The GPUs affected include the once-mighty GTX 700 and 900 series (Maxwell), the popular 1000 series (Pascal) and the more obscure Volta lineup. These generations, launched between 2014 and 2017, have been hanging on for a while now, but Nvidia has finally decided it is time to let them drift into legacy status.

The firm is currently on the 570 series, which debuted alongside the GeForce RTX 50 lineup, and the 580 branch will be the last hurrah for these older cards.

Nvidia has not nailed down a release date yet, but it is expected before year’s end. Once that drops, owners of these GPUs will get a few more months of updates before it is game over for new driver support.

This is not a shock move. Nvidia previously axed support for Fermi and Kepler GPUs, meaning the GTX 500 and 600 series, so this is just the next step in clearing the decks.

For anyone clinging to an older GTX card, it is time to start considering an upgrade before games and apps begin to drift out of reach.