NVIDIA NVIDIA ION - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

NVIDIA ION is a Display Adapters hardware device. This Windows driver was developed by NVIDIA. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10DE&DEV_0A76&SUBSYS_84471043; this string has to match your hardware.

1. NVIDIA NVIDIA ION - install the driver manually

1. Download the setup file for NVIDIA NVIDIA ION driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 8.17.12.6601 released on 2010-12-05.
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3. Start the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Go through the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the new driver, it is as simple as that.
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NVIDIA applied a digital signature to this driver.
The file size of this driver is 117979869 bytes (112.51 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.5 stars out of 81555 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows Vista 64 bits
• 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
• This driver works on Windows 10 64 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 64 bits

2. Using DriverMax to install NVIDIA NVIDIA ION driver

The most important 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 easy can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and click on the yellow button that says ~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 available driver updates. Search the list until you locate the NVIDIA NVIDIA ION driver. Click the Update button.
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5. Enjoy using the updated driver! :)
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