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This residual functionality should be enough for existing graphics cards' marginal utility to run on before going obsolete.Check out our Knowledge Base, all guides are compiled by our Trusted Techs. Therefore, users should still be able to depend on the August R470 driver to operate a Kepler GPU. These details notwithstanding, simply because Nvidia will stop releasing updates for these GPUs doesn't mean that old drivers will stop working. Moreover, midrange graphics cards are now 3.8 times more expensive, while high-end cards are 2.33 times pricier. Indeed, GPUs that used to sell for $123 on average two years ago are now at $496, an increase of over four times.
In fact, the only reason these phaseouts might have any impact at all returns to the rising challenge of obtaining a GPU. The same Steam Hardware Survey revealed that cards such as the GTX 650, 660, 760 and GTX 770 seem to comprise only about one percent of the total market. However, even regarding Kepler GPUs, many users appear to have moved on.
That said, the company still plans to continue critical security updates for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, as well as Kepler GPUs, on any operating system through September of 2024.
In terms of Kepler, Nvidia recognizes that this GPU family is now more than nine years old. Most recently, a Steam Hardware Survey showed that about 92.87 percent of gamers already use Windows 10, followed by only 1.97 percent running Windows 7. Still, the company doesn't project this change to affect gamers too heavily. First off, all earlier versions of Windows except for 8.1 have already expired, with support for Windows 8.1 ending in January of 2023. Nvidia has stated that these phaseout plans for its older GPUs and operating systems stemmed from several considerations.
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