Nvidia makes a variety of popular video cards, tablets, streaming boxes, and cloud computing services. Windows usually handles video cards by installing drivers in the background that are managed by Microsoft. But Nvidia produces its own packages every few weeks, which include drivers and a management platform it calls GeForce Experience. GeForce Experience checks for updates to your Nvidia video card drivers, helps optimize game performance, and collects all your games under one roof.
Pros
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Automatic driver update checks: Nvidia produces a new set of drivers every few weeks, but you don't have to look for them -- the software automatically checks for updates. Automatic checks are good for security, since out-of-date software is a major access point for malware, and updates also get you new drivers that add support for new games.
Respectable video recording and broadcasting features: Though not as extensive as professional-grade video recording and broadcasting, ShadowPlay is impressive for a free product. You can leave it on all the time, or tell it to save up to the last 20 minutes of activity, and you can set a variety of quality levels.
Collects all your PC games into one library: While Steam is the most popular PC gaming platform out there, competitors like GOG and Origin aren't going away any time soon. With GeForce Experience, you can see your whole installed game collection without having to navigate between multiple apps. You can manually add file folders if GeForce Experience doesn't detect all your games on its own.
- Oct 21, 2013 NVIDIA Graphics Driver Update Hello, On April 10th, I received an update to my GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 through Windows update (was marked as an important update). I know you worked it out, but if you have problems downloading driver updates you can always go to Windows Icon on the bottom left of your screen.
- The Driver Update Tool – is a utility that contains more than 27 million official drivers for all hardware, including nvidia geforce gtx880m driver.
Cons
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Requires registration: Since October 2016, you have to create an Nvidia account with a username and password and log in when you open GeForce Experience. You can't get driver updates, one-click performance optimization, or the unified game library until you do. You can still access the Nvidia control panel through the right-click menu on your desktop, but you'll have to manually check for driver updates by comparing your version to the most recent one on the GeForce website (or here on Download.com by searching for 'Nvidia graphics driver'), which is disruptive even for technical users. If you don't want Nvidia to collect your user data (such as your email address, which games you've installed, and which internal components are in your PC), then you'll have to forgo GeForce Experience. Some of GeForce Experience's data collection is used to enable its one-click optimization settings; after all, it can't optimize for your components if it doesn't know what they are. Still, we'd prefer to be able to disable data collection.
Drivers sometimes don't update cleanly: By the law of averages, the more you update your drivers, the more likely it is that you'll run into a conflict. And the Nvidia driver package contains multiple selectable components, greatly increasing the number of potential outcomes that you might have to troubleshoot. Solving software conflicts frequently requires the use of an unofficial tool like Display Driver Uninstaller to reset your video card driver environment, which can be a hassle.
Driver Restore, is a widely used driver update software to fix outdated or missing drivers in Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista & XP. Described below is a step-by-step instruction plan to help update your driver using Driver Restore.
Bottom Line
If you're willing to deal with a login procedure, then GeForce Experience provides Nvidia customers a helpful set of tools to get the most out of their PC games and video cards.
What do you need to know about free software?
NVIDIA released GeForce drivers version 431.70 on July 29, 2019.
This is the latest version of these drivers available for most NVIDIA-based video cards.
This is the final, WHQL version of these drivers and replaces all previously available drivers. You should install v431.70 if you have a supported NVIDIA GPU running any previous driver release.
If you have any previous beta version of this driver installed, please update to v431.70 as soon as possible. It's almost always a better idea to have the WHQL certified version of a driver installed.
See What Version of This Driver Do I Have Installed? if you're not sure which NVIDIA GeForce driver version you have installed.
Changes in NVIDIA GeForce v431.70
Here are details on some of the new features, fixes, and other changes in v431.70 compared to the previous release:
- Added support for Windows 10 May 2019 Update (includes Variable Rate Shading)
- Added support for the following products: GeForce GTX 1650 desktop, GeForce GTX 1660 Ti notebook, and GeForce GTX 1650 notebook
- Fixed memory leaks when launching games
For complete information on v431.70, see Release 430 Graphics Drivers for Windows, Version 431.70, a PDF file on NVIDIA's website.
Download NVIDIA Video Card Drivers v431.70
Most NVIDIA GPUs are fully supported with the v431.70 driver in most current versions of Windows, which might include Windows 10, Windows 8 (including Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.1 Update), or Windows 7.
Sometimes, NVIDIA will release an update for only one operating system, like just 64-bit versions of Windows. The others eventually update but usually not as quickly as Windows 10.
The following downloads are for Desktop GPUs ONLY. These are the NVIDIA drivers you need if you have a c ION/ION LE or GeForce GPU installed in your desktop computer.
These downloads are for Notebook GPUs ONLY. These are the NVIDIA drivers you need if your laptop, netbook, notebook, or tablet is powered by a NVIDIA ION/ION LE or GeForce GPU.
Not sure if you should download the 32-bit or 64-bit driver? See Am I Running a 32-bit or 64-bit Version of Windows? for help. If you need even more assistance, head over to the GeForce Drivers page and select the green DOWNLOAD button to get GeForce Experience.
NVIDIA Drivers for Windows Vista & XP
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NVIDIA supports Windows Vista and Windows XP less and less with each new GPU and driver release. However, they do support many GPUs on Windows Vista and XP with their v365.19 (Vista) and v368.81 (XP) drivers, the newest drivers available for those versions of Windows.
You can download the Windows Vista 64-bit driver here or the 32-bit driver here.
You can download the Windows XP 64-bit driver here or the 32-bit driver here.
These drivers are only designed for desktop GPUs but you may have luck getting them to work on your notebook or laptop PC. If not, check with your computer maker for better drivers or with NVIDIA for an older release.
Other NVIDIA Drivers
Other downloads like nForce drivers, GeForce drivers for non-Windows operating systems, previous driver releases, and much more, can be found on the GeForce Drivers page.
If you're using a relatively recent version of NVIDIA's GeForce drivers, just right-click on the NVIDIA icon in the system tray and choose Check for updates. You can download and install the driver automatically from there. If you want to be prompted for beta driver updates, be sure to check the appropriate box in the Preferences tab.
Nvidia Update Utility
If you're looking for an up-to-date resource on new drivers, see our Windows 10 Drivers, Windows 8 Drivers, or Windows 7 Drivers lists. We keep those pages updated with information and links to new drivers available from NVIDIA and other major hardware makers.
Other Ways to Get New NVIDIA Drivers
NVIDIA's GeForce Experience can be installed to detect NVIDIA drivers that need to be installed. This makes it very easy to not only know when the drivers need to be updated but also where, exactly, to get the updates — the program will do it for you.
Another automatic way to download and install NVIDIA drivers is a free driver updater tool.
Even though downloading drivers straight from the manufacturer is always preferred, you can instead go through a third-party. See these driver download websites for some examples.
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Having Trouble With These New NVIDIA Drivers?
A good first step if your newly installed NVIDIA drivers don't work is to uninstall the NVIDIA installation package that you just ran and then reinstall it. You can do this from the appropriate applet in Control Panel.
If you can't reinstall the NVIDIA package for some reason, try rolling back the driver, also something you do from Control Panel. See How to Roll Back a Driver for detailed instructions in all versions of Windows.