What is express installation. Graphics card update
Hi all! Today, I want to talk with you, dear readers of the site, on such a topic as installing and updating drivers for NVIDIA video cards. The topic for many is very relevant, because the video cards of this company are considered one of the most popular in the world. And a lot of people, having bought a computer with a cool video card, after a while wonder why this or that game does not want to work normally!?
For example, graphics are displayed incorrectly or the game constantly crashes or does not start at all. Why is this happening? No, not because the video card is outdated, modern video cards are made for years, my video card, for example, is already quite old, but still allows you to run the most modern games with good graphics. It's all about the drivers that need to be updated in a timely manner. But first, what is it anyway? What are drivers?
Driver- special computer program, which allows other programs and the operating system to function with certain devices that are included with the computer.
Usually in the operating room windows system already built in basic drivers graphics card, but they may not provide the best performance, and even if your computer already has official drivers manufacturer (For example, you bought a computer in a computer store where you installed everything you need), then they need to be updated at least once every six months. After all, no one is perfect and developers, every now and then, find errors, fix them, and also complement various modifications.
By the way, I recently had one problem, or rather, not with me, but with my dad, the game Word of Tanks, suddenly, for no reason at all, began to give graphics errors and generally refused to start. At first I tried to solve the problem by reinstalling the game client, but soon I realized that the matter was completely different, it turned out that the video card drivers had crashed! And this, friends, also happens sometimes. Therefore, if you use a computer for gaming purposes, then you simply need to know how to install, update and reinstall drivers. So let's get started already.
How to install drivers for nvidia graphics card
There is nothing difficult in installing or updating drivers, at least for NVIDIA video cards. To do this, we need only one program. Now I will tell you step by step how this is done, by the way, in order to write this instruction with pictures, for you, dear readers, I had to delete software your video card.
1) Download the program from here .
2) Run it with administrator rights (Via the right mouse button). This window opened before us, we accept the license agreement.
3) We are waiting for the program to install, sometimes this process can take a long time. Once the program is installed, click "close"
4) After a while, the installed program should start, the first time it starts, it will look for fresh drivers for the video card installed on the computer. As soon as she finishes searching, a button will appear. "Download Driver", click on it and wait until the driver we need is loaded.
5) Once the driver has loaded, two buttons will appear, one "Express Install" another "Custom Installation". We select the selective one and wait a while while preparations are being made for the installation.
6) Now, we can choose which components to install and which not. If you don’t have a set-top box with 3D glasses for your computer, then you don’t need the “3D Vision Driver” and “3D Vision Controller Driver”, uncheck them and click “Install Driver”
7) Here now Attention! A: During installation, the screen may turn off and on several times, this is normal, so do not be alarmed. Also, installation can take a long time.
8) Congratulations, you have successfully installed all the necessary drivers for your video card, now close this window, there is only one small detail left to configure. Go to tab "Options", here I recommend setting the update check frequency to "Once a month", you can also uncheck "Download driver update automatically". I will not remove this parameter, because my Internet is more or less fast.
That's all, we installed the drivers for the video card, set up timely notification of new versions. So gaming performance should be high now! By the way, I also recommend reading about it. Well, next time I will tell you more about some software related to the video card, without which most games refuse to work. That's all, if you don't understand, just ask. See you later.
How to install video card driver? Step-by-step instruction
New video card, the dream of any gamer, and indeed ordinary user desire to run/shoot toys. But for the good work of our hardware, you need to install a suitable driver for the video card. Let's look at how to properly install drivers for "vidyuhi".
There are only two video chip manufacturers in the world: ATI Radeon and Nvidia. Accordingly, each brand has its own drivers.
Usually, when buying a new video card, it comes with a driver disk, but even without it, you can safely download the drivers from the manufacturer's website. Insert disk into optical drive and start installing the drivers.
If there are no drivers and you don't know where to get them!
If for some reason you do not have drivers for your video card, and you do not know where to get them, then we offer the following solutions
1. You can find the driver by the device code (do not be afraid of these words. We have a special article on our website where everything is described in detail and step by step, there are a lot of pictures, what to click and what to download. Everything is extremely simple. The article is located).
2. You can download a special set of all existing drivers. It's called - Driver Pack Solution. Run it and it will install everything you need automatically.
3. You can also search for suitable drivers on your computer. To do this is easy enough. We also have an article on our website with instructions on how to do it. The instruction itself
Now let's look at how manual mode install video card drivers if you have them or have already downloaded them.
Installing drivers from Ati radeon.
When starting drivers from Ati radeon in the welcome window, we can choose the installation language.
After selecting the components we need, click next and observe the installation of the driver we need.
During the driver installation process, frequent changes in screen resolution are possible, this is because when the driver is replaced, the system tries to find the right settings for the correct image.
At the end of the installation, we will be asked to read a report on the past procedure.
Installing drivers from Nvidia.
By running the installation of drivers from Nvidia, the installer will check our system for compliance and ask you to accept the terms of the license agreement.
To install only the driver, you need to select the "Custom installation" item.
In the custom installation options, we can check the boxes to select the components that we need. To install only one driver, you need to check the box next to the item "Run clean install».
After completing the installation, the program will give us a report on the work done and ask us to restart the computer.
To see if we installed the driver correctly, we should find our video card in the hardware list. To do this, go to the "Device Manager" snap-in and expand the "Video Adapter" tree, our device should be displayed in it.
It is worth remembering to update the drivers for our equipment, as developers can fix bugs in their software. To do this, go to the control panel of our video adapter and select the "Update" item in the "Help" menu.
How to update NVIDIA graphics card drivers to latest version and speed up the performance of recently released games on your computer or laptop? You can do this by following a few simple steps.
There are two ways to install or update the driver:
Automatically find NVIDIA drivers
Once loaded, launch and click “I ACCEPT. PROCEED".
After installation, in the window that appears, leave the bird opposite "Launch NVIDIA GeForce Experience" and click "CLOSE".
The program will open and automatic search driver, then click "Download Driver".
We are waiting for the download to finish.
After downloading, choose the installation method.
Express installation suitable in most cases if you are not updating, but installing the driver.
Custom installation better to use when you want to update not all components or want to do clean install.
Reading installation sometimes it can solve some problems in the driver that might have occurred in the old version.
After the driver is installed, restart your computer.
Manually find drivers for NVIDIA products
The second way to install or update a driver requires you to know the model name of your graphics card.
Information about the driver version will appear, as well as the file size. Click "DOWNLOAD NOW", then "ACCEPT AND DOWNLOAD".
Run the downloaded file. The first thing you will be asked is to unpack the installation files. Just press "OK".
After unpacking, the installation will start. In the first step of the installation, you need to click “I ACCEPT. PROCEED"
Choose the installation method Express installation(suitable in most cases) or Custom installation(with the ability to select which components to install or run clean install) and click "FURTHER".
We are waiting for the installation to complete and click "CLOSE".
After installation is complete, restart your computer.
Formatting hard drive during the sampling Windows installation 7 will delete all data of the partition that is being formatted, in particular files, settings and programs.
Back up all desired files and settings to restore them after installation. You will need to reinstall the necessary programs, so make sure you have installation disks and product keys for programs to be used with Windows 7, or installation files for programs downloaded from the Internet.
Note: If used Windows version 7 to upgrade, do not use third-party software to format your hard drive before installing Windows 7. Instead, simply follow the instructions in this section.
"Custom installation" and disk formatting
Notes:
- If you are using the upgrade version of Windows 7 on a computer that does not have operating system, you may not be able to turn it on. Update version requires Windows availability XP or Windows Vista on a computer for Windows activation 7. When installing, the product key field must be left blank.
- You may need to update your drivers after Windows 7 installation is complete. To do this, click the Start button, select All Programs, and then - windows update. If the Windows Update Web site does not have the correct driver, cm.
If you are having problems rendering water textures in a combat session, please do a full reinstall of your video card driver.
If you have an AMD ATI Radeon graphics card.
AMD. To correctly update the video card driver, it is recommended to completely remove the currently installed driver package.
For Windows XP:
Go to Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs.
Select "ATI catalyst Install Manager" from the list of programs and click Uninstall/Change.
In the Uninstall Wizard window, select "Express Uninstall ALL ATI Software".
Go to Start > Control Panel > Programs and Features.
(For Windows 8: Click Windows+X > Control Panel > Programs and Features.)
Find "ATI catalyst Install Manager".
Select Express Uninstall ALL ATI Software.
Restart your computer after the uninstall process is complete.
Installing a driver for an ATI/AMD video card is done as follows:
Run the downloaded driver installation package.
Select a location to extract the driver and click Install.
After unpacking is complete, the Installation Wizard will start.
Click Next or Next, click Install.
Select "Express" or "Express".
Accept the license agreement. After that, the process of installing the driver package will begin.
After the driver installation is complete, restart your computer.
If you have an nVidia graphics card.
Download new version You can find drivers for the video card on the nVidia website.
To correctly update the video card driver, it is recommended to completely remove the currently installed driver package.
Uninstalling the driver is done as follows:
For Windows XP:
Go to Start > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.
Look for the entry "NVIDIA Windows Display Drivers", "NVIDIA Display Drivers", or "Graphics Driver".
Select Delete.
To the program's question: "Do you want to delete this software?" - Answer by clicking the Delete button.
For Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8:
Go to Start > Control Panel > Programs and Features.
(For Windows 8: Click Windows+X > Control Panel > Programs and Features.)
Find in the list installed programs"Nvidia Graphics Driver" or "Graphics Driver".
Select "Nvidia Graphics Driver" and click the Uninstall/Change button.
To the program's question "Do you want to delete this software?" - Answer by clicking the Delete button.
After uninstalling the driver, restart your computer.
After uninstalling the driver, run the previously downloaded driver installation package.
The driver is installed as follows:
Accept the license agreement.
In the installation options, select "Custom installation" ("Advanced options"), click the Next button.
In the custom installation options, be sure to check the "Perform a clean installation" box and click the Next button.
After the driver installation is complete, restart your computer.
