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To clean-install an NVIDIA GeForce Game Ready Driver, download the driver for your exact GPU and Windows version, run its installer as an administrator, choose Custom (Advanced), and check Perform a clean installation. Close applications first, let setup finish, then restart Windows.
Before you start
- Use NVIDIA’s official driver selector to find the package for your GeForce GPU and Windows version. Driver availability varies by hardware and operating system, so do not assume a version listed elsewhere applies to your PC.
- Choose Game Ready if your priority is gaming and support for new games. NVIDIA describes Studio drivers as intended for creative applications; neither branch is a universal performance winner. NVIDIA says Game Ready drivers are tested across “thousands of hardware configurations,” without specifying an exact count. See its GeForce Game Ready Drivers page.
- Close open applications, especially GPU monitoring or tuning utilities such as Corsair iCUE and MSI Afterburner, video players, browsers, and 3D-accelerated applications. NVIDIA says they may prevent driver components from registering correctly. Also check that Windows Update is not actively running an installation in the background, which NVIDIA says can cause driver installation failure. Details are in NVIDIA Customer Care’s manual clean-install instructions, updated May 26, 2026.
Clean-install the Game Ready Driver
- Download the correct installer. Select your GeForce product and Windows version on NVIDIA’s driver download page, then download the matching Game Ready Driver.
- Start setup with administrator privileges. Right-click the downloaded NVIDIA display-driver installer and select Run as administrator. Approve the User Account Control prompt if Windows displays one. If the installer asks where to extract temporary files, NVIDIA recommends leaving the default path.
- Choose components. Select the items you want on the component screen. For a full installation, NVIDIA’s instructions select both NVIDIA Graphics Driver and NVIDIA App. The app is part of that full-install choice; NVIDIA does not say it is required to install the graphics driver by itself.
- Open the custom installation options. Choose Custom (Advanced), then click Next.
- Enable the clean-install option. On the following screen, check Perform a clean installation and continue through the installer prompts.
- Finish and restart. Allow setup to complete, then restart the PC to finalize the installation.
The display may flicker or briefly go blank while Windows replaces a display driver. This can happen during driver installation; it is not guaranteed to occur.
What the clean-install option does—and does not promise
NVIDIA documents this as a manual installation method, including for cases where an NVIDIA App driver installation has failed. The current instructions confirm the checkbox and procedure but do not specify exactly which user settings or profiles are reset. Treat it as a clean driver installation, not as a guaranteed fix for every game, graphics, or display problem, and do not assume it will improve performance.
If installation fails
- Confirm that the downloaded package matches both your GPU and Windows version using NVIDIA’s driver selector.
- Close monitoring, tuning, browser, video, and other 3D-accelerated applications before running setup again.
- Make sure Windows Update is not actively installing updates while the NVIDIA installer runs.
- Repeat the administrator launch and select Custom (Advanced) followed by Perform a clean installation.
If the same error returns or your original symptom remains, the clean-install procedure alone does not establish the cause. The appropriate next step depends on the exact GPU, Windows version, error message, and symptom.
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