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How To Properly Install Your Nvidia GeForce Or AMD Radeon Drivers - Kotaku Australia

How To Properly Install Your Nvidia GeForce Or AMD Radeon Drivers - Kotaku Australia

How To Properly Install Your Nvidia GeForce Or AMD Radeon Drivers - Kotaku Australia
Jul 19, 2021 2 mins, 39 secs

Nvidia GeForce and AMD drivers are one of those things that you never really want to think about too much.

That’s one of the great things about the platform, but every now and again you’ll need to update something.

Before you even think about uninstalling or installing anything, you’ll want to make sure you have the latest files on a USB stick or hard drive first.

(The latter is typically fine.) Nvidia users will have a slightly easier time here since you’re only just dealing with GPU drivers, whereas AMD users might need to install chipset drivers for their CPU, as well as GPU drivers too.

For Nvidia GPU users: You’ll want to head to the official Nvidia driver page here, where you can grab drivers for desktop or laptop GPUs.

If you don’t know what GPU you have, you can just download GeForce Experience above and have the middleware work it out afterwards.

However, if you’d rather not do that, Windows Device Manager, or the Nvidia Control Panel will tell you what your current GPU is.

(Note: if you don’t have Nvidia Control Panel, it’s because you probably downloaded the DCH versions of Nvidia drivers, which don’t include Nvidia Control Panel due to a difference in how they’re packaged. That’s OK though — just open the Microsoft Store, search for Nvidia Control Panel and then install the program, or use this link. It’s free.).

To access Nvidia Control Panel, just hit the Start button and type “Nvidia Control Panel” on the keyboard.

(You can also right-click on the desktop and select Nvidia Control Panel from the drop-down box there.) A new window will open, and on that window you’ll see “System Information” in the bottom left hand corner, which gives you all the details you need:.

If it returns an error (either because you don’t have an AMD GPU or some other clash), then you’ll have to download drivers through the product selector here:.

From there, you’ll be sent to a page with a list of all the drivers for that particular CPU/GPU – download and store away.

You can use it to remove any GPU drivers from Intel, AMD or Nvidia.

It’ll also remove any leftover audio drivers, which can be especially handy on laptops that have issues with sound disconnecting or not playing correctly.

It’s always highly recommended to remove any and all drivers when in Safe Mode.

Select what drivers you want to remove — GPU/Audio first, then the brand of drivers you wish to remove.

Drivers and software packages aren’t always as good as they could be when uninstalling older versions of drivers.

And on older systems that have been owned for longer periods of time, it’s entirely possible for lots of older drivers to just be left lying around on a system.

So for everyone who’s new to PC gaming or just getting reacquainted, or those who just want to do a bit of a clean-up of drivers on their system, there’s all the information you need to keep your GPU drivers clean and happy.

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