• 1371113@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    They’ve never been hidden. You just go to the website, put in your model and download it. There’s apps that do it for you now which is where this must be coming from. Still doesn’t change the fact you can directly download the driver.

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        16 hours ago

        That’s what in used to use but there are some features you can’t access without the physx components so I get the whole package now. For baseline it’s good for sure.

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      19 hours ago

      Maybe they were harder to find on their site like a decade ago when I first got an Nvidia card and I just never tried looking again.

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        16 hours ago

        It’s been the same for 20 years at least. My first nVidia card was a geforce2 but I had an integrated SOC one that borrowed main board memory before that called a RIVA TNT 2. Prior to that had an ISA SVGA card but can’t remember who made it:

      • MrNobody@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        18 hours ago

        Nope. Always been that way. Enter model, choose platform, download drivers. Ive had to do it for at least a decade and a half since the nvidia program has never not borked out trying to update drivers.

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          17 hours ago

          you are speaking about the advanced search page, but I don’t even know how would I find it without my bookmark

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            16 hours ago

            lol. Yeah navigating any driver website is a pita. I just search nVidia driver download and it drops me there.