{"id":26343,"date":"2018-01-16T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grapevinemsp.com\/nvidia-dropping-driver-support-for-older-operating-systems\/"},"modified":"2018-01-16T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T16:00:00","slug":"nvidia-dropping-driver-support-for-older-operating-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grapevinemsp.com\/nvidia-dropping-driver-support-for-older-operating-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Nvidia Dropping Driver Support For Older Operating Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7257\" src=\"https:\/\/sitesdev.net\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Nvidia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>AMD long ago dropped support of 32-bit operating systems, and now, Nvidia is following suit. The long-anticipated move by the company will mean the end of driver support for the 32-bit builds of Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Linux and FreeBSD.<\/p>\n<p>Nvidia is taking a balanced, responsible approach here. The company has pledged to continue offering 32-bit driver security updates until January 2019, but will immediately discontinue making performance updates to the drivers of older OS&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>In some respects, it&#8217;s long overdue. Today&#8217;s application environment is incredibly resource intensive, with a growing number of applications requiring more computing horsepower than 32-bit systems can deliver, since a 32-bit OS can only support up to 4GB of RAM.<\/p>\n<p>The picture gets even bleaker if you&#8217;re a gamer. Even modest games tend to require more than 4GB of RAM these days, and most top-tier titles no longer offer support for 32-bit systems. That, combined with the fact that 32-bit systems are somewhat less secure overall, it&#8217;s probably time they were put to pasture.<\/p>\n<p>Given this landscape, it&#8217;s probably time to pronounce the 32-bit operating system dead. If you&#8217;ve got some legacy applications still running on an old machine, now is the time to get serious about your migration plan.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the older OS&#8217;s are no longer receiving security updates, which leaves you increasingly vulnerable to a wide range of hacks. That, coupled with the increasingly sparse driver support makes it inevitable that you&#8217;ll have to migrate at some point, and it&#8217;s always better to do it on your terms than someone else&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t yet worked out what to do about your old legacy systems, it&#8217;s long past time to do so. The clock has been ticking for a while now, and the ticking just got a little bit louder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMD long ago dropped support of 32-bit operating systems, and now, Nvidia is following suit. The long-anticipated move by the company will mean the end of driver support for the 32-bit builds of Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Linux and FreeBSD. Nvidia is taking a balanced, responsible approach here. 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