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Nvidia Driver (1,174) MB.

HwaRang

By HwaRang,
Posted on: 2009-08-30 09:14 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs

 

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Hey folks,

Hope all is well. Today, I was cleaning my hard-drive of old programs and such, and I noticed that my Nvidia Driver takes 1,174 MB. I downloaded the driver a few months ago.

Er....is it me or is this unsually hoggish?

Thanks in advance.

 

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That depends. Are you talking about the driver file, or the setup program for it?

Did you download it along with Demo software? There are some driver packages that even reach into the 3GB range... but they come with trial games or other demo software usually.

 

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Originally Posted by Master-Blade View Post
That depends. Are you talking about the driver file, or the setup program for it?

Did you download it along with Demo software? There are some driver packages that even reach into the 3GB range... but they come with trial games or other demo software usually.
I'm not savvy with tech lingo, but I hope what I say helps. I don't see Demo software. And there is an Nvidia File that is taking up 80.9 MB. The number 1,174 MB comes from when I open Windows Control Panel and select to "Add/Remove Programs".

I also an icon that has Nvidia Control Panel settings (down at the right corner bottom of my screen) in toolbar. If I open it, I can adjust settings and such.

Thanks in advance.

 

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I just installed to the newest drivers today and now I see the same thing. It has to just be a reporting error. Like you said, the driver setup file is only 80mb. My add/remove programs is also saying 1322mb. It's quite odd.

It also had an upload/download icon next to it now, so I'm assuming it's maybe just something that can be upgraded depending on what your system uses... but isn't actually taking up that much space. I certainly didn't download 1Gb today.

Then again, further research shows that my c:\NVIDIA directory contains a nice handful of files that include older driver versions... totaling upwards of 700mb. That uninstaller utility might be counting all of them, as well as possibly something else... or it's reporting them in some kind of uncompressed way. I just know it wasn't reporting a size at all before I updated.

I'll look at it more later.