outdated products could free up resources to focus on next-gen products, including a renewed focus on AI. While the GTX line (which stands for Giga…