GTX 900 series soon to be "Legacy" GPUs?!

[jk441]

So...

Just saw this around twitter and not sure if the news is around the forum...

Apparently the GTX900 is soon to be named "Legacy" graphics cards, and these where released around 2014 weren't they?

I personally think this is Nvidia just trying to A--H---s and playing the monopoly game to in a way "force" ppl into getting a 1000 card if they want the latest driver support.

 

Too early for the 900 series to drop off, or the right time for them to be dropped off?

[Godlygamer23]

The older cards are still being supported, so "legacy" doesn't mean dropped support.

[jk441]

Just now, Godlygamer23 said:

The older cards are still being supported, so "legacy" doesn't mean dropped support.

Really, hopefully not... still it's not the best news for ppl w/ 900 series

[Godlygamer23]

Just now, jk441 said:

Really, hopefully not... still it's not the best news for ppl w/ 900 series

But I will admit that it's a marketing tactic by NVIDIA - if people see a product dubbed "legacy," they'll be less likely to purchase it.

[HKZeroFive]

They're legacy in the sense that, one, they're a last-generation product, and two, they're not being manufactured anymore. Driver updates/optimisations will still continue to be received by Maxwell products.

 

Legacy product =/= legacy support.

[Simon771]

900 series have best drivers possible right now.

They were released 2 years ago yeah ... and in 2 years they fixed what was fixable via drivers updates.

So there is no reason for new drivers.

 

Cards are working just fine.

[Electronics Wizardy]

6 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

The older cards are still being supported, so "legacy" doesn't mean dropped support.

Fermi is still supported, so the 900 series probably got anouther 3-5 years of driver updates.

[rn8686]

Just now, Simon771 said:

900 series have best drivers possible right now.

They were released 2 years ago yeah ... and in 2 years they fixed what was fixable via drivers updates.

So there is no reason for new drivers.

 

Cards are working just fine.

They will still need support for new games 

[jk441]

1 minute ago, rn8686 said:

They will still need support for new games 

ditto

[jk441]

3 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

They're legacy in the sense that, one, they're a last-generation product, and two, they're not being manufactured anymore. Driver updates/optimisations will still continue to be received by Maxwell products.

 

Legacy product =/= legacy support.

yea... there is a bit of my over reacting (if you've guessed it yes im a 980 owner XD)

At the same time the fear of them going not necessarily killing the support right away, but dropping it much sooner than later to "force" ppl on new gen gpus.

[zMeul]

it's bit with bold letters

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Previous Generation Products

it doesn't mean nVidia won't release drivers for it

 

stop with the fearmongering

[jk441]

3 minutes ago, zMeul said:

it's bit with bold letters

it doesn't mean nVidia won't release drivers for it

 

stop with the fearmongering

Again yes... prob me over reacting but just the fact they could pull it off made me worry

[zMeul]

2 minutes ago, jk441 said:

Again yes... prob me over reacting but just the fact they could pull it off made me worry

didn't they do the exact same thing with 7xx series when 9xx was launched?

you still get 7xx series drivers - a few months ago, if I recall right, they announced 7xx series went into legacy support

[Julian5]

Dont nvidia make shit drivers once thge new cards release so you switch?

[jk441]

Just now, zMeul said:

you still get 7xx series drivers

I think they did for a while. Not entirely sure if they still do though. If they keep up the driver support for a decent time, again I wont be complianing at all. Guess time will tell

[zMeul]

2 minutes ago, jk441 said:

I think they did for a while. Not entirely sure if they still do though. If they keep up the driver support for a decent time, again I wont be complianing at all. Guess time will tell

just last month, the 14th, 7xx series got a driver - 368.81

[jk441]

3 minutes ago, zMeul said:

just last month, the 14th, 7xx series got a driver - 368.81

arg... that's not a greatest sign for me I guess... hopefully they pull it off a little bit longer for the 900 but again doubt it

[TheLaserCucumber]

Yeah, the 700 series still gets new Drivers, but These aren't the best.

I have a GTX 760, and i can see the Performance getting worse with every Driver update...

 

[Bhav]

Why would Nvidia simultaneously drop driver development for a GPU that they were initially forcing retailers to buy two of for every GTX 1080 ordered? 

 

*Pets my shiny spanking new beastly Omega 980 Tis. Two for the price of one 1080!

[Godlygamer23]

36 minutes ago, TheLaserCucumber said:

Yeah, the 700 series still gets new Drivers, but These aren't the best.

I have a GTX 760, and i can see the Performance getting worse with every Driver update...

 

Is this something you can verify with facts and data? 

[TheLaserCucumber]

No cause i don't record or something, but in most games, i have fraps open (only for FPS not for recording or screenshots)

But with the last driver update, in GTA and Fallout the Performance is 1-2FPS worse than before the update.

[TheGamingBarrel]

1 hour ago, jk441 said:

Really, hopefully not... still it's not the best news for ppl w/ 900 series

Fermi still gets driver updates.

[RyGuy99]

3 hours ago, rn8686 said:

They will still need support for new games 

Those drivers tend to hurt performance more than help it from what I've experienced. 

[TheLaserCucumber]

2 hours ago, RyGuy99 said:

Those drivers tend to hurt performance more than help it from what I've experienced. 

That's what i said.

[RyGuy99]

2 hours ago, TheLaserCucumber said:

That's what i said.

Great Minda think alike eh? Anyways I chimed in because I have a 970. While you're info in good to know it's even better getting it from someone in the 900 generation.