NVIDIA Drivers

NVIDIA Drivers

You’ve just installed an NVIDIA video card or motherboard, and your operating system found drivers for it when you booted up the computer, or installed the operating system. They work for the most part, but you would like to have the original drivers for it. The original NVIDIA drivers have more functionality, and more options for screen resolution. With NVIDIA motherboards, the original manufacturer’s drivers also unlock the full potential of the built in video.

Open up your web browser, and search for NVIDIA drivers. Find the NVIDIA.com link, and click on it. From the main page on the site, click Download Drivers in the upper left. You will be taken to a page where you can choose your motherboard or video card, and the operating system you’re using. After selecting your product and OS, click on search.

Once the list of NVIDIA drivers comes up, click on the most up to date driver. If you want to backup the drivers on a CD for future use, save the driver to your hard drive. If not, click the Run option, and the program will install from its location on the internet.

You can also choose, as a new option to the NVIDIA site, to have the site automatically search your computer for the products you need drivers for. Currently, it’s still in prerelease, and may not work all the time.

From that point on, you just follow the directions of the installer. You may have to reboot after the drivers are loaded, but when the OS comes back up you should see an NVIVIA settings icon in the task bar on your desktop screen. Set the screen resolution to your desired specifications. If the screen resolution option you want isn’t there, you may need to install drivers for your monitor as well.