NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 how to download and install the driver

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is a Display Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this 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_77031558.

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

1. You can download from the link below the driver installer file for the NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 driver. The archive contains version 31.0.15.3758 released on 2023-10-04 of the driver.
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3. Start the driver installer file from a user account with administrative rights. If your UAC (User Access Control) is enabled please 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 will guide you; it should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your computer 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. It is as simple as that to install a Windows driver!
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NVIDIA applied a digital signature to this driver.
Download size of the driver: 827040605 bytes (788.73 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4.7 stars by 56865 users.
This driver was released for 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 the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button named ~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 find the NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's all, the driver is now installed!
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