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Installing NVIDIA STUDIO DRIVER on unsupported GPU?

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My notebook equipped with GTX965M 4GB. I am not thinking to replace this notebook anytime soon. Any tutorial how to install Studio Driver on any unsupported Nvidia GPU?? Thank you so much in advance. btw I'm gonna use this notebook for running design/editing software because I am not a gamer :)



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back then there were stuff like writing gpu HWID to .ini file of the driver... then driver could be installed to the "unsupported" card. This wasn't about the Studio driver, but, the scenario and purpose seems same to me.

this is from where you could possibly start.
 
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Unpack Studio driver eg with 7zip
Run NVCleanstall
select "use driver files on disk"
browse to the unpacked setup.exe
tick "add HW support" and select
template: any laptop GPU
id: 1427
name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

However there is no reason to do so.
"Game Ready Driver and Studio Driver are the same version so for the most part, with an exception of a flag that determines if it is detected as Studio or Game Ready, it is the same driver. So the performance should be the same across both drivers."
via https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/user/15//539523//?comment=3440593
 

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Unpack Studio driver eg with 7zip
Run NVCleanstall
select "use driver files on disk"
browse to the unpacked setup.exe
tick "add HW support" and select
template: any laptop GPU
id: 1427
name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M

However there is no reason to do so.
"Game Ready Driver and Studio Driver are the same version so for the most part, with an exception of a flag that determines if it is detected as Studio or Game Ready, it is the same driver. So the performance should be the same across both drivers."
via https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/user/15//539523//?comment=3440593
hi thank you for your reply.
I am gonna use this notebook mainly for running design and editing software as I am not a gamer :) so I am not looking for increase performance in gaming..
I am gonna try your method, I hope it works..

btw for the id should i write 10DE -1427 or just 1427 ?

thank you so much and sorry for my english
 

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back then there were stuff like writing gpu HWID to .ini file of the driver... then driver could be installed to the "unsupported" card. This wasn't about the Studio driver, but, the scenario and purpose seems same to me.

this is from where you could possibly start.
hi thank you for your reply.

can you explain how to do that? :)
 
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btw for the id should i write 10DE -1427 or just 1427 ?
Just 1427
Actually you can click the hex number on the right and it will be copied and pasted.
 
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