NVIDIA driver installation

DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) has already removed all existing GPU drivers in Safe Mode before these steps run. This ensures a completely clean driver installation.

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Installation guide for AMD GPUs

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Installation guide for Intel GPUs

Download the driver

Chrome opens to the NVIDIA driver download page. Download the latest Game Ready or Studio driver installer (.exe).

Start-Process "C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe" "https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers"

Select the downloaded file

A Windows file picker opens automatically. Select the .exe driver installer you just downloaded.

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
$Dialog = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog
$Dialog.Filter = "All Files (*.*)|*.*"
$Dialog.ShowDialog() | Out-Null
$InstallFile = $Dialog.FileName

Extract and debloat

The installer is extracted with 7-Zip to %SystemRoot%\Temp\nvidiadriver. The following components are removed before installation to strip telemetry, overlays, and unnecessary bundled software:

& "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" x "$InstallFile" -o"$env:SystemRoot\Temp\nvidiadriver" -y

Component	Description
`Display.Nview`	nView desktop manager
`FrameViewSDK`	Frame rate measurement SDK
`HDAudio`	NVIDIA HD Audio driver
`MSVCRT`	Bundled C++ runtimes (already installed by Windows)
`NvApp\CEF`	Chromium Embedded Framework (NVIDIA overlay)
`NvApp\osc`	In-game overlay
`NvApp\Plugins`	App plugins
`NvApp\UpgradeConsent`	Upgrade consent dialog
`NvApp\www`	Bundled web assets
`NvApp.MessageBus`	Inter-process messaging for NVIDIA app
`NvBackend`	NVIDIA backend services
`NvContainer`	Container service
`NvCpl`	NVIDIA Control Panel (classic)
`NvDLISR`	NVIDIA DLSS
`NVPCF`	Platform controller framework
`NvTelemetry`	Telemetry
`NvVAD`	Virtual audio device
`PhysX`	PhysX runtime
`PPC`	Power policy controller
`ShadowPlay`	Recording and streaming overlay
`NvApp\7z.dll` / `NvApp\7z.exe`	Bundled 7-Zip binaries
`NvApp\DarkModeCheck.exe`	Dark mode detection utility
`NvApp\InstallerExtension.dll`	Installer extension
`NvApp\NvApp.nvi`	NVIDIA app NVI config
`NvApp\NvAppApi.dll`	NVIDIA app API library
`NvApp\NvAppExt.dll`	NVIDIA app extension
`NvApp\NvConfigGenerator.dll`	Config generator

Install

The driver is installed silently with no reboot, no EULA prompt, and a clean install flag that removes any remnants of a previous driver.

Start-Process "$env:SystemRoot\Temp\nvidiadriver\setup.exe" -ArgumentList "-s -noreboot -noeula -clean" -Wait -NoNewWindow

Flag	Effect
`-s`	Silent install
`-noreboot`	Suppress automatic reboot
`-noeula`	Skip EULA prompt
`-clean`	Clean install — removes old driver components

Install NVIDIA Control Panel

The NVIDIA Control Panel is installed from the Microsoft Store via winget using its Store product ID. Winget is removed after use.

Start-Process "winget" -ArgumentList "install `"9NF8H0H7WMLT`" --silent --accept-package-agreements --accept-source-agreements --disable-interactivity --no-upgrade" -Wait -WindowStyle Hidden

# Remove winget after use
Get-AppxPackage -allusers *Microsoft.Winget.Source* | Remove-AppxPackage

9NF8H0H7WMLT is the Microsoft Store product ID for the NVIDIA Control Panel UWP app.

Post-install cleanup

The original installer file and NVIDIA driver cache folder are removed.

# Remove driver cache folder
Remove-Item "C:\NVIDIA" -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

# Remove original installer
Remove-Item "$InstallFile" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

Apply settings via registry

Performance and privacy settings are written directly to the GPU device registry keys under HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4d36e968-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}.

; Disable Dynamic Pstate — prevents GPU power state switching for consistent performance
[HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4d36e968-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}\<adapter>]
"DisableDynamicPstate"=dword:00000001

; Disable HDCP — removes content protection overhead
"RMHdcpKeyglobZero"=dword:00000001

; Allow GPU profiling counters to all users
"RmProfilingAdminOnly"=dword:00000000

; PhysX set to GPU
[HKLM\System\ControlSet001\Services\nvlddmkm\Parameters\Global\NVTweak]
"NvCplPhysxAuto"=dword:00000000

; Developer settings visible in NVIDIA Control Panel
"NvDevToolsVisible"=dword:00000001

; GPU profiling counters accessible globally
"RmProfilingAdminOnly"=dword:00000000

; Disable system tray icon
[HKCU\Software\NVIDIA Corporation\NvTray]
"StartOnLogin"=dword:00000000

; Enable Legacy Image Sharpening (written to three locations)
[HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\nvlddmkm\FTS]
"EnableGR535"=dword:00000000

[HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\nvlddmkm\Parameters\FTS]
"EnableGR535"=dword:00000000

[HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\nvlddmkm\Parameters\FTS]
"EnableGR535"=dword:00000000

Setting	Value	Effect
`DisableDynamicPstate`	`1`	Locks GPU performance state, prevents clock throttling
`RMHdcpKeyglobZero`	`1`	Disables HDCP content protection overhead
`NvCplPhysxAuto`	`0`	Sets PhysX processing to GPU
`NvDevToolsVisible`	`1`	Shows developer settings in NVIDIA Control Panel
`RmProfilingAdminOnly`	`0`	Allows GPU performance counters without admin rights
`StartOnLogin`	`0`	Disables NVIDIA system tray icon at startup
`EnableGR535`	`0`	Enables legacy Image Sharpening feature

Additionally, NVIDIA Driver Settings (DRS) files are unblocked at C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\Drs to ensure NVIDIA Inspector profile changes can be applied:

Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\Drs" -Recurse | Unblock-File

Import NVIDIA Inspector profile

A .nip profile file is written to %SystemRoot%\Temp and imported into NVIDIA Inspector silently. Settings are applied globally to the Base Profile.

Start-Process -Wait "$env:SystemRoot\Temp\inspector.exe" -ArgumentList "-silentImport -silent $env:SystemRoot\Temp\inspector.nip"

Latency and sync settings

Setting	Value	Description
Maximum Pre-Rendered Frames	`1`	Reduces render queue depth for lower input latency
Ultra Low Latency - CPL State	`2`	Enables CPL latency control
Ultra Low Latency - Enabled	`1`	Activates Ultra Low Latency mode
Vertical Sync	`138504007`	VSync off
Vertical Sync - Tear Control	`2525368439`	Adaptive tear control
Preferred Refresh Rate	`1`	Always use highest available refresh rate
GSYNC - Application Mode	`0`	G-Sync disabled for applications
GSYNC - Application State	`4`	Application G-Sync state
GSYNC - Global Feature	`0`	G-Sync globally disabled
GSYNC - Global Mode	`0`	G-Sync mode off
GSYNC - Indicator Overlay	`0`	G-Sync indicator overlay off
Frame Rate Limiter V3	`0`	Frame rate limiter disabled
Vulkan/OpenGL Present Method	`0`	Default present method

Texture and antialiasing settings

Setting	Value	Description
Antialiasing - Gamma Correction	`0`	AA gamma correction off
Antialiasing - Mode	`1`	Application-controlled antialiasing
Antialiasing - Setting	`0`	No forced AA
Anisotropic Filter - Optimization	`1`	AF optimization enabled
Anisotropic Filter - Sample Optimization	`1`	AF sample optimization enabled
Anisotropic Filtering - Mode	`1`	AF mode on
Anisotropic Filtering - Setting	`1`	AF setting level
Texture Filtering - Negative LOD Bias	`0`	Clamp negative LOD bias
Texture Filtering - Quality	`20`	High performance texture filtering
Texture Filtering - Trilinear Optimization	`0`	Trilinear optimization off

Performance and compute settings

Setting	Value	Description
Power Management - Mode	`1`	Prefer Maximum Performance
CUDA - Force P2 State	`0`	CUDA P2 state forcing disabled
CUDA - Sysmem Fallback Policy	`1`	CUDA system memory fallback policy
Shader Cache - Cache Size	`4294967295`	Unlimited shader cache
Threaded Optimization	`1`	Threaded optimization enabled
OpenGL GDI Compatibility	`0`	OpenGL GDI compatibility off

Get Started

How It Works

What Gets Configured

GPU Drivers

Troubleshooting

NVIDIA driver installation

AMD drivers

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