Nvidia has announced a new GeForce Game Ready Driver that extends Windows 10 support for GeForce RTX GPUs until October 2026, a year beyond Microsoft’s planned end-of-life for the OS on October 14th, 2025. This extended support ensures users continue to receive zero-day optimizations for new games and applications.
Despite its age, Windows 10 remains a popular operating system. Windows 11 only recently surpassed Windows 10 in market share earlier this month, holding 52% compared to Windows 10’s 44.59%.
Older Nvidia GPUs, specifically Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta-based GeForce cards, will also receive extended support. Following a final Game Ready Driver release in October 2025, these cards will receive quarterly security updates until October 2028, bringing their total support lifespan to 11 years. However, support updates for Nvidia’s CUDA architecture will be discontinued for these cards in the next CUDA Toolkit update.
The new Game Ready Driver update also expands G-Sync support to include 62 new monitor displays. Furthermore, it improves performance in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and Mafia: The Old Country, which is scheduled for release on August 8th. The driver is available for download on Nvidia’s website.
