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. In order to make sure you are downloading the exact right driver the hardware id is PCI/VEN_10DE&DEV_161A&SUBSYS_1BCD1043.

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

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 driver. The archive contains version 10.18.13.6881 released on 2016-07-10 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control (UAC) is enabled please accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your computer and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your computer in order to use the updated driver. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed by the manufacturer.
Download size of the driver: 238308846 bytes (227.27 MB)
Driver rating 4.9 stars out of 37173 votes.
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. 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, not just this one. How easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Open DriverMax and press 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 detected driver updates. Search the list until you locate the NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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