Driver for NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M - downloading and installing it

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M is a Display Adapters device. The developer of this driver was NVIDIA. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10DE&DEV_1617; this string has to match your hardware.

1. How to manually install NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M driver

1. Download the setup file for NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M driver from the location below. This is the download link for the driver version 9.18.13.4790 released on 2015-03-19.
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3. Start the driver installation file from a Windows account with administrative rights. If your User Access Control Service (UAC) 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 scan your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your computer and enjoy the fresh driver, it is as simple as that.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Driver file size: 188723742 bytes (179.98 MB)
Driver rating 4.2 stars out of 9078 votes.
This driver is fully compatible with 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. Installing the NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M driver using DriverMax: the easy way

The 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 with DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Start DriverMax and press 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. Scroll the list down until you locate the NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M driver. Click the Update button.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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