NVIDIA announces when you stop supporting your drivers for Windows 10

In October, Microsoft will stop offering support Windows 10 And put an end to the maintenance of one of the best and most popular operating systems. Although many users migrate their computer in Windows 11, many others plan to continue on a platform that debuted in 2015. That’s why Nvidia He told how long it will extend the updates of the drivers of his GPU GeForce RTX for the specified software.

Similarly, the green giant confirmed how the support of video cards based on the Maxwell, Pascal and Volta Architectures will be after the last update of the driver for this year.

As for Windows 10, Nvidia announced that It will continue to launch Game Ready updates for all GEFORCE RTX graphic data until October 2026.This means that the graphs in question will have another year of official support after completing the support of the Microsoft operating system.

Thus, NVIDIA promises that Windows 10 users will receive “the latest zero optimization for new games and applications.” Thus, those who use their computers mainly for reproduction or to perform software for the intensive use of graphic resources, at least they are sure that their video cards will not immediately drift.

NVIDIA will support your GeForce RTX drivers in Windows 10 in October 2026

While Windows 10 will end on October 14, 2025, users can subscribe to expanded security updates (ESU). In the case of consumers, this option guarantees another year of security corrections in exchange for payment of $ 30 for a PC. And although companies or organizations can extend it longer, in the case of end users, this option will not be available.

It was recently announced that expanded security updates can also be exchanged for 1000 points of Microsoft Rewards. It will also be possible to get them free of charge, but activate the backup of Windows, the reserve copying service belonging to OneDrive.

Returning to the case of Nvidia, the company not only revealed how long the GPU GeForce RTX drivers will support Windows 10. It also confirmed which updates for graphic architecture cards will be Maxwell, Pascal and VoltaThe field these versions include several very popular models, such as the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and Titan XP.

As published, hardware affected by the completion of support In October this yearThe field after that support will be limited by quarterly security corrections over the next three years, ending in October 2028. Thus, Nvidia promises that the expansion of support exceed 11 years (These cards were launched between 2014 and 2017), exceeding what is usually in the industry.