This tag is for a series of graphics cards made by Nvidia. Use this tag if your question is about installing, configuring, troubleshooting or otherwise using Nvidia graphics cards and related drivers or software.
Questions tagged [nvidia-graphics-card]
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How to backup Nvidia Control Panel preferences?
Every now and then I have to perform a fresh reinstallation of Nvidia drivers. This always results in losing all configuration settings.
According to this post Control Panel preferences are stored in nvdrsdb0.bin and nvdrsdb1.bin files in…
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Why won't NVIDIA control panel change my settings?
While tweaking around in the "Manage 3D Settings" and in the "Global Settings", I wanted to play around with some of the options, like change my performance mode to single display vs multiple display. When I apply the settings, an error message…
Mr McClean
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Nvidia - Nview Manager - missing?
I have updated my Nvidia Drivers and found that the NView Desktop Manager is missing. After some searching it seems that it is not included in the latest driver bundle.
Does anyone know where and how I can install the NView Desktop Manager?
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NVIDIA control panel crashes with data execution prevention message
I'm running a Windows 7 desktop with an NVIDIA GeForce 210 display adapter. It was working fine until I upgraded my ~1 year old video drivers to the now-current release version 285.62. Now, when I launch NVIDIA Control Panel, the program crashes…
Eric J.
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Do I need to keep my gpu control panel active?
I've been using onboard graphics for the longest time.
But I finally got a gpu. A low end one but still better than onboard.
But when I put the gpu in, it installed nvidia geforce experience.
And I'm just wondering, do I need to keep that running…
brandon
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Can a single nVidia GTX 1080 drive more than 4 monitors?
The maximum resolution for an nVidia GTX 1080 is 7680x4320. If I have 6 screens with a total resolution bellow that number, is it possible to drive them with a single card? How do I connect them since the card only has 3 display ports and 1 HDMI…
Pablo Fernandez
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How to underclock my graphic card with software
I need to underclock my graphic card. Is there any easy way?
My graphic card is nvidia gtx 850m.
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Driver update following graphic card replacement
My previous graphic card died so I bought new one. Now I should do software installation, but my CD drive is not working.
I play lot of games, what will happen if I continue playing games without software installation? Will my new graphic card die?…
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Enable nView Desktop Manager on startup
I have nView Desktop Manager 146.33 installed on my computer, and I use it to manage windows across my screens. However, I have to manually open and enable it every time my computer is booted. Is there a way to automatically enable nView on startup?
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Difference in the final letter 'N' of a Nvidia graphic card
I'm wondering whether there is difference between a Nvidia GTX560N and a GTX560 graphic card.
What does the N suffix stand for?
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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Armor 8G glitch
I and my friend just bought two Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Armor and sometimes the screen becomes noisy as the video for both of us. We have the same PC and monitor.
This happens when I leave the PC for a while without doing anything and restarting the…
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Turn down sharpness laptop display
How can i turn down the sharpness on a laptop screen at 1080p? my old laptop was 1080p and didnt have sharpness i have 2 cards 1 nvidia 940m and the other is a intel hd 4600 please help cause this sharpness annoys me.
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GTX 660 fan fault, not running under normal operation
Had several crash to black screens today, popped open my case while up and running to find the fan not spinning at all.
Fan spins momentarily on boot (~1 second)
Fan then stops
Play game, temp goes > 100degC
Card panics, screens go black, system…
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Finding the right size video card for a mini-tower
I have a Dell Optiplex 755 Mini-Tower at work, which means the case is about 4 inches wide. I had a look inside, and the video card it's got is pretty small and compact.
It currently has an ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT installed. I'd like to get any…
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Gtx 770 crashing when opening games
My gtx 770 has started crashing when I open games and my windows taskbar has small pixels that disappear after a few seconds and this repeats all the time.
Minecraft and league of legends are worst; they give me huge texture bugs and random colored…
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