Older NVIDIA GPUs: last full-support branch and current security support

GeForce Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta policy

NVIDIA's GeForce policy moved Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta from full support into a security-only phase after the October 2025 full-support endpoint, with security updates described through October 2028. That statement is architecture-family policy; exact GPU and package support still require package evidence.

Quadro and RTX Enterprise are separate

The Quadro policy names R580 as the last branch for Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta in that professional context, with critical security support through October 2028. Do not reuse that date as a Data Center, vGPU, or consumer Game Ready lifecycle without a matching source.

How to avoid the common legacy mistake

1. Identify the exact model, not only a marketing series.
2. Check architecture or compute capability only as one input.
3. Check official package support before calling a driver newest supported.
4. Use driver compatibility for the result state and compute capability for hardware-feature context.