NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is a Display Adapters device. This Windows driver was developed by NVIDIA. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10DE&DEV_13DA&SUBSYS_11651462; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 driver

1. Download the driver setup file for NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 31.0.15.3742 released on 2023-09-12.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Driver file size: 826836842 bytes (788.53 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.4 stars by 96797 users.
This driver is compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. The easy way: using DriverMax to install NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in the easiest possible way 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 click on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to scan and analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you locate the NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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