How To Guide:
Installing NVIDIA Detonator Drivers
Written by: David Frye

There have been more than a few drivers floating around the Internet for NVIDIA based graphic cards. A few of them are the official drivers, but most of them are "leaked" drivers. Leaked drivers aren't necessarily bad; they likely have some bugs in them and offer no technical support, however they can fix and solve very specific issues. I am sure if we took a poll there are more users running the "Leaked" drivers than the official ones. The main reason of this, is the amount of leaked drivers that keep coming out, offering new technology, easier to figure out options, higher image quality and faster running of 3d games.

One important item that is usually overlooked is the correct way to get rid of your current drivers and install the new ones. The process is fairly easy and doesn't require a lot of time. Keep in mind that we have chosen the most efficient and easy way to install new drivers. There are several methods like un-installation from the Control panel's -  Add/Remove programs utility up to bluntly installing from the device manager. We chose a fairly easy and effective way.

We will now go through the step-by-step process of deleting your old files and installing the new ones.

Step 1- First, download the drivers you intend to install. (i.e. Det.3 v11.01) Most of the drivers will come in a zip format. So the next step is to unzip the files into an empty directory. The default folder is c:\unzipped\driver version. After you have done this close all the open windows and close any programs or applications you are running, because after this next step you will have to shut down.