NVIDIA drops support for 32-bit operating systems

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Updated on April 11, 2018

updated on April 11, 2018

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NVIDIA has now announced its plans to drop support for 32-bit OS PCs from April 2018. As part of this plan, NVIDIA will release Game Ready Driver upgrades, including performance enhancements, new features, and bug fixes only for 64-bit operating systems from now on. However, it will release citical security updates for 32-bit OS based PCs. This change affects the following operating systems:

Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows 8/8.1
Microsoft Windows 10
Linux
FreeBSD

NVIDIA also mentioned that GeForce Experience software upgrades with new features, security updates, and bug fixes will be available only on Windows 64-bit operating systems. Existing features and services such as optimal game settings will continue to work on 32-bit Windows PCs.

Source: NVIDIA

More about the topics: 32-bit Operating Systems, 64-bit Operating Systems, nvidia, windows 10, windows 7, Windows 8/8.1

Pradeep Viswav

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Pradeep is a Computer Science and Engineering Graduate. He was also a Microsoft Student Partner. He is currently working in a leading IT company.

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