Game Ready Driver support for the iconic GeForce GTX 1080 Ti to end soon

Powered by NVIDIA's Pascal architecture, the GeForce GTX 10 Series of graphics cards is almost a decade old. With cards like the GeForce GTX 1060, 1070, and the iconic GeForce GTX 1080 Ti from 2017, it's widely considered one of NVIDIA's most successful GPU lineups for gamers.

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NVIDIA, whose GeForce Game Ready Drivers still support Maxwell-era GeForce GTX 700 and GTX 900 cards, in addition to the GeForce GTX 10 Series, has confirmed that it will end driver support for these GPUs in the coming months. Although it hasn't specified a date for when new GeForce Game Ready Drivers will no longer support cards like the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, it notes that the 580 series of drivers will be the last to support these cards.

For reference, the latest GeForce Game Ready Driver version is 576.88, which means support will end in a matter of months. The confirmation arrives via a post on the 'Unix graphics feature deprecation schedule' forum thread, where NVIDIA spells it out plainly.

The 580 series will be the last to support GPUs based on the Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta architectures.

According to the latest Steam Hardware Survey results from May 2025, GPUs such as the GeForce GTX 1060 and GeForce GTX 1050 Ti remain among the most popular options available. Without official driver support, this may prompt PC gamers with older Pascal-era cards to upgrade their hardware for the RTX era. Cards like the GTX 1060 aren't able to tap into technologies like DLSS, which make GPUs like the new GeForce RTX 5060 exponentially faster for 1080p gaming.

And for those gamers still rocking a GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, they'll have two choices: stick with the 580 series or older drivers, or update their graphics card. For a trip down memory lane, check out some of our reviews of GeForce GTX 10 Series GPUs below.