84,488,480 programs installed

Should I remove NVIDIA Graphics Driver?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
3% remove it97% keep it
Overall Sentiment
Excellent
What do people think about it?
(click star to rate)
How common is it?
Global Rank #11,911
United States Rank #11,078
Reach 0.0276%

Versions

VersionDistribution
306.23 100.00%

Typically installed together

Other programs by NVIDIA

NVIDIA Graphics Driver 306.23

What is NVIDIA Graphics Driver?

The NVIDIA Graphics Driver is the software driver for the NVIDIA Graphics GPU installed on the PC. It is a program used to communicate from the Windows PC OS to the device. This software is required in most cases for the hardware device to function properly. Geforce Desktop PC graphics cards, Geforce notebook PC graphics cards and Quadro Professional graphics cards each uses a different unique driver. There are multiple ways to determine the NVIDIA display driver version that is installed on your PC. The easiest method is by inspecting the System Information through the NVIDIA Control Panel.

Overview

The setup package generally installs about 9 files and is usually about 82.14 MB (86,126,498 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.nvidia.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\Installer2\Display.Driver.2
Uninstaller: "C:\Windows\system32\RunDll32.EXE" "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\Installer2\installer.3\NVI2.DLL",UninstallPackage Display.Driver
Estimated size: 82.14 MB

Program filesFiles installed by NVIDIA Graphics Driver 306.23

  • dbInstaller.exe - GPU Settings DBInstall Application (DBInstall Application)
  • DisplayDriverExt.dll - NVIDIA Install Application (Graphics Driver Install Helper)
  • nvdispco32.dll - Display Driver Coinstaller
  • nvdispgenco32.dll - Generic Coinstaller
  • nvcplsetupeng.exe - NVIDIA Package Launcher
  • NVCPLSetupInt.exe
  • nvdispco64.dll
  • nvdispgenco64.dll
  • NvStereoUtilityOGL.exe - NVIDIA OpenGL Stereo Sample (OpenGL Stereo Sample)

How do I remove NVIDIA Graphics Driver?

You can uninstall NVIDIA Graphics Driver from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
  1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
    • Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
  2. When you find the program NVIDIA Graphics Driver 306.23, click it, and then do one of the following:
    • Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
    • Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
  3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove NVIDIA Graphics Driver.

OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 61%
Win Vista (SP1) 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 3%
Keep it 97%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#11,911

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 74.77%
Windows XP 13.44%
Windows Vista 6.45%
Windows 10 4.97%
Windows Server 2003 0.37%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Windows 7 Ultimate 35.67%
Windows 7 Home Premium 25.14%
Microsoft Windows XP 13.86%
Windows 7 Professional 10.72%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 5.18%
Windows 7 Enterprise 1.85%

Distribution by countryGeography

45.85% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 45.85%
  Iran 9.65%
  Canada 3.92%
  Australia 3.77%
  India 3.77%
  United Kingdom 3.32%
  Thailand 3.17%
  Saudi Arabia 1.96%
  Romania 1.81%
  MK 1.36%
  Croatia 1.36%
  Malaysia 1.36%
  Vietnam 1.21%
  Philippines 1.06%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Dell 21.34%
ASUS 20.38%
Hewlett-Packard 18.15%
Acer 12.10%
GIGABYTE 11.78%
Toshiba 3.18%
Lenovo 3.18%
Intel 2.55%
MSI 1.91%
Alienware 1.91%
American Megatrends 1.27%
Gateway 1.27%
Common models
ASUS All Series 4.97%
Dell Inspiron N5110 4.42%
HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... 3.31%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 3.31%
ASUSTeK G74Sx 2.76%
ASUSTeK G75VW 2.21%

About NVIDIA

Nvidia is known for its graphics processing units and dominates the high performance GPU market.
Publisher URL: www.nvidia.com

commentsComments

user comment
No one has commented yet. Help others learn more about this software, share your comments.