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Should I remove NVIDIA Graphics Driver?

What percent of users and experts removed it?
9% remove it91% keep it
Overall Sentiment
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How common is it?
Global Rank #19,601
United States Rank #15,512
Reach 0.0113%

Versions

VersionDistribution
260.99 100.00%

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NVIDIA Graphics Driver 260.99

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 primary executable is named nvgenco32.dll. The setup package generally installs about 11 files and is usually about 95.68 MB (100,322,786 bytes).

Program detailsProgram details

URL: www.nvidia.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\Installer2\Display.Driver.0
Uninstaller: "C:\WINDOWS\system32\RunDll32.EXE" "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\Installer2\installer.0\NVI2.DLL",UninstallPackage Display.Driver
Estimated size: 95.68 MB

Program filesFiles installed by NVIDIA Graphics Driver 260.99

Program module:nvgenco32.dll
Name:NVIDIA Install Application
Generic Coinstaller
Path:C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\Installer2\Display.Driver.0\nvgenco32.dll
MD5:1d15db4b72e0df8444a6a721f896ffaa
Additional files:
  • dbInstaller.exe - GPU Settings DBInstall Application (DBInstall Application)
  • DisplayDriverExt.dll - NVIDIA Install Application (Graphics Driver Install Helper)
  • nvdispco32.dll - Display Driver Coinstaller
  • nvdispco64.dll
  • nvgenco64.dll - Generic Coinstaller
  • NvCplSetupEng.exe - NVIDIA Contro (Setup Launcher)
  • NvCplSetupInt.exe

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 260.99, 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) 40%
Win 7 0%
 
USER ACTIONS
Uninstall it 9%
Keep it 91%
 
GLOBAL RANK
#19,601

Windows OS versionsWindows

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
Windows 7 50.67%
Windows XP 32.74%
Windows Vista 15.70%
Windows 10 0.90%
Which OS releases does it run on?
Microsoft Windows XP 32.88%
Windows 7 Ultimate 21.17%
Windows 7 Home Premium 17.12%
Windows Vista Home Premiu... 13.51%
Windows 7 Professional 8.56%
Windows 7 Enterprise 2.70%

Distribution by countryGeography

56.85% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
  United States 56.85%
  United Kingdom 5.82%
  Canada 3.77%
  Iran 3.42%
  Romania 2.74%
  Australia 2.40%
  Israel 2.40%
  Finland 1.37%
  Indonesia 1.37%
  New Zealand 1.37%
  Philippines 1.37%
  Croatia 1.03%
  India 1.03%
  MK 1.03%

OEM distributionPC manufacturers

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
Hewlett-Packard 29.71%
Dell 21.01%
GIGABYTE 18.84%
American Megatrends 8.70%
Acer 8.70%
Intel 5.80%
Samsung 2.90%
Gateway 1.45%
Lenovo 1.45%
Toshiba 1.45%
Common models
HP Pavilion dv8 Notebook ... 4.07%
HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... 2.44%
HP G60 Notebook PC 2.44%
eMachines ET1331G 2.44%
Gigabyte M68M-S2P 2.44%
Dell XPS M1530 2.44%

About NVIDIA

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

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