Why NVIDIA’s GPU Control Panel Is Being Retired After Two Decades
NVIDIA announced that its legacy GPU Control Panel, which has been bundled with Windows drivers for 20 years, will be discontinued in favor of the new NVIDIA Client app, with the panel only available as an optional Microsoft Store download for legacy users.
Deprecation of NVIDIA Control Panel
In 2025 NVIDIA will release the NVIDIA Client application that consolidates graphics settings and game‑optimisation features, making the legacy NVIDIA Control Panel in Windows 10/11 largely unnecessary for most users.
Driver version 610.47 states that after two decades of service the Control Panel will no longer be bundled with Game Ready or Creator drivers; installing the latest driver will not include the panel.
Users who already have the Control Panel installed will retain it unless they uninstall the driver and perform a clean installation of the new driver, which removes the panel.
RTX PRO professional‑card users can still use the Control Panel for now because NVIDIA has not yet migrated all RTX PRO features to the new client; the panel will be removed for RTX PRO once migration is complete.
The Control Panel remains available as an optional download from the Microsoft Store, and it can be uninstalled easily; this distribution is independent of the new driver release.
NVIDIA emphasizes that no further updates or bug fixes will be provided for the Control Panel and that the new client contains all its functionality with faster performance and higher efficiency.
Source: NVIDIA announcement.
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