Driver for NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - downloading and installing it

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_161A&SUBSYS_116F1462; this string has to match your hardware.

1. NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 driver - how to install it manually

1. Download the setup file for NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 26.21.14.3086 released on 2019-05-22.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is started then you will have to confirm the installation 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 easy to follow. 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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NVIDIA applied a digital signature to this driver.
File size of the driver: 306473899 bytes (292.28 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.4 stars out of 15082 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• 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

2. Using DriverMax to install NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open 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 computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Search the list until you locate the NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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