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> As someone who deals with old GPU support daily, I challenge this! The most recent drivers still support Fermi chips (GT400 series) that were released over 7

> As someone who deals with old GPU support daily, I challenge this! The most recent drivers still support Fermi chips (GT400 series) that were released over 7 years ago. To deliver a source: > http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-eol-graphics-card,26304.html http://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-eol-graphics-card,26... My opinion on how long a device should be supported: As long as there is no open specification available, one is dependent on the vendor to deliver updates. And graphics drivers are very prone to security bugs. So as long as devices still have a not tiny user base, the vendor has to provide security fixes for it. I would even love to say we should raise our standards and demand that a producer has to support their hardware up to the moment they release open specifications for it.

sherincall 9y ago
So you're talking about Tesla and earlier chips. Those are indeed only supported for the security fixes. The 34x.xx driver supports those chips, and they are indeed getting security updates. I have personally fixed a couple of these issues[0], including for those "EOL'd" cards. The most recent posted drivers for these chips I'm seeing are 342.01 from 2016-12-14 for Windows and 340.102 from 2017-02-14 for Linux. That seems like it would check the "provide security fixes" box, no? >has to support their hardware up to the moment they release open specifications for it. I'd tend to agree, but as you can imagine this is quite a complex issue for us, so no comments here :) [0]: http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-security.html http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-security.html