The manual process is time-consuming, technical, and risky, so we won’t cover it here. You can update your drivers manually or automatically.

Method 3: Bonus Tip – Check Driver Version and Update Driver AutomaticallyĪ missing or outdated device driver can bring various problems to your computer, so updating device drivers should be an always go-to option to prevent your computer from further issues. Note: the Driver version number comes from the driver installation package on the NVIDIA website, and it usually shows the last five numbers of the driver version’s full number.

There you can see the Driver version in the Details section.

Click System Information to open the driver information.

Right-click any empty area on your desktop screen, and select NVIDIA Control Panel.

In addition, you can go to the Nvidia website to detect your graphics card and driver here. Generally speaking, if you’re using the NVIDIA video cards, NVIDIA Control Panel will be installed on your computer, which is an application that manages the features of NVIDIA drivers. Method 2: Check NVIDIA driver version in NVIDIA Control Panel If this method doesn’t work for you, don’t worry. Note: the Driver Version number is the full version number.

Click the Driver tab, and you can see the Driver Version here, and also other information like Driver Provider, Driver Date.

Then double click on your NVIDIA graphics card to open the properties pane.

In Device Manager, double click Display adapters to expand it.

On your keyboard, press the Windows logo key and R at the same time to invoke the Run box.

Method 1: Check NVIDIA driver version in Device Managerĭevice Manager allows you to view and manage the hardware devices and driver software information in your computer, so you can check the driver version for your NVIDIA graphics card here.

Note: the screenshots below come from Windows 10, and fixes apply to Windows 8 and Windows 7.

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