NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - two ways of downloading and installing the driver

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 is a Display Adapters device. This driver was developed by NVIDIA. PCI/VEN_10DE&DEV_161A&SUBSYS_17581458 is the matching hardware id of this device.

1. NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 - install the driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 driver from the link below. This is the download link for the driver version 27.21.14.5206 released on 2020-08-12.
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3. Run the driver setup file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your User Access Control (UAC) is started then you will have to confirm the installation of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be quite easy to follow. The driver setup wizard will scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the fresh driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Size of this driver: 286478337 bytes (273.21 MB)
This driver received an average rating of 4.2 stars out of 73126 votes.
This driver was released for the following versions of Windows:

• 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

2. How to use DriverMax to install NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 driver

The most important advantage of using DriverMax is that it will setup the driver for you in just a few seconds and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's see!

1. Open DriverMax and click on the yellow button named ~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 detected driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 driver. Click on Update.
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5. Finished installing the driver!
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