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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is a Display Adapters device. The Windows version of this 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 link below. This is the download link for the driver version 25.21.14.2531 released on 2019-04-09.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled 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 analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Driver file size: 300412449 bytes (286.50 MB)
This driver was installed by many users and received an average rating of 4.4 stars out of 44883 votes.
This driver was released for 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. Installing the NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The most important 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 take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and press on the yellow button named ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to 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. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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