Driver for NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX - downloading and installing it

NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX is a Display Adapters device. The developer of this driver was NVIDIA. PCI/VEN_10DE&DEV_0617&SUBSYS_207A161F is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. Install NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 8.17.12.9610 dated 2012-02-29.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the updated driver, it is as simple as that.
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NVIDIA applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 144927131 bytes (138.21 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.9 stars out of 42759 votes.
This driver will work for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 7 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 8.1 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. Installing the NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and press on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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