NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 driver download and installation

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_12B01043; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 driver manually

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 21.21.13.6902 dated 2016-07-25.
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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 installation wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver installation wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Shutdown and restart your computer and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Download size of the driver: 238821980 bytes (227.76 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.7 stars out of 54738 votes.
This driver is fully 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 install 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 analyze each driver on your computer.
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3. Take a look at the list of detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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