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Many of you know how difficult it is for companies to push their software when they don't want to install it. Nvidia is also guilty of that. If you are a Nivida GPU user, you know that when you install drivers for your GPU, an additional program called Geforce Experience is also installed with the drivers. If you search for this program, that's fine, but many people find it useless, since there are several starter programs for all online games these days. All these programs running in the background can slow down your computer, especially if their specifications are not top notch. However, thanks to the latest Nvidia driver, you can now install the GeForce driver even without any experience with GeForce.
Previously, there was a way to bypass the installation of the Geforce Experience program, but you had to select custom installation throughout the installation procedure to manually choose Geforce Experience from the list of services to be installed on your computer.
This does not mean that Geforce Experience is a redundant program, on the contrary, it can be useful if you want your games to be automatically optimized for the hardware that you have installed on your computer. It is also the entry level program for many users looking to register their games. At the same time, it also has other sophisticated features. That way, you might want to try it out before choosing whether or not you want it.
How to install NVIDIA drivers without GeForce Experience
Once you have verified the above listing, you can install your NVIDIA drivers. This procedure is simple, as long as you make sure you make the right decisions.
To get started, go to the NVIDIA driver download page. Here you will find a series of drop-down lists where you will be able to indicate the product you have. Next, we will review each of these drop-down lists:
- Product Type: If you've bought a graphics card for gaming or general use, it's most likely a "GeForce."
- Product Series: If you purchased a recently manufactured card, it is most likely a “GeForce 10 Series”, “GeForce 16 Series” or “GeForce RTX 20 Series”. If you are using a notebook, be sure to choose the selection with the "(notebooks)" suffix.
- Product: Here you select the actual model of your graphics card.
- Operating system: Here you indicate which operating system your computer uses.
- Windows Driver Type – We suggest choosing “Standard” here. Once you have installed the GeForce Experience software with its driver, it will automatically update to DCH if it requires this type of software.
- Download Type: Requires Game Ready Driver (GRD).
Once you have made your selection, click 'Search' and you will be directed to the respective page. From here, click "Download" and then install the software.
To understand which NVIDIA graphics processor you have
- To check which NVIDIA GPU you have on your Windows 10 computer, open Task Manager. You can do this by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Esc or by right-clicking on the taskbar and selecting "Task Manager".
- Click on the "Performance" tab at the top of the Task Manager window. If necessary, click "More details" at the bottom of the Task Manager window to expand Task Manager and display the tabs.
- Select the "GPU" entry in the sidebar. Look for your GPU name in the top right corner of the Task Manager window.
- If you have multiple GPUs on your system, click on each one and check the names. If you have a gaming laptop, it probably has NVIDIA and Intel graphics cards. Look for the name of the NVIDIA GPU.
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