Nvidia 6 and 7 series are no longer supported in new drivers

[mv2devnull]

The Release 340 drivers will continue to support these products until April 1, 2016, and the NVIDIA support team will continue to address driver issues for these products in driver branches up to and including Release 340. However, future driver enhancements and optimizations in driver releases after Release 340 will not support these products.

That is the Windows drivers EOL. The Linux drivers have different dates:
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3142
Support for new Linux kernels and X servers, as well as fixes for critical bugs,
will be included in 304.* legacy releases through the end of 2017.
will be included in 340.* legacy releases through the end of 2019.


@RussianSensation:
Agreed.

 

[ocre]

@ OP

I remember the news of moving 6 and 7 series to legacy support. Wondered, how long it would take for 8, 9, 2xx to follow suit. Oh boy, am I surprised. Sure as hell, I'd hoped for longer support for cards like 275 at least.

This is clear now, Nvidia is just getting as bad as AMD with older products. No longer a "pro" in my book.

EDIT: As the life-cycle is getting shorter every year, I suppose, we shouldn't be really surprised. Next version of windows is likely to force GPU upgrades en masse, unless people want to stick with microsoft generic drivers.

Do you know this is the 6600gt and 7600gt series that's going into legacy?

Do you have any idea how long ago those cards launched? AMD sent their 4000 series to legacy a good while ago. Months and months, if not yrs ago.
actually, i think it was something like 4yrs after they quit selling their HD 4890 i, it went into legacy support.

Regardless, I cannot possibly see how you can say what you have. These are drastically different situations.

 

[ocre]

Yeah, I'm starting to see that myself as I catch up on my gaming back log.

Sad to see my shiny newer GTX 780 is not even 10% faster than my old 7970 GE

Nvidia had just added new features to their 700 series.

I think it is real easy to make things up but honestly it is a stretch to claim nvidia turned their backs on the 700 series. Especially with so many factors to consider. First off, AMD has obviously made some clear progress in optimizing their GCN drivers. Not only is the gap between the 700 series changed, clearly the gap between the 290x and the 980 has also changed. AMD has gained ground and people have to ignore that completely. Instead of AMD getting credit, the accusations of nvidia abandoning their Kepler series is born.

Really, AMD has been closing the gap between the 290x and the 980 and this progress is happening for their other GCN models as well.

Then the fact that the consoles are using GCN cores which AMD always claimed would be able to give them an advantage in PC. So is it a surprise to see some console ports running well on GCN hardware?

There is just many factors at play. Those above and others, such as the new wave of games needing a ton of vram. And it still is a game by game basis.

Anyway...
Guess its easier to just say, nvidia abandons Kepler.

 

[Skurge]

GeForce Experience started to crash today when you open the drivers tab.

Seems to be working for me after a reboot.

 

[boozzer]

oh god this is too funny 1 year support even if you spend 600 for a top end 780 ti

 

[scott14522]

Chalk up this whole thread to Nvidia and AMD's poor naming of their cards over the last 15 years or so.

 

[Erenhardt]

pre-dating the 8800, which might also be on legacy. It's the 6xxx and 7xxx series.


You seem to get a sick enjoyment out of this. Do you applaud when people have hardware failures also?

How did you arrive there?
I mean, he added the sad face.
I think people do drugs here...

Anyway, moving kepler to legacy is a big no-no. They can't do that while it is still a large part of their lineup. But that is official support.

And there is actual support where kepler is moved to legacy stack now. Kepler is loosing more and more performance not only to maxwell - which could be explained as new architecture driver improvement, but to its arch nemesis, GCN. It is so bad that once 7950 competition, the allmighty 660Ti is trailing 270:

And does that:

 

[96Firebird]

Do people really still think this thread is about the 6xx and 7xx series going to legacy? It is not hard to see that the drivers are talking about the 6000/7000 series dating back to 2004...

 

[Deders]

oh god this is too funny 1 year support even if you spend 600 for a top end 780 ti

It was my mistake, I had a heavy weekend and forgot completely about the pre 8800 graphics cards

 

[boozzer]

It was my mistake, I had a heavy weekend and forgot completely about the pre 8800 graphics cards

It is cool, didn't mean to poke at you much.()

 

[darkfalz]

Yup, Kepler users be f*cked :|
http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/2one2z/discussion_has_nvidia_forsaken_kepler_cards_has/

I'm sure you realise your error now but 6 and 7 series cards are not 6x0 and 7x0 cards.

They are the 6600 AGP and 7900 GT etc. None of these cards would play modern games worth anything so there's no point for driver updates. I'm surprised they still support 8 and 9 series but there are still a decent base with 8800/9800 GT. Heck, I actually used my 8800 GT until it died last year. Could still run Diablo III and TF2 pretty well at 1080p!

 

[MiRai]

It would be great if the OP could update their post to clarify, in large bold underlined text, that 6 and 7-series GPUs does not mean, include, or have anything to do with 600 and 700-series GPUs since it seems a handful of people are clearly confused as to what's actually happening here.

Thank you!

 

[Atreidin]

It is really weird that 6xx and 7xx are "600 and 700 series" but 6xxx and 7xxx are "6 and 7 series" . They couldn't have added "thousand" to the name, even if they didn't call them that originally? I think people would catch on.

 

[96Firebird]

It is really weird that 6xx and 7xx are "600 and 700 series" but 6xxx and 7xxx are "6 and 7 series" . They couldn't have added "thousand" to the name, even if they didn't call them that originally? I think people would catch on.

The 6000/7000 cards are actually considered the GeForce 6 and 7 series, while the 600/700 cards are considered the GTX 6 and 7 series...

 

[Magic Carpet]

Do you know this is the 6600gt and 7600gt series that's going into legacy?

The OP may have been misleading for some, but not me. These cards have been in "legacy mode" for about two years now. Why has it become news all of a sudden, is beyond me.

Do you have any idea how long ago those cards launched? AMD sent their 4000 series to legacy a good while ago. Months and months, if not yrs ago.
actually, i think it was something like 4yrs after they quit selling their HD 4890 i, it went into legacy support.

The last driver for the HD 4000 series was dated 10/15/2013. 07/29/2014, for the GTX 2xx . Can't say Nvidia's DX10 GPU fared much better. Both are now in legacy mode, though. Resting in peace.

Regardless, I cannot possibly see how you can say what you have. These are drastically different situations.

Yeah, like the HD 5000 series which was also released in 2009, and is now what? ~6 years old? And it is still receiving updates (it's DX11 but anyway).

Now, we just need to wait and see.

 

[tential]

I thought it was relatively obvious that the GTX 600 and GTX 700 didn't just get no longer supported by drivers BEFORE other cards were.

 

[Deders]

It would be great if the OP could update their post to clarify, in large bold underlined text, that 6 and 7-series GPUs does not mean, include, or have anything to do with 600 and 700-series GPUs since it seems a handful of people are clearly confused as to what's actually happening here.

Thank you!

How would I do that? Can't find the button.

 

[Atreidin]

The 6000/7000 cards are actually considered the GeForce 6 and 7 series, while the 600/700 cards are considered the GTX 6 and 7 series...

I've never seen that naming before. There are "GT" cards in the 600 and 700 series.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_family.html

 

[Seba]

The same notations are used on Nvidia driver download page:
- GeForce 600 series for cards like GTX 660, GeForce 900 series for cards like GTX 970 and so on;
- GeForce 6 series for cards like GeForce 6800, GeForce 7 series for cards like GeForce 7800 and so on.