With all the talk about Maxwell being "legacy", what about Fermi and Kepler?

[VirtualLarry]

Wondering if I made a mistake recently purchasing a GT710 and two GT610 cards.

The reason I got them was that they were supposedly a true single-slot, low-profile-ready card. (Granted, if you use the LP brackets, and use all the video outputs, you'll be using up two slots, but hopefully, the VGA cable will stretch to the third slot over, allowing use of the PCI-E x1 slot next to the x16 GPU slot, for a SATA6G card. At least, that's my hope.

But if they are no longer going to be supported in drivers, then that's a problem.

I only got them for upgrading slimline PCs with entry-level IGPs (GMA4500, etc.), for video watching and other online things / browsing. No gaming other than casual / web.

Will they be supported by current drivers, or do I need to look for certain "legacy" drivers already? (Has NV dropped Fermi support from current drivers?)

Are there / will there be Windows 10 drivers for same?

 

[96Firebird]

That thread was based on a lie.

 

[VirtualLarry]

That thread was based on a lie.

I know, but I'm interested in the current skinny on driver support for Kepler/Fermi lower-end cards. Have they been moved to a "legacy" driver, or are they still supported in mainline drivers? I thought I had read that Fermi was no longer supported in mainline drivers after a certain version number?

Edit: Maybe this is what I read? Pre-fermi is now legacy, as of April 2016.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7857/nvidia-announces-legacy-support-plans-for-d3d10-generation-gpus

So I guess Fermi is still mainline supported?

Edit: Maybe this is common knowledge to NV customers. I haven't considered myself much of an NV customer lately, so I haven't been keeping up with the skinny on their new driver releases.

To be frank, the last time I considered myself to be a real NV customer, is when I bought a couple of Gigabyte WindForce GTX460 1GB OC cards, for SLI, and CUDA / DC, and I found a good driver set, then just never upgraded. I didn't care about playing newer games.

So I guess I don't really mind using older drivers, as long as they work. Been hearing a lot about Fermi and newer drivers, having crashes watching videos, etc., from a friend of mine that still uses a GTX460.

 

[96Firebird]

Oh, if that's all you're wondering yes anything Fermi and newer is still supported by regular driver updates. Will probably be another couple years before those are put on legacy drivers.

As for the 460 issues, could be anything. I had no problems with mine when I used it briefly a couple years ago. I'd have your friend make sure it isn't a heat issue, dust build-up can be a problem if the card isn't cleaned regularly...

 

[poofyhairguy]

Yes you will have drivers. Nvidia does legacy drivers for all old cards if it's not in the mainline driver. You good.

That thread was legitimate though and about a different issue related specifically to gaming performance.

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[Sabrewings]

I still have a GTX275 kicking around that gets driver updates. Works just fine.

 

[Deders]

There is a difference between legacy products and legacy drivers.

What we saw the other day was that the 900 series became a legacy product meaning they are no longer in production.

They will still be supported by drivers and due to the similarities with Pascal architecture, benefit from performance tweaks.

 

[BeauCharles]

Your DX11 (with DX12 support added) cards will have regular driver updates for years to come. They are not in legacy support.

 

[SPBHM]

Your DX11 (with DX12 support added) cards will have regular driver updates for years to come. They are not in legacy support.

so the DX12 for Fermi driver is not dead?


even my geforce 6 works OK under windows 10 (after installing the drivers for windows 8), I wouldn't be to worried.

Fermi and Kepler are legacy products like Maxwell, not legacy driver support (like Geforce 8)

 

[mohit9206]

Kepler is still future proof.Unlike Fermi it has DX12 support so future DX12 games will play great on Kepler cards.Kepler is simply the best gen of Nvidia.

 

[A5]

Kepler is still future proof.Unlike Fermi it has DX12 support so future DX12 games will play great on Kepler cards.Kepler is simply the best gen of Nvidia.

Except for the ones that have come after it, anyway.

Both generations of Maxwell and Pascal are faster and use less power.