Nvidia is preparing to terminate driver support for its popular graphics cards GTX 1080 Ti and GTX 1000 series. According to CUDA 12.8 release notes, Maxwell, Pascal and Volta architectures will now be labelled as ‘deprecated’. In other words, the development of new CUDA features for the aforementioned graphics cards will be stopped. So what will happen now? Details in our news…
Nvidia ends driver support for Maxwell and Pascal graphics cards like the GTX 1080 Ti
With the release of CUDA 12.8, driver enhancements for the Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti and other Pascal architecture graphics cards will cease. While the Pascal architecture is still officially supported, no new features or optimisations will be added. The Maxwell and Volta architectures are similarly categorised as ‘legacy’. So Nvidia will now focus on the next generation of graphics cards.
As you know, CUDA, as Nvidia’s parallel computing platform and programming model, plays a major role in tasks such as machine learning, scientific computing and video editing. However, users with these older architectures may be deprived of future performance improvements or optimisations for CUDA-based applications.
According to Steam’s hardware stats, the Pascal architecture is still very popular, with GTX 1000 series models accounting for over 7% of the market. However, the end of official driver support for the owners of these cards has created uncertainty. What do you think about this? You can write your opinions in the comments section below…
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