Really? Just months after the release of Pascal Nvidia announced "Critical updates and support only" going forward for Maxwell, […]
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Ozzuneoj wrote:Frankly, I'm always amazed at how long nvidia provides driver support for their hardware and for older operating systems. The 8800GTX was officially supported and received updates until December of last year. That's 10 years of driver support!
Its also amazing that they still provide the downloads on their site. Most manufacturers seem to have this problem where they have to totally wipe out their website and start fresh every other year which leads to tons of broken download links or page redirects that go nowhere. I can download Riva 128ZX drivers for Windows 95 without having to go to third party sites. They even have a driver for Windows 3.11 listed on an older page if you look for the 95 driver. Basically, the only thing you can't find on nvidia's website would be NV1 drivers (or custom drivers for mobile parts, but you can get modified drivers from other sites easily).
Really? Just months after the release of Pascal Nvidia announced "Critical updates and support only" going forward for Maxwell, their previous cards! No more optimizations. My friend had just put £600 into a brand new TOP END Gtx980Ti only 6 months before Nvidia dropped support for his card!
Nvidia are the worst! AMD / ATI continue to support their cards from a decade ago, with performance of the 7870 eventually passing the GTX960, the R9 290 beating the 970 outright and catching the 980, and the 390X dominating the 980 and snapping at the heels of the 980Ti / 1070 in Vulkan!
Nvidia do not support their customers, or have drive to support their old hardware. They want you to constantly buy their new product, even if you bought £600 top end gear less than a year ago.