The end of an era - Nvidia ends support for the GTX 1000 series in October

Did you own a GTX 1000 series GPU?

  • Yes, I did.

    Votes: 39 40.2%

  • Yes. I still do.

    Votes: 31 32.0%

  • No, never had one.

    Votes: 27 27.8%
  • Total voters
    97
winjer

winjer

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The GTX1000 series was the last great generation of GPUs. One that offered amazing performance improvements, at very good prices, resulting in amazing bang for the buck.

Also, something very important to consider, NVidia will end driver support for Windows 10 in October 2026.

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NVIDIA Ends Game Ready Driver Updates for GTX 10 Series in October 2025

NVIDIA has announced a staged withdrawal of support for some older graphics hardware and operating systems. Here’s what you need to know: In October 2025, NVIDIA will stop releasing new Game Ready drivers for GPUs built on the Maxwell, Pascal and Volta architectures.
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NVIDIA has announced a staged withdrawal of support for some older graphics hardware and operating systems. Here's what you need to know: In October 2025, NVIDIA will stop releasing new Game Ready drivers for GPUs built on the Maxwell, Pascal and Volta architectures. This change affects the GeForce GTX 900 series and GTX 10 series cards—including the GeForce GTX 1060, which remains a common choice among gamers. From that point on, these cards will not receive any further optimizations tailored to new game releases, nor will they get fixes for bugs specific to titles released after the cutoff date. However, NVIDIA isn't abandoning these GPUs entirely. Between October 2025 and October 2028, the company will provide quarterly security updates. These updates are designed solely to patch vulnerabilities in the driver code and will not improve performance or add compatibility with future games. If you continue to use a Maxwell, Pascal or Volta card after the end of Game Ready support, you can still maintain a measure of security, but you should not expect any enhancements to in-game frame rates, latency or stability for newer titles.
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n a related move, NVIDIA will end all driver support for Windows 10 in October 2026. This coincides with Microsoft's own end-of-support timetable, which concludes in October 2025; NVIDIA is giving Windows 10 users an additional year of compatibility before ceasing updates. According to the Steam Hardware Survey for June 2025, Windows 10 still powers roughly one-third of active gaming PCs, while Windows 11 has surpassed 60 percent adoption. After October 2026, users running Windows 10 who install a fresh driver package will find that newer driver versions simply do not include Windows 10 compatibility.
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Toy Story Goodbye GIF
 
I remember upgrading from a 960 2GB to a 1060 6GB being massive. Got almost 2X the performance and 3X the VRAM amount. That card lasted me for years of playing games at better frame rates and settings than consoles. All that for $300.

For the same gap in performance, you had to wait 2 generations later for the 3060 and you still didn't get the same increase on VRAM amount (the 12GB version was 2X the amount).

And now, the 5060ti still is only around 60-70% faster than the 3060, 2 generations later.

The 1060 was the peak. The biggest gap between releases in a single generation with the best price.
 
I'm still on my 1080. I wish I wasn't, but it's been years of not wanting to deal with the hassle of getting one of the new cards, so... here we are.

I'm not going to pretend like it's still going strong or how you really don't need to upgrade. No. It sucks. I hate it here. I can't wait to kick this thing to the curb.

I'm also still bitter that it's the last line of cards before they gave you integer upscaling as an option.
 
Got my GTX 1080ti sitting in an old computer. It's paired with an Intel 3770k. Got lots of years out it.
Replaced with my current RTX 4070.
Now I can pretend I'm a Youtube channel and have a shelf with old GPU's in the background.
 
I used to have 1080Ti and that was such a great card. I replaced it with a 3080Ti (still annoyed about not being able to get vanilla 3080 back then).

What sucks is Nvidia dropping support for Win10. It feels way too soon.
 
The 1080 was the fuckin GOAT.

One of the best cards of all time.
 
winjer said:
I had the GTX 1070. It was an amazing GPU for the price.
Still have found memories of playing Ghost Recon Wildlands on it. And many other games.
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I bought it at launch.

8GB of RAM was fucking overkill. I had this card for almost 4 years and I was able to play all games at max settings in 2560x1080 UW resolution. FOR ME this is forever - I had A LOT of GPUs since 2007 and most of them just for months...

9600GT-8800GS-HD6850-GTX480-HD7970-GTX680(died)-GTX770-R9290-GTX970-GTX980ti-GTX1070-----RTX2060S-RTX3070-RX6800-RTX4070-RTX4070ti-no gpu-RX5700XT-RX6800-RTX3080ti-RTX4070ti SUPER
 
Still got my 6800GS, GTX 570, GTX 1070 sold everything in between but these all either stayed in my system for too long or I had another system they could sit in then ended up being "worthless" to sell.

GTX 1070 did so much work for me.
If it wasnt for RayTracing and DLSS I would probably have been rocking my 1070 for way longer in my main rig.

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1050ti in my old box sitting in the corner. That was one of the best cards they ever made in terms of price/performance, in my opinion. Feel free to laugh at said opinion. But that was one heck of a little card.
 
I still have my old PC in storage that has a 1070... a massively overclocked one, which almost reaches 1070ti base performance.

one of the best GPU generations of all time. you can still play most games at decent settings on the higher end 1000 series cards
 
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I'm still using the 1080 Ti. By the end of this year, it'll mark 8 years since I got this GPU. I thought about upgrading during the 40 series, but decided to hold out for the 50 series. I'll probably make the move by the end of September. Sadly, my trusty 1080 Ti is finally starting to give in, crashes, instability, she's not what she used to be. The end is near, I fear.
 
The 1080TI might be the best card ever made, and it was so good that Nvidia said "nope never doing that again" and immediately pivoted to ray tracing on underpowered cards, shitty DLSS, and jacking up prices. Thus leading us to where we are now.
 
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I own a GTX 1070 for almost a decade and still using it and would continue to use it until my PC stops working The 1000 series is by far the best Nvidia lineup from a price and performance gain ratio. There hasn't been a better lineup than it and there also won't ever be one unfortunately. The rip off prices now is disgusting even factoring inflation. But I'l be forced to upgrade or rather buy a entire new PC once the truly big demanding and great games comes out like GTA VI, Witcher 4, and especially Elder Scrolls VI, and Fallout 5. Until then I'll stick to my current almost a decade old PC thats still on the 1070 and a HDD.
 
nkarafo said:
I remember upgrading from a 960 2GB to a 1060 6GB being massive. Got almost 2X the performance and 3X the VRAM amount. That card lasted me for years of playing games at better frame rates and settings than consoles. All that for $300.

For the same gap in performance, you had to wait 2 generations later for the 3060 and you still didn't get the same increase on VRAM amount (the 12GB version was 2X the amount).

And now, the 5060ti still is only around 60-70% faster than the 3060, 2 generations later.

The 1060 was the peak. The biggest gap between releases in a single generation with the best price.
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When the increase was actually good and fair in pricing. I upgraded from a GTX 970 to a GTX 1070 and instantly noticed a massive difference with it's increase in power and VRAM for the top games back then like Fallout 4, Witcher 3, Dishonored 2 etc. It was one generation apart but it was amazing and that is how things should be. But now it's overprice shit for a little bit of performance increase.
 
forsakkenSoul said:
I'm still using the 1080 Ti. By the end of this year, it'll mark 8 years since I got this GPU. I thought about upgrading during the 40 series, but decided to hold out for the 50 series. I'll probably make the move by the end of September. Sadly, my trusty 1080 Ti is finally starting to give in, crashes, instability, she's not what she used to be. The end is near, I fear.
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I know we can say this forever and always wait, BUT, there are rumors about the 50s Super releasing at the end of the year, so if you can push a little more, it could be worth the wait? They are planned to have a lot more vram.
Have to see the price though...
 
I went from a 980 to a RTX2080 super, so i never actually owned a 1000 series card, but i knew they were really good GPU's, and have lasted well.
 
Still using the 1070. Still plays majority of games I enjoy like isometric arpg, crpg, indie titles. Missus updated to 5070 Ti which is good for more intense titles.
 
SaiyanRaoh said:
There will NEVER be any "mistakes" like the 1070 and 1080 cards by Nvidia again.
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No doubt. 1070 having similar performance to 980 Ti was beautiful.

However, at the very least we got a good send off with the RTX 3080.

Now, all that's left is just the good memories.
 
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