How to properly install Nvidia GPU drivers?

klusps

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Ok first thing I would like to mention is that I used to be a AMD video card user, so the proper procedure I always took when trying to install fresh new drivers was to uninstall the AMD Catalyst software(along with the drivers), use DriveSweeper to clean any old AMD driver files, download new drivers from the official website, then install the new drivers with the AMD Catalyst software. I did this for almost two year with AMD cards and it worked flawlessly every time.

So I recently switch to an Nvidia GTX 770(about a month ago) and did the same procedure like I explained above. Every time I try to uninstall the drivers I was met with hardware issues. For example my motherboard would not detect my GPU, network adapter, or any of my display adapters.

Thankfully I got that fixed. Since I want to avoid any future hardware/device issues, I want to know, what is the proper way to install new Nvidia drivers? Do you just install the new drivers over the old ones, which I experienced can cause some stuttering problems because of conflicting driver files. Do you just do a straight install from GeForce Experience? What do you guys do?
 
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I just juse GeForce Experiance it gives you the option of performing a clean install of the drivers once they are downloaded. I don't do the clean install I just use the express install, haven't had any issues with installing drivers this way.

bharathbigb

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Hi,There is a superb software for Installing all these drivers very Quitely.Download iObit Driver Booster 2.1 or the Latest version,Make it into PRO (Get the Key from Youtube) and Install It.Now at the First start of it,It will scan for Missing,Damaged,Outdated and Corrupted Drivers and It will get Downloaded and Quietly Installed Automatically.This must fix your Problem.This is a Safer way to Deal with this Problem.Please inform me the Result after doing my Steps.Thanks.
 

beoza

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I just juse GeForce Experiance it gives you the option of performing a clean install of the drivers once they are downloaded. I don't do the clean install I just use the express install, haven't had any issues with installing drivers this way.
 
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