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Over the top The Full Nerd Podcast– The Nvidia GeForce GTX1080 is known as The GOAT. It’s the graphics card that hasn’t yet been beaten in terms of value, improvements over its predecessors and performance. But its time may be up. Nvidia has ended support for Unix graphics on the Maxwell Pascal and Volta series GPUs…which could mean that the last major GTX cards are about to be retired. It’s understandable if you’re a little confused. Unix support shouldn’t have anything to with gamers who are overwhelmingly using Windows. Nvidia tends to drop all graphics card support once it stops Unix development. VideoCardzhas confirmed this. The 580 release will be the last graphics card driver package for GTX 700/900/10-series cards regardless of what operating system is used.
The slightly older GTX 16 series (1630-1650, 1650Super, 1660, 1660Ti, 1660Super) which began hitting shelves in 2019, might hang on a bit longer, since they’re cheaper cards based on same Turing architecture that the initial RTX 20 Series. It’s not like older cards (released between 2014-2017) will suddenly stop working – they’ll just be unable to get optimized for new games.
It would be the end of a era for users who still hold onto these cards, as GPU prices have skyrocketed.
Michael Crideris a Staff Writer at PCWorld
Michael has been in technology journalism for 10 years, covering everything from Apple and ZTE. He is the resident keyboard nut at PCWorld, always testing out a new keyboard for a review. In his spare time he builds a mechanical board or expands his desktop “battlestation” . Michael has written for Android Police, Digital Trends Wired, Lifehacker and How-To Geek. He’s also covered live events like CES or Mobile World Congress. Michael lives in Pennsylvania and is always looking forward to the next kayaking trip.
