Download and install NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 driver

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is a Display Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by NVIDIA. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10DE&DEV_161A&SUBSYS_27581458.

1. NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - install the driver manually

1. You can download from the link below the driver setup file for the NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 driver. The archive contains version 10.18.13.6524 released on 2016-05-31 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control Service (UAC) is running please confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver installation wizard, which will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver installation wizard will analyze your PC and will install the right driver.
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7. When the operation finishes restart your PC in order to use the updated driver. As you can see it was quite smple to install a Windows driver!
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This driver is digitally signed.
File size of the driver: 239185259 bytes (228.10 MB)
Driver rating 5 stars out of 77639 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. Installing the NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 driver using DriverMax: the easy way

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, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's take a look!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~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 available driver updates. Search the list until you find the NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 driver. Click on Update.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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