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Nvidia 900's now legacy

That is because the Pascal series are released top to bottom so of course they are EOL. Production stopped some months back.


That second link is pretty weird though and doesn't make any sense. Legacy doesn't at all mean what they are trying to imply.
 
D.P. said:
That is because the Pascal series are released top to bottom so of course they are EOL. Production stopped some months back.


That second link is pretty weird though and doesn't make any sense. Legacy doesn't at all mean what they are trying to imply.
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I understand that just a little soon in my book ...more so for the ti
 
2 years support is what you get with cards nowadays?

Seems graphic cards are becoming as bad when people decorate. Everything thrown out each year.
 
Nvidia are pushing GPU development very quickly and releasing new architectures regularly.

Somehow this is made out to be a bad thing. The haters are everywhere.
 
D.P. said:
That is because the Pascal series are released top to bottom so of course they are EOL. Production stopped some months back.


That second link is pretty weird though and doesn't make any sense. Legacy doesn't at all mean what they are trying to imply.
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Someone who does understand.

hominid said:
My 7950 is still getting regular updates and it's 4+ years old :D
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Someones who doesn't understand.


This is just simply saying they are no longer producing them, that's all. SLI profiles are still coming out for the 7** series etc so it's not as if they're suddenly going to stop for the 9** cards. I'm pretty sure a thread like this pops up every time Nvidia stop producing a series of cards...
 
Just so people stop assuming what this means, from nvidia's website:

Legacy GPUs are older-generation NVIDIA GPUs which are no longer supported in the regular NVIDIA Unified UNIX Graphics Driver. Instead, these GPUs will continue to be supported through special "Legacy GPU" drivers that will be updated periodically to add support for new versions of Linux system components (e.g., new Linux kernels, new versions of the X server, etc).
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http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html
 
agent00x said:
Just so people stop assuming what this means, from nvidia's website:



http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html
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It means nothing.
All it means is that we have stopped manufacturing the GPU. Most of the optimizations we add to our drivers are not architecture specific so they should help most GPUs. If we are going to stop providing driver support for a GPU then we use the term EOL or end of life. Some businesses depend on having access to a GPU for a long time so it is useful for them to know which GPUs are current and which GPUs we have stopped manufacturing.
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http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=409017

Some people with lack of education do not understand legacy support and legacy products.
 
pooley said:
and the prices higher ;)
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Which is why the older GPUs are better currently. Want to get robbed? Buy a new-gen card? And the funny thing is it'll only get to what it should have been when the 1100 series comes out and these all get price drops to clear them.
 
Mayh3M said:
Nvidia are pushing GPU development very quickly and releasing new architectures regularly.
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The good news is, as ever, that no games actually require of any of this stuff.
So people like me can carry on using their "legacy cards" with all the newly released "PC ports" for several years to come. No expensive upgrades required. :D
 
nomadd said:
The good news is, as ever, that no games actually require of any of this stuff.
So people like me can carry on using their "legacy cards" with all the newly released "PC ports" for several years to come. No expensive upgrades required. :D
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I'm enjoying playing some older titles completely maxed out on my 970 at silky smooth frame rates. :D I tend to not buy games as soon as they come out, with the odd exception. I wait until most of the DLC/updates/bug fixes are done at the very least.

Tempted to take the jump to 1080 now though what with VR. I'll wait until plenty of people have used and reviewed the cards though. Don't want something with coil whine or other issues!
 
nomadd said:
The good news is, as ever, that no games actually require of any of this stuff.
So people like me can carry on using their "legacy cards" with all the newly released "PC ports" for several years to come. No expensive upgrades required. :D
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If you enjoy 720P 60FPS in the newest releases, sure.
 
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