Nvidia ends support for 32-bit operating systems

NVIDIA is about to officially end support for its graphics drivers for 32-bit operating systems. The change will take place after the release of version 390 of the Game Ready drivers which will take place in January.

NVIDIA to End Support for 32-Bit System Starting with Game Ready 390 Drivers

This 390 version of Game Ready will be the last set to contain official support for 32-bit versions of Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and 10, as well as Linux and FreeBSD.

This makes a lot of sense, since you cannot conceive a 'gaming' computer that does not have a 64-bit operating system, capable of managing more than 4GB of RAM, unless that amount of memory is insufficient for any computer dedicated to video games and all kinds of tasks.

96% of players use a 64-bit system

As you can see from the Steam statistics, over 96% of gamers use a 64-bit operating system, so 32-bit systems are increasingly deprecated.

However, there are still those who use a 32-bit Windows operating system. This is approximately 2.04% of the Steam user base. The rest use OSX, Linux or others. Sometimes these are users who play on a laptop or OEM system. These PCs come preloaded with the operating system and the user simply cannot make the switch to a 64-bit version.

In addition to support for 32-bit drivers, NVIDIA is ending support for NVS 310 and NVS315 graphics cards. These are Quadro Fermi GF119 architecture GPUs for business and commercial PCs.

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