Nvidia plans to release quarterly security updates for Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs until October 2028, despite ceasing performance optimizations or bug fixes for new games. Users with older PCs using these GPUs can rely on these updates for protection against security exploits. CUDA support for these architectures has been frozen, marking a significant change in support policy. Meanwhile, Windows 10 still operates on over a third of surveyed PCs, though its decline is evident as Microsoft encourages users to transition to Windows 11.
Nvidia will release quarterly security updates for Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs through October 2028, ensuring protection against GPU-related security exploits.
Older GPUs will not receive performance optimizations or new game bug fixes, but will continue to receive security updates for users on legacy systems like Minecraft.
CUDA support for Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta architectures has been frozen, marking the end of support for these older GPUs.
Windows 10 is still prevalent, powering over a third of PCs as of June 2025, despite Microsoft promoting upgrades to Windows 11.
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