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Nvidia has confirmed that October 2026 will bring the last Game Ready driver built for Windows 10, with the following November release skipping the OS entirely. After that, Nvidia will only issue quarterly security patches for Windows 10 systems through October 2029, rather than the frequent performance and compatibility updates tied to new game launches.
A Reddit user who preordered Asus's ROG 20th Anniversary Component Bundle for $10,350 says the order was cancelled and returned without any delivery attempt or explanation. Friends who ordered the same bundle were later charged and received their packages, but this buyer was left without the product and now faces reordering at $10,849.96, $500 more than the original price. Asus reportedly told the customer the case is still under review with no firm resolution timeline.
Nvidia has updated Ray Reconstruction, its AI denoiser-upscaler for ray tracing, to the second-generation transformer architecture used in DLSS 4.5 Super Resolution. The company says the new model handles 35% more compute and 20% more parameters than before, improving image quality and reducing ray-tracing artifacts with little to no performance cost. GeForce RTX owners can access the update immediately.
Nvidia announced that its GeForce Now cloud gaming service will support Valve's Steam Controller and Steam Machine later this year, initially for the Steam Deck and Steam Machine app, with Windows and macOS support coming afterward. The update accompanies other GeForce Now additions, including DLSS 4.5 controls, GOG single sign-on, wider Fire TV Stick availability, and Firefox browser support.
Nvidia has released an upgraded version of DLSS Ray Reconstruction, version 4.5, which is now live in 30 supported games. The update refines how ray-traced lighting and denoising are handled, aiming to reduce visual artifacts and improve image stability during gameplay.
A Reddit user with an Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 found that running the laptop in Asus' Eco mode, which disables the discrete GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPU to save battery, caused Windows to eventually uninstall the Nvidia drivers entirely. Investigation of Windows logs revealed that pnpclean.dll, a routine that purges drivers for hardware absent past a timeout period, treated the disabled GPU as permanently disconnected after 15 days and wiped its drivers.