NVIDIA Game Ready Driver support for the GeForce GTX 10 Series is ending soon

NVIDIA has announced that it's ending GeForce Game Ready Driver support for its Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta architectures after a final driver release in October 2025. This includes popular GeForce GTX 10 Series graphics cards like the GTX 1060, 1070, and 1080. According to the latest Steam Hardware Survey results, around 6.5% of all PC gamers are still rocking a Pascal-powered GeForce GTX 10 Series GPU.

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There are more GeForce GTX 10 Series GPUs than there are Radeon RX 7000 or RX 9000 Series cards. Although Game Ready Driver support is ending for these older NVIDIA GeForce architectures, which covers day one support and optimization for new games and fixes, NVIDIA will still be releasing security updates for Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs for the next three years.

"GeForce GPUs based on Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta architectures will transition to receiving quarterly security updates for the next three years (through October 2028)," NVIDIA writes. "Our support lifetime for these GPUs reaches up to 11 years, well beyond industry norms."

Quarterly security updates mean those with Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GeForce hardware will still be able to use their cards to play existing titles and use their system without having to worry about potential issues or security-related flaws. However, for those wanting to play modern games, perhaps this is a signal that it's time to make the jump to the GeForce RTX 50 Series or AMD's latest Radeon RX 9000 Series.

In addition to putting a date on the end of game-specific driver support for the iconic GeForce GTX 10 Series, NVIDIA also confirms that its GeForce Game Ready Drivers for GeForce RTX GPUs will continue to support Windows 10 until October 2026. This is a full year after Microsoft's still-popular operating system reaches end-of-life. This means Windows 10 users will still benefit from day one game optimizations, new DLSS profiles, and more.