Nvidia has retired its GeForce Control Panel app after 20 years
Nvidia has officially retired its GeForce Control Panel app after 20 years of service. The company has transitioned all major features to its new Nvidia app, which now serves as an all-in-one solution for managing drivers and game settings. While the legacy Control Panel will remain on users' PCs, it will not receive any new updates or features.
- ▪Nvidia announced the retirement of its Control Panel app after two decades.
- ▪All major features have been migrated to the new Nvidia app.
- ▪The legacy Control Panel will still be available in the Microsoft Store but will not receive updates.
5 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 8 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Nvidia retires the classic GeForce Control Panel after 20 years — TechSpot
- ▪ After 20 years, Nvidia finally kills off its Control Panel app — XDA Developers
- ▪ Nvidia officially retires its GeForce Control Panel app after 20 years, following the porting of all of its major features to the Nvidia app (Tom Warren/The Verge) — Techmeme
- ▪ Nvidia is finally ditching its iconic Control Panel after 20 years — new driver updates only ship in the Nvidia App — Tom's Hardware
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