NVIDIA Releases GRD 580.88 With Future Support Plan for Maxwell, Pascal and Volta

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NVIDIA has released GeForce 580.88 WHQL Game Ready Drivers with DLSS 4 optimizations for new games and announced long-term support plans for older GPU architectures, extending support timelines well beyond industry standards.

  • Game Ready optimizations for Mafia: The Old Country with DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation
  • DLSS 4 support added for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
  • Support for 62 new G-SYNC Compatible gaming displays
  • Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs to receive final Game Ready driver in October 2025
  • Quarterly security updates for legacy architectures through October 2028 (up to 11 years total support)
  • Windows 10 Game Ready Driver support extended to October 2026 for all GeForce RTX GPUs

NVIDIA's extended support plan demonstrates commitment to older hardware owners, providing security updates three years beyond the final game-ready drivers for Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta architectures.

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