discontinued assistance for Windows 10, Nvidia is phasing out support for certain older graphics cards, despite their continued popularity. In 2018, Nvidia revealed its schedule for UNIX graphics depreciation. The firm clarified that Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta architecture GPUs like the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 and 1050 TI would no longer receive updates following the 580 series drivers, with the final official update, 590.44.01, rolled out on December 2, 2025. Although the announcement was directed at UNIX and Linux systems, driver branches are interconnected, meaning Windows updates will also halt.
In the end, the associated cards are considered outdated — the Pascal GTX 10 Series is nearing a decade old, whereas the other architectures are aged between eight and 11 years. Concluding support for outdated products could allow the allocation of resources to focus on next-gen items, including an increased emphasis on AI. While the GTX line (which means Giga Texel Shader eXtreme) is no longer manufactured, some may be surprised that Nvidia provided support for the cards for such an extended period. Nonetheless, the termination of support for older products is not a new phenomenon; Nvidia has previously ended support for Fermi and Kepler architecture cards, which included GeForce 400, 500, 600, and 700 Series GPUs.
What is even more unexpected is that Valve recently released the findings of a November 2025 hardware survey it conducted with users, revealing that the GTX 1060 and GTX 1050 Ti rank among the top 25 video cards for Steam users. Specifically, the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 was the 15th most popular card, representing 1.86% of Steam users. Even
