For a step-by-step guide to identify your graphics hardware and download the appropriate drivers, check out our KB article here
Download the drivers for your GPU
Check your invoice for the specific model of NVIDIA graphics card, for this example we will use the RTX 5080 (the manufacturer is not relevant).
- In a web browser navigate to the NVIDIA Driver Download Page
- In the Manual Driver Search field, search for the NVIDIA graphics card model, "RTX 5080" in this example
- Select the GeForce RTX 50 Series | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | Windows 11 entry from the list
- Left-click the Find button
- Select either View buttons from the GeForce Game Ready Driver or NVIDIA Studio Driver
- Select the Download button to save the installer to your Downloads folder or selected location
Install the NVIDIA Graphics Driver
To update the NVIDIA Graphics Drivers to the latest version from NVIDIA's website:
- Save and close any open applications
- Navigate to the downloaded graphics driver, then right-click on the saved driver installation file and select Run as administrator to start the installation process
- Allow the NVIDIA driver installation through the User account control window
- Click OK to extract the NVIDIA Display Driver package contents
- At the System Check step, select either the NVIDIA Graphics Driver with NVIDIA App or the NVIDIA Graphics Driver alone, the NVIDIA App is gaming oriented and unnecessary for most users. Select AGREE AND CONTINUE
- At the License Agreement step, select the Express (Recommended) radio button then select NEXT to continue
- The installation will take some time to complete
- When complete please restart the computer Start > Power > Restart
Windows should now detect the NVIDIA Graphics Controller in the Device Manager and show the latest drivers.
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