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Software that allows the operating system to interface with graphics hardware.

A display driver is software that allows the operating system to interface with graphics hardware. Video hardware can be integrated into the motherboard or the CPU (often called integrated graphics), but most modern desktop motherboards and many laptop motherboards also provide expansion ports to which a graphics card can be connected. An operating system can use an integrated graphics driver, a discrete graphics card driver or both drivers if the computer has both integrated and discrete graphics processors.

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Monitor not displaying native resolution

Problem After updating my graphics driver to the latest version from NVIDIA (downloaded direct, not using Windows Update), my third monitor which is an Acer V226WL is not displaying the proper and native resolution. The native resolution is 1680 x…
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Change Overscan/Underscan settings without Catalyst Control Center

Just installed Windows 8 and downloaded the Catalyst version which ATI website recommended. However it says that it can't start! My main monitor is connected to my PC via a HDMI cable and the display is not full screen (there is a blank padding area…
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Why can't X find my vboxvideo driver?

I am running Fedora 25 as a guest in VirtualBox 5.1.14 on a Windows 10 host. I have installed xorg-x11-server-Xorg and the VBox guest additions (using the ISO provided by VirtualBox itself). The guest additions installed fine, after forcing the…
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NVidia Graphics Card Error 43?

I am using the NVidia GeForce GT745M card, and I am receiving the following error code in Device Manager: Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43) Looking at the details of the device, I see a Problem Code of…
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What is 'clean install' vs 'install' in AMD Graphics software?

I am trying to install 'Radeon Software' version 'Crimson ReLive Edition 16.12.1' When installing, I have two options: 'install' vs 'clean install'; what is the difference?
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Is it advisable to update to non-OEM Intel graphics driver on laptop?

I have a laptop, Acer Swift 3 with integrated Intel UHD 620 graphics. Today I received a notification through Intel driver support assistant that I have an update for my graphics driver but it came with the following warning attached in the picture…
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Which graphics cards can VirtualBox emulate

I'm trying to install various OSs on virtual machines. Oracle VirtualBox has some limited options about the VM's graphics, and I can't choose which graphics card to emulate. When installing an OS on a VM, it's autodetected as Standard VGA. I can…
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How to disable a plugged-in PCI-e graphic card on OS level?

I have a server running for which I want to have a possility to access it with a screen connected to VGA (very rarely, most of the time it's accessed via SSH). Therefore I have a PCI-e graphic cards plugged in and the VGA cable removed. The graphic…
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Can't start Weston anymore

For a few weeks, I haven't been able to start Weston anymore on my Arch Linux machine. My Graphics card is: $ glxinfo | grep 'renderer string' OpenGL renderer string: Mesa DRI Intel(R) Ivybridge Mobile And my mesa version is 10.5.3. And this is…
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Vostro 3700 and Geforce 330M drivers (post-300 version)

Edit: After trying again with the latest drivers and starting from scratch I've managed to get the installer to detect the card correctly, but after the install both my Intel and nvidia cards are showing up with exclamation marks in device manager.…
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Can't use 1920x1080 Resolution on Xenserver windows 7 guest

I am using Xenserver 6.2 on my dedicated server and created a windows 7 Ultimate x64 sp1 guest , and Now I am managing it remotely using Teamviewer . I have tried Powerstrip , But my Advanced Timing settings is grey. I have also tried installing…
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nVidia - Display driver stopped responding and has recovered

I keep getting this error of nVidia driver. So what it does basically first it freeze all windows then my monitor becomes black and if it recovers it gives me error message like u see in the url, if not then i just have to restart my pc. After…
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Tesla C2075 as a VGA

I'd like to use a Tesla C2075's VGA (D-SUB) DVI output. I installed the latest Quadro driver (as suggested by the NVIDIA driver finder) on the 64-bit Windows 7, but it doesn't seem to be working. E.g. I can't use Aero, can't set a larger resolution…
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How come when updating the display driver, a command line briefly shows

This is not a problem or anything I am struggling with. It's simply just making me curious. How come when updating my display driver, a blank command-line shows briefly, before the desktop shows up again? I suspect this may boil down to how a…
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Microsoft Wireless Display: black border around image (screen image is scaled down)

I've been connecting to a Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter (firmware version 2.0.8381) for the last couple years, from my Windows 10 (64-bit) laptop with an Intel HD 620 graphics chip. I have been extending the display to this external display…
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