NVIDIA GPU driver
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The NVIDIA GPU driver is the core software component that enables an operating system and applications to communicate with and fully utilize NVIDIA graphics processing units for computation and rendering.
Observed surface forms (5)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA GPUs (via Nouveau) | 1 |
| NVIDIA GeForce drivers | 1 |
| NVIDIA Studio Driver | 1 |
| NVIDIA display driver | 1 |
| Nouveau Gallium driver for NVIDIA | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
device driver
ⓘ
graphics driver ⓘ proprietary software ⓘ |
| alternativeTo | open-source Nouveau driver (on Linux) ⓘ |
| configuredVia |
NVIDIA Control Panel (Windows)
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ⓘ
nvidia-settings (Linux) ⓘ |
| developer | NVIDIA Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributionForm | binary package ⓘ |
| enables |
GPU-accelerated computation
ⓘ
communication between operating system and NVIDIA GPU ⓘ hardware-accelerated graphics rendering ⓘ |
| includesComponent |
CUDA runtime support
ⓘ
Direct3D implementation ⓘ NVDEC video decoder support ⓘ NVENC video encoder support ⓘ OpenGL implementation ⓘ Vulkan implementation ⓘ display management utilities ⓘ kernel-mode driver ⓘ user-mode driver ⓘ |
| licenseType | proprietary license ⓘ |
| requires |
compatible NVIDIA GPU
ⓘ
supported operating system version ⓘ |
| supportsAPI |
CUDA
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Direct3D NERFINISHED ⓘ OpenCL (via NVIDIA implementation) NERFINISHED ⓘ OpenGL NERFINISHED ⓘ Vulkan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
G-SYNC variable refresh rate
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GPU overclocking controls (on supported platforms) ⓘ SLI or multi-GPU configurations (on supported GPUs) ⓘ hardware-accelerated 3D graphics ⓘ multi-monitor configurations ⓘ power management for NVIDIA GPUs ⓘ ray tracing acceleration (on RTX GPUs) ⓘ |
| supportsHardware |
NVIDIA Data Center GPUs
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NVIDIA GeForce GPUs NERFINISHED ⓘ NVIDIA Quadro GPUs NERFINISHED ⓘ NVIDIA RTX GPUs NERFINISHED ⓘ NVIDIA Tesla GPUs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsOperatingSystem |
FreeBSD
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Linux ⓘ Microsoft Windows NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| updateSource |
NVIDIA official website
ⓘ
operating system package repositories (on some Linux distributions) ⓘ |
| usedFor |
PC gaming
ⓘ
machine learning workloads ⓘ professional visualization ⓘ scientific computing ⓘ video editing and rendering ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
NVIDIA GeForce drivers
this entity surface form:
NVIDIA display driver
this entity surface form:
NVIDIA Studio Driver
this entity surface form:
NVIDIA GPUs (via Nouveau)