Arch Linux Ends Official Support for NVIDIA Pascal and Older GPUs

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Arch Linux drops support for NVIDIA Pascal and older GPUs with the 590 driver, forcing users to use community drivers.

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Arch Linux has officially ended support for NVIDIA Pascal (GTX 1000 series) and older GPUs by moving to the 590 driver branch, which no longer includes these cards.

Users with affected hardware must now manually install community-maintained drivers, such as nvidia-580xx-dkms from the AUR, to keep their systems running. This change comes as AMD's Linux drivers have extended support for much older GPUs, highlighting a contrast in vendor approaches. The move reflects Arch's focus on bleeding-edge software, but may leave some users with legacy NVIDIA cards seeking alternatives or workarounds.

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