How Do I Install graphics drivers for gtx 1060

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I got my new linux mint 'sarah' distribution, but it is running in software rendering mode. I think it's because I have not installed any drivers for my video card, but i dont know how to install gtx 1060 drivers in linux or where to find them. On the EVGA website it only has windows drivers...
 
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dmroeder
Here's what I usually do when installing those things:

Rename the file to something easier to type (say driver.run)
In the terminal, go to the location that the driver is in (or put it in a more convenient location to navigate to)
Type "./driver.run" (without quotes)
If that doesn't work, you may have to type "sudo ./driver.run" (again, without quotes)

Hopefully you get a different result than you currently are.
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Well, thanks for that, they DO have linux drivers, but now i have a different problem. When I try to run the .run file, it is says "xed has not been able to detect the character encoding.
Please check that you are not trying to open a binary file."

http://imgur.com/a/tpzoo

this seems like the answer would be found by looking it up but I can't find anything on this error message when I put it in google, so I'm not sure what to do about it.
 
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Here's what I usually do when installing those things:

Rename the file to something easier to type (say driver.run)
In the terminal, go to the location that the driver is in (or put it in a more convenient location to navigate to)
Type "./driver.run" (without quotes)
If that doesn't work, you may have to type "sudo ./driver.run" (again, without quotes)

Hopefully you get a different result than you currently are.
 
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Feufoll

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Hello,
you tried to open it with a text editor (default software to launch a .run) ,
but .run files are executable files, you will need to launch them with a terminal,
Open a terminal
go to the directory of your file with cd
do: "sudo chmod +x your_file.run"
and after : "./your_file.run"

I think it would be good
 
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