NVIDIA GeForce Video Card Drivers v320.18 Now Available

I download using IE9 and after security scan it says it has been reported as unsafe. Happens quite often with nvidia drivers I download. Any idea why? AMD fanbois maybe or some automated hiccup? [v301.24 Beta]

@FredMac: No idea. Probably something to do with the installer included with the drivers. [v301.24 Beta]

What about drivers for Linux? [v301.24 Beta]

@LouSam: NVIDIA doesn’t release Linux drivers nearly as often as they do Windows drivers. As of the date of this comment, the latest Linux drivers are v295.40 and are available here [32-bit] or here [64-bit]. [v301.24 Beta]

I guess BEt would be better than 296.10 and others that causes Drivers Stopped and recovered crap that many users has . [v301.24 Beta]

Nvidia 301 driver update broke my screen resolution its just terrible now, it was working fine after 296 update then you guys released this trash and ive tried everything and my resolution is still terrible [v301.42]

I use Nvidia graphics card for my WindowsXP Pro OS.

AVG detects a file Windows\system32\winsys2.exe as Trojan Win32
Agent.
But official quote from MSI reads
“This is a MSI utility which is required when running MSI based utility.
If you do not want to use this file you can download and install /ise
Nvidia’s reference driver which can also work as well.
http://nvidia.com/object/winxp-2K_162.18.html”

Is it safe to leave this file alone? If I delete this file will it cause
any problem with the graphics card? [v304.48 Beta]

@Ramaswamy: The consensus seems to be that it’s a virus. Maybe that file isn’t usually a virus when it’s located elsewhere, but seems to be in this case. I’d let AVG remove it. I don’t think it’ll leave you with graphics problems. My guess is that it’s used, as MSI says, for “utility” purposes, meaning you might have problems using MSI’s graphics tools. But that shouldn’t really cause a problem. [v304.48 Beta]

not compatible nvidia gt 630M 2 gigabytes [v304.79 Beta]

@Rado: The latest driver as of this comment (v304.79 Beta) is listed as fully compatible with the GeForce GT 630M GPU. What’s the problem you’re having? [v304.48 Beta]

Tim Fisher says
I have a Lenovo G580 notebook GT 630M 304.48 failed 304.79 functionless…….drivers we wrote…..Nvidia installer cannot countinue

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=NVIDIA+Driver+Update+Installer+Error&oq=NVIDIA+Driver+Update+Installer+Error&gs_l=youtube-reduced.3..0i5.12194.12194.0.12612.1.1.0.0.0.0.144.144.0j1.1.0…0.0…1ac.V34onTexAOE

[v304.48 Beta]

@Rado1: Does Lenovo have anything to say about using drivers direct from NVIDIA? [v304.48 Beta]

I do not know… 301 does not… 304 does not… [v304.48 Beta]

@rado: I don’t think there’s ever any real guarantee that the drivers released by a chipset maker (e.g. NVIDIA) must work in the larger application of that chip. In the video card world, for example, there are some cards that simply work best with drivers compiled by the card maker. In the case of a laptop with an NVIDIA GPU, it could be that the latest driver provided by the laptop maker for the video is simply the only one that’s reliable.

Honestly, this is rarely the case anymore, but worth considering. [v304.48 Beta]

I have this problem ….. I this video is not mine…… I live Slovak

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG4S1An96CM [v304.48 Beta]

GTX580 sli “video signal disappears once game is srarted,get audio.Ubisoft support”Your video card is having issue with game’
Sounds more like “game is having problem with my video cards”
Any idea on solution [v304.48 Beta]

@Horst Ebert: I take it the video card drivers are updated? Have you tried reinstalling your Ubisoft game? [v304.48 Beta]

I Have NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M 1GB, and i just bought this laptop (Acer Aspire V3-571G), And it Says there is an update available, (Which is Verde 301.42),(Knowing that i have the 296.32ver. graphics driver), after i download the update, and run it, it says:( The graphic driver could not find a compatible graphics hardware)!!!???
Help Please…. [v301.42]

@Anwar: Have you tried running NVIDIA’s “Autodetect” program here? [v301.42]

If I installed this driver through the nvidia website, should I install it again through windows update? [v306.97]

@Junyeob: No. Some (not all) of NVIDIA’s drivers make it to Windows Update. If you have NVIDIA’s, stick with that. The option to update via Windows Update should go away the next time you check for updates. [v306.97]

This is a really bad update. installs some dll that monitors every app using registry entry AppLoad. also consumes 30% of a quad processor while sitting idle looking for updates – may be a virus bot for all I know, but anyhow 7 reboots later and im back to the older driver. [v306.97]

Update process removed NVIDIA ICON from System Tray (used for update check) (reason = NVIDIA UPDATE component gets removed) Otherwise it installs / runs okay (Win 7, 64bit) [v306.97]

The update on the 15th has locked me out of my account and set me up with a temp account. I use firefox vice MS explorer and of course all my bookmarks are now hidden to me. I have used restore to get back before the 15th update but today it just dumps me into the temp account and won’t let me go back.. I can not log on as another user as the temp account now defaults to my user profile.
It has even changed my keyboard so some keys don’t work properly. I can see my old profile, I can even access the files, but really, should I have to go through all this because of an update?

I’m scrapping my HP pavilion PC today and I’ll go buy the best apple I can find. [v306.97]

@dave: Sounds like your Windows profile corrupted… may or may not have been directly caused by NVIDIA’s update. Seems unlikely that it would be related but anything is possible. [v306.97]

For graphic card GeForce 9650M GT this the display error remains

“:Display driver NVIDIA Windows Kernel Mode Driver version 310.33 stopped working

any chance, that this might be solved somehow?

thanks

@Andrew: When does this happen? Have you reported the bug? Remember, this is a beta driver, meaning that there’s a much greater chance that you’ll see a problem with it than with the most recent non-beta driver. You’re basically NVIDIA’s guinea pig. [v310.33 Beta]

After installing the new beta,i couldn´t get the nvidia control panel open so i did was reinstall the drivers but now i can´t open the system restore what is very odd, i did a backup before install. Not working with GT 540 M. [v310.33 Beta]

I have an 8800 GTX card. Saw this driver today, and other past versions since I am on Win 7 Pro. The driver that Win installed hammered the card (as in, back to VGA 640×480) and it took me a long time to find a previous driver version that worked (archived, on an obscure site). It is V 8.17.12.6724. At the time many others had this issue. So understandably I have been gun-shy and haven’t installed any updates.

Do you know if the subsequent driver versions have improved anything major with the performance of the card? Usually what UI see with graphics card driver updates is virtually 100% gaming performance and compatibility, and I run no games at all.

Also, I have apps that use the CUDA capabilities of this card quite frequently, have any of the updates since Win 7 was released improved the CUDA performance (theoretically, at least)? [v310.61 Beta]

@the other tim fisher : Hi Tim! Sorry for the very late reply, I’ve been backlogged with emails, which also include these comment notifications. Anyway, the answer: check NVIDIA’s PDFs that come out with these releases. While the driver download page (and often myself) do not discuss the details of certain fixes, there are almost always very specific fixes for issues like you’re talking about. For example, buried deep in the Widnows 7/Vista fixes in the v310.33 PDF from NVIDIA, there was this: [GeForce 600 series]: There is green overlay flickering when playing flash videos. I see things like that all the time, some as small as that, other times driver install issues are fixed or issues causing BSODs, etc.

However, I don’t personally recall seeing anything about a specific fix for your issues on 8000 series cards. You could always report the issue, though. That’s the easiest way to let them know. [v310.61 Beta]

Hi, im having some problems with installing beta drivers for my gforce GT630M (Lenovo Z580), when i run it it says : The graphic driver could not find a compatible graphics hardware. … i dont know what to do anymore…. try to scan my CPU with autoscan at nvidia but it always says : Autoscan Failed. …

if you have any idea please help [v310.61 Beta]

@Sam: Check for video drivers from Lenovo. They may be a better fit than the ones direct from NVIDIA. [v310.61 Beta]

Hi there, NVIDIA Windows XP Display driver, Version 306.81 is since ever crashing with BSOD when I’m playing World of Warcraft. So I give your new BETA Release a chance, hopefully this fixes my problem. [v310.70 Beta]

i bought an nvidia geforce 210 64bit 1gb that was written on the box but when i used it and look at dxdiag display it shows that it is only 32bit why is that? [v310.70 Beta]

@keebs: Are you talking about the 32-bit designation on the “Current Display Mode” line in DxDiag? If so, see this. [v310.61 Beta]

Not recommended for Win8. The first time I installed it, apps stopped running. The second time, nvlddmkm, enough said… [v310.70 Beta]

I just updated my alienware to the newest nvidia update and ive rebooted it 7 times and it wont turn on, it said the drivers bad or something. what really screwed up my computer was their update before this one, it wouldnt let me use nvidia at all, but when i could it would just blue screen crash. if you have any ideas please help, because right now my computer wont even turn on after the previous update [v310.70 Beta]

This PIECE OF [admin removed word] update has DESTROYED MY LAPTOP

[admin removed word] you nivida, never using you again [v310.70 Beta]

@ W
lol, classic projection The Nvidia Update has directly destroyed your laptop in the same way as this yellow postit with a postcode written on it keeps making my PC crash whilst playing Farcry 3. Don’t assume a relation until you can prove it

Think, catalyst (not ATI, scientific catalyst) or coincidence before throwing your dummy out the pram or you might find few people are left to help you pick it up [v310.70 Beta]

I upgraded to 310.90 and since then I crash repeatedly while trying to play Second Life. Only when I’m taking high resolution photos though. That’s one of the reasons why I play SL, so you can imagine my frustration. It’s a message that the driver has encountered a problem and needs to close. In addition, now I also get an error message when I open my Photoshop c4: Photoshop has encountered a problem with the display driver and has temporarily disabled GPU enhancements. What exactly does all this mean, and do you have any ideas how to fix it please? [v310.90]

@rhoadstrips: You might want to try reinstalling DirectX, but other than that, I’d say there’s a bug in the new drivers. Try reinstalling them first but if that doesn’t work, submit a bug report to NVIDIA. [v310.90]

windows 8 doesn’t boot when I install my NVidia graphic card. It suddenly crashes. Please help me………… [v310.90]

I wonder if there are any plans for the developers to make the drivers available for GoForce Go 7 series?! [v310.90]

I have been using dell xps l502x for 1 year now it has NVidia gt540m
2gb card it was working fine until recently after updating the NVidia drivers it gave me bsod even with the latest driver 310.90
any suggestion for overcoming bsod are appreciable [v310.90]

@ankith: Can you clarify the timeline? Did you get the BSOD with a driver update prior to 310.90 and then updating to 310.90 didn’t fix the problem? Or did you get the BSOD only after updating to 310.90? [v310.90]

I can confirm the update is bad for the nvidia 8400gs on windows 8. It Updates and as the computer reboots, windows fails to load and an the screen is completely black (no blue screen to mention a start-up error) Windows cannot repair the error and in order to use the PC again a system reset or restore must be done using the installation CD.
I have tried several times and concluded the update is just not meant to be [v310.90]

i had this problem before and as well as after the update of new driver [v310.90]

Sofrustrating – 1 last ditch effort…. I have an ASUS U43 laptop with the Optimus graphics (that switch with Intel PITA graphics)…or HAD! I reinstalled Windows (Win7 HomePremium 64bit) and since, no matter what I have tried, I cannot get the Nvidia back! Tried every modified inf, betas, originals from ASUS, all to no avail. The closest I get is an error saying “Windows found a driver for your device. However this driver does not support this version of Windows” Oy. Any ideas at all? [v310.90]

BSOD right after install 310.90 driver, I have tried several time still same result [v310.90]

my asus n56vz got crazy after run this update. i am using win8 64 bit and my laptop can not enter the desktop mode after booting. before update my last driver is v310.70 please let me know how to solve this. i dont know what to do because win8 is new to me and i didnot know how to solve this problem [v310.90]

I have this problem with my nvidia card Gt 540 M on my acer…i get a bluescreen error…i thought that it was overheating but it seems not because i cleaned it recently…can u help me? any ideas?anyone with this problem?…
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1048

Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: 116
BCP1: FFFFFA8004835010
BCP2: FFFFF88008C42B10
BCP3: FFFFFFFFC000009A
BCP4: 0000000000000004
OS Version: 6_1_7601
Service Pack: 1_0
Product: 256_1 [v310.90]

just uninstall your old graphics driver & install the updated driver. it works for me. before, i always stuck at 4-bit resolution but when i uninstall the my old driver, it works fine now. [v310.90]

Having the same problem with update on windows8. Nothing but a black screen. Not sure what to do without the old drivers or a way to get in to change anything. Just put in the new operating system so I can’t even reset to an earlier time. [v310.90]

Just installed Windows 8 to my home PC (DUAL BOOT 7/32-bit and 8/32-bit). NVIDIA GeForce GT430 installed. Got the NVIDIA UPDATE 310.90, via the NVIDIA TOOL, and used the UPDATES option. It installed the drivers and wanted to reboot.

I choose yes, and now all I get is a black screen kinda looks like it is going to black and then a dark grey. Nothing else. Let it sit for 15 min, and there is no HDD activity, had to hard off the machine and go to Windows 7 to get a screen.

What gives, there are no system restore points as the OS was just installed. [v310.90]

I have an almost exact problem as (51). My laptop is an Asus, but I have the same card and driver. [v310.90]

I have found you can get legacy drivers off the Nvidia website, does anyone know, do the older drivers work? [v313.96]

@Thomas: Unless the legacy driver in question came out before the card/GPU you have, then yes, they should work. [v313.96]

NVidia update 301 has destroyed by resolutions and I cannot seem to be able to uninstall this update, WHY? ! ! ! [v313.96]

@Georgelc59: There are a few reasons this might happen, from a corrupted driver download, a virus infection you didn’t realize you had, a sudden hardware problem, a bug in the 301 update specific to something in your system, etc. You could try installing the v313.96 Beta drivers. I wouldn’t normally recommend that but since it’s newer, and doesn’t require that you manually uninstall the 301 drivers (good… since you can’t do that), it could work. [v313.96]

I just downloaded the latest update to my GeForce 6200 turbo cache and when I restarted my computer the screen resolution is all wrong. It is stuck at 640 x 460 and when I change it and click ‘apply’ it just jumps back like I haven’t tired to change it. What’s wrong with it? X [v313.96]

@Holly: Sounds like you may have a similar issue to @Georgelc59. Maybe. Did you download this newest beta driver (v313.96) or was it the last WHQL driver (v310.90)? Or do you know? [v313.96]

Hello, I have a problem with my graphics card, I have a GeForce GT 9800. When I installed the 310.90 update, I restarted my computer then my screen went blank and never came on..it just stayed black so I put my computer in safe mode and uninstalled the drivers from the update and my windows worked fine but..I can’t play any games because those drivers are installed and my screen has a horrible resolution. Please HELP I’ve been stuck with this problem for 3 months thanks. [v313.96]

@Zuhair Aslam: New drivers just came out (v314.07). Give those a shot. [v314.07]

Why cant i install the nvidia inspector, It keeps saying failure, Is it b cos im running 3X 3D screens ??? [v314.07]

@Chris: That’s probably not why. Since NVIDIA Inspector isn’t an official NVIDIA program, I’d suggest contacting the developer for help. [v314.07]

after updating my graphic card version 314.07 …. games like fifa 13 , assasins creed 3 etc aren’t working…..pls do suggest smthing [v314.07]

@mukil dev: I’d recommend uninstalling the driver and reporting the issue to NVIDIA. [v314.07]

Tried to install this driver, it ruined both of my cards. I can’t install any driver now from Nvidia or Microsoft. [v314.07]

@Dave: It’s unlikely that v314.07 “ruined” both of your video cards. Try rolling back the driver in Device Manager or uninstalling it via Programs & Features (or Add/Remove Programs in XP). If neither work, try a System Restore. [v314.07]

Hey guys installed the new graphics driver today only for my pc to go into power saver mode so i turned it off and on started windows normally only for my pc to start running extremely slow so I’ve had to uninstall the driver and seeing if going back to an older version helps but would anyone have any idea on why it would do this? [v314.07]

@Josh: Did your computer go to sleep during the update? [v314.07]

I Installed the 314 notebook drivers on an ASUS NV56VZ: i7,GT650M,8GB Ram – and suddenly all CUDA application started to freeze and BF3 crashed a lot.
Reverted back to 310.90 – all fine :S [v314.07]

Alright all, I updated the drivers for Win8 and now I am left with a black screen. I can see the mouse, but that is it. The card works on the standard win8 drivers but the quality is low. Could it be because I am using my tv as a screen or is it, as I think, I software issue? [v314.07]

@Guy Hollidge: It could be something as simple as a configuration/setting reset after the driver update. Do you have another display you can use to see if it works there? If so, you can then look at the settings. [v314.07]

Thank you so so much, I just fixed my laptop!!!! [v314.07]

I used this 314.22 driver and my zotac gtx 680 amp tend to overherat, the temp goes beyond 90C. [v314.22]

Every time I update, I get error 43 on my computer. I have a pryon desktop with nvidia geforce 630 and I have to keep rolling back to the previous update to get it to work.

I’ll rolled it back, restarted, then reinstalled the drivers and keep getting the same message.

Any ideas on how to help get rid of this error. [v314.22]

@Tania Shipman: I’d stick with the previous WHQL drivers. Wait until the next update comes out. There must be some bug specific to your setup. You could report it if you want, which would help NVIDIA solve the problem. Some other thoughts: Are you using the right drivers (desktop vs laptop)? Have you tried removing the existing drivers prior to installing the new ones (it may help)? [v314.22]

When this update is installed either by Win Update or by manual downloading, everything appears OK until you reboot. Then you are using the Microsoft default driver and Device Manager reports that the installed driver is not working.
If I roll back the drivers, everything is OK until Windows decides to update the drivers again.
I’m using Win 8 and have for monitors and two Nvidia cards GeForce 6600 GT and GeForce 9500 GT. [v314.22]

@Jim.S: My suggestion: roll back the driver installed by Windows Update, install the downloadable one from NVIDIA, then restart. Assuming it works, the pending download in Windows Update should disappear. [v314.22]

Efter installation af Windows 8 update den 20.04.2013 virkede min Nvidia driver ikke mere. Jeg havde pludselig ikke noget Nvida grafikkort mere.
Jeg downloadede herefter Nvidia v314.22 men installationen stoppede med en fejl.
Jeg har herefter installeret en backup fra den 07.04 og først installeret Nvidia v314.22. Denne installation mislykkedes også.
Som jeg ser det p.t. ser det ud til, at det både er Windows 8 og Nvida, der er problemer.
Kører nu med min backup fra 07.04 og har slået Windows update fra.
Jeg finder, at der tidligere har været problemer med Windows 8 opdateringer og finder det trættende at skulle bruge så meget tid på disse problemer. [v314.22]

i have an nvidia geforce gtx 460 and i updated to the latest driver, and when i did a benchmark test my FPS was going no higher then 10 even though before i updated mygraphics card was easily doing 40fps. so i rolled back the driver and now its back to 40fps. i wouldnt touch that update with a barge pole. [v320.18]

Hi Tim,

do you know a way to get the NVIDIA drivers to work on a Toshiba laptop?My laptop is about 4 years old now and I’m still waiting for Toshiba to provide new drivers, especially for windows 8.