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NVIDIA Ends Driver Support for Kepler GPUs (GTX 700/600 Series) with R470 drivers
NVIDIA is moving Kepler GPUs towards legacy status, which means they'll be dropped from newer drivers starting at v470.
It's been nine years since NVIDIA announced its GeForce GTX 600 series of graphics cards, but the official support for GPUs based on a Kepler graphics chip (GeForce GTX 700/600 series) , will be stopped after the arrival of the R470 drivers. You'll be able to see that confirmed in the table below, which is available in the manufacturer's official support documents. Kepler enabled the GTX 600/700 series, which many will remember for the back then powerful GeForce GTX 780 Ti 6 GB GDDR5, which debuted an NVIDIA GK110B graphics chip in a 28nm manufacturing process from TSMC, offering a total of 2880 Shading Cores, 240 TMUs and 48 ROPs at a Base / Turbo frequency of 875/928 MHz. Together with its 384-bit memory bus, it gave a bandwidth of 336.6 GB / s, with a TDP of 250W.
Please do take note that the GeForce GTX 750 Ti and the GeForce GTX 750 are not based on the Kepler architecture, but on the Maxwell architecture and, therefore, will not be left without support after the R470 drivers.
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#5915001 Posted on: 05/24/2021 11:38 PM
So you think that people that "hold on to Kepler" do it by choice and that they wouldn't want a newer GPU?
People make the best use of their money as they can. Some people might have just bought a 2nd hand Kepler GPU because they can't afford a new GPU (nowadays this is even more relevant), or maybe it's a hand-me-down... You make it sound as if people who own Kepler GPUs desired to "hold on" to them, as if they had some kind of emotional bond towards the GPU, and not because they can't afford to buy a new GPU every 5-10 years.
Or they buy the best card they can reasonably afford at a given time and use it until it is categorically obsolete.
I was planning on replacing my 290X this year. But paying more than what I paid for my 290X, for a card that is only ~20% faster while being 4 generations newer is just silly. Besides I haven't come across a game I can't play satisfactorily yet.
So you think that people that "hold on to Kepler" do it by choice and that they wouldn't want a newer GPU?
People make the best use of their money as they can. Some people might have just bought a 2nd hand Kepler GPU because they can't afford a new GPU (nowadays this is even more relevant), or maybe it's a hand-me-down... You make it sound as if people who own Kepler GPUs desired to "hold on" to them, as if they had some kind of emotional bond towards the GPU, and not because they can't afford to buy a new GPU every 5-10 years.
Or they buy the best card they can reasonably afford at a given time and use it until it is categorically obsolete.
I was planning on replacing my 290X this year. But paying more than what I paid for my 290X, for a card that is only ~20% faster while being 4 generations newer is just silly. Besides I haven't come across a game I can't play satisfactorily yet.
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#5915003 Posted on: 05/24/2021 11:44 PM
Are you lost in quotes and replies?
I'm not the guy who said "you're doing something wrong holding on to Kepler that long". I'm the guy who said "plenty of great games can be played with 680."
How are you reaching these conclusions? Well, you were answering that "holding on to a Kepler" is a justification for "doing something wrong". I haven't read the rest of your comments here. Sorry about that.
Or they buy the best card they can reasonably afford at a given time and use it until it is categorically obsolete.
I was planning on replacing my 290X this year. But paying more than what I paid for my 290X, for a card that is only ~20% faster while being 4 generations newer is just silly. Besides I haven't come across a game I can't play satisfactorily yet. Agreed 100%. People aren't "doing something wrong", people get the best they can afford or whatever fits their priorities.
Are you lost in quotes and replies?
I'm not the guy who said "you're doing something wrong holding on to Kepler that long". I'm the guy who said "plenty of great games can be played with 680."
How are you reaching these conclusions? Well, you were answering that "holding on to a Kepler" is a justification for "doing something wrong". I haven't read the rest of your comments here. Sorry about that.
Or they buy the best card they can reasonably afford at a given time and use it until it is categorically obsolete.
I was planning on replacing my 290X this year. But paying more than what I paid for my 290X, for a card that is only ~20% faster while being 4 generations newer is just silly. Besides I haven't come across a game I can't play satisfactorily yet. Agreed 100%. People aren't "doing something wrong", people get the best they can afford or whatever fits their priorities.
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#5915061 Posted on: 05/25/2021 06:58 AM
Other than that, it's not like your PC is suddenly a brick and you can't use it anymore.
Could you elaborate? What is someone with an old GPU doing wrong?
Well, if i can throw in my two cents; If your main concern is about latest games not running well (or at all) on a 9 year old architecture, you are really doing it wrong.Other than that, it's not like your PC is suddenly a brick and you can't use it anymore.
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#5915063 Posted on: 05/25/2021 07:53 AM
The low end ones are still sold, and funnily enough some of the few video cards in stock.
The low end ones are still sold, and funnily enough some of the few video cards in stock.
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So you think that people that "hold on to Kepler" do it by choice and that they wouldn't want a newer GPU?
People make the best use of their money as they can. Some people might have just bought a 2nd hand Kepler GPU because they can't afford a new GPU (nowadays this is even more relevant), or maybe it's a hand-me-down... You make it sound as if people who own Kepler GPUs desired to "hold on" to them, as if they had some kind of emotional bond towards the GPU, and not because they can't afford to buy a new GPU every 5-10 years.
Are you lost in quotes and replies?
I'm not the guy who said "you're doing something wrong holding on to Kepler that long". I'm the guy who said "plenty of great games can be played with 680."
How are you reaching these conclusions?