Upgrading drivers is an important and necessary process, since with their help the hardware component of the computer operates normally. In other words, drivers help the "gland", in our case, the video card, recognize the correct tasks and provide the correct answer. If this software becomes obsolete, it will not be able to cope with the tasks assigned and will cause various failures in the work of both the operating system and the computer as a whole. How to update the NVIDIA video card drivers, we will tell in this article.
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To update the software, whatever method you choose, you will need an active Internet connection. Let's start with the simplest and efficient way - updating drivers via Windows Device Manager. To do this, open the dispatcher window, performing follow-up:
click "Start";
row "Control Panel";
category "Equipment and Sound".
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In the window that appears, click the Device Manager item, there is a blue-yellow shield nearby, in the category "Devices and Printers".
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The new window has been opened. Among the set of subparagraphs are looking for a string with the name "Video adapter", open. The name of your video card appeared. Now learn the version of the installed driver and update it. To do this, click on the row with the video edge of the right mouse button and select "Properties".
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A small dialog box appears, in which go to the "Driver" tab. We study the information about the video card, the development date and version of the driver for the appropriate equipment. After reading, click the "Update ..." button. The system requests the path to the drive, select "Automatic search for updated drivers."
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After analyzing the computer, the computer will either set a new driver, or give the window with the following message: "The most suitable software for this device is already installed." In this case, we close the update window and process the correctness of the operation with the official source of NVIDIA drivers.
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Go to the NVIDIA product site for this link. In the NVIDIA driver download item, set the parameters of your video card manually or use the automatic search for the drivers proposed below.
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A window appears with the "Download Now" button - click.
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Confirm the license agreement by clicking the "Accept and Download" button. The file load is starting the size of about 300 MB.
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Upon completion of the download, open the file. Select the archive unpacking path and click OK.
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Automatic checking the compatibility of downloaded drivers is launched. Upon completion, the Installation window opens.
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Choose an express installation and click "Next".
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At the next stage you are offered to download and install the program "GeForce Experience". The thing is very useful. This application will automatically check and install new versions of drivers. In addition, "GeForce Experience" will determine on your computer all installed games and create an optimal, unique setting of all graphic parameters for the game yourself. So we leave a tick on the "GeForce Experience" and click "Next".
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We observe the process of installing the driver.
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Hooray! The driver has been successfully updated. We close the window and rejoice in the fully working system.
That's all. You can easily update drivers for NVIDIA video cards. We recommend checking new versions once a quarter. Successful installation!
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