How To Install Graphics Card Drivers Windows 7

Note: Before proceeding with the installation, verify the commuter you downloaded supports your graphics carte du jour. Geforce Desktop PC graphics cards, Geforce notebook PC graphics cards, and Quadro Professional graphics cards each employ a different commuter. Verify the driver yous download supports your product past viewing the "Supported Products" tab in the driver download section of the driver you lot select as shown in the example screenshot below:

One time you accept verified your graphics menu is compatible with the driver you lot have downloaded, please close all open programs. If you have an anti-virus program or other organisation monitoring utility running in the background, delight disable these temporarily as they may interfere with the installation of your brandish driver.

Verify you are logged in with an account that has Administrative Privilege.

If you lot are logged in as a Guest or Standard User, Windows will not permit y'all to install the commuter.

Download the latest NVIDIA display driver from the NVIDIA Download Drivers page.

If your browser asks yous if you wish to Save or Run the file, select Relieve.

Selecting Run volition salvage the file to a temporary directory. If a file is saved to a temporary directory, it is possible Windows may delete the file while y'all are installing the driver which will result in a bad install. Instead, salve the driver to your Windows desktop.

After the commuter has downloaded to your Windows desktop, you lot will see a new icon on your desktop similar to the screenshot below:

If you are installing a new graphics card in your PC, the Windows hardware installation wizard may be installing drivers separately. If you run into the post-obit on the botton correct-paw corner of your taskbar, you will need to wait until Windows has finished before proceeding with the installation.

Right-click the file and select Run as administrator as shown in the screenshot below.

Once you have launched the NVIDIA brandish commuter installation file, your first prompt volition ask you for a location to save the NVIDIA driver files to. These files are not used by the NVIDIA installer and merely of import if you intend to install the commuter manually.

You may exit the default location path and select OK to keep.

You will next be prompted to accept the NVIDIA software license agreement. Read the contents and then if you agree, click "AGREE AND CONTINUE" to go on.

If you agreed to the license understanding, yous will be presented with the installer options as shown below.

Most users volition want to select Limited (Recommended). For avant-garde users you may select Custom (Advanced) to view boosted installer options. If you selected Express (Recommended), click "NEXT". The installer volition begin copying the driver files and once it has completed, you volition exist asked to restart your figurer to consummate the installation. Go along to restart your computer. Once you are back in Windows, your are finished,

If you selected Custom (Advanced), keep to the section labeled Custom (Advanced) below:

Custom (Advanced)

ane) If y'all selected, Custom (Avant-garde), click "NEXT" to continue.

ii) The Custom install options screen will let yous to select which components of the NVIDIA Graphics Driver you wish to install. To go the most features out of your graphics card, we suggest selecting all of the graphic components. Older graphics cards may not show all of the components listed below. If the options y'all are presented with do non lucifer the screenshot below, it is ok. The but mandatory component you must install is the Graphics Commuter. If you accept experienced install bug in the past, nosotros offer "Perform clean install" which will remove all previous NVIDIA drivers and NVIDIA registry entries from your computer. This may resolve installer problems caused past conflicting older drivers. One y'all take selected which graphic components yous wish to install, click "Adjacent" to proceed.

iii) The installer will copy all selected graphic components to your computer. Subsequently the installer has completed, you will see a window similar to the screenshot beneath. Click "RESTART Now" to restart your reckoner. One time y'all are back in Windows, your installation has completed.