Any device installed inside the computer's system unit or connected to it needs the availability of drivers that ensure the possibility of its correct and stable operation. Graphic adapter or video card is not an exception to this simple rule. This article will tell about all the functions of downloading and the subsequent installation of the driver for the GeForce 8600 GT from NVIDIA.
Driver search for GeForce 8600 GT
The graphics card, considered within the framework of this material, is no longer supported by the manufacturer. But this still does not mean that it is impossible to download it for her work. Moreover, it can be done by several methods, and we will tell about each of them below.This is a description of the first method providing the ability to download the driver for the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT graphics card, can be considered completely ended. We recommend to familiarize yourself with the other options for implementing this procedure.
Method 2: Special service on the site
If you carefully followed the progress of the first method, then when switching to the link specified at its beginning, it could notice that we selected option 1. The second option specified under the field with the video card parameters allows you to exclude such a routine and not always a possible process as Manual input of the characteristics of the device under consideration. This will help us with a special NVIDIA web service, whose work we will consider below.
Note: To use this method, the presence of the latest version of Java is required, you can read more about updating and installing in a separate manual on our website. In addition, browsers are not suitable for searching the driver, which are based on the Chromium engine. The optimal solution is one of the standard web browsers, whether Internet Explorer or Microsoft EDGE.
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Online service NVIDIA
- The transition along the above link will launch the automatic scanning process of the system and your graphics adapter. Wait for the end of this procedure.
- After a small check, you may receive a request to use Java, give permission by clicking "RUN" or "Start".
If, instead of determining the parameters of the video card, the web service will offer you to install Java, use the link to the program from the note above to download it and the link to the installation instructions. The procedure is simple and implemented by the same algorithm as the installation of any program.
- When scanning is completed, the service will determine the technical characteristics of the video adapter. Make sure that the "Product" field specifies exactly the GeForce 8600 GT, and click "Download" or "Download".
- Starting the installation program will begin. Upon completion, start it and implement it, if necessary, contacting the instructions from the previous method (paragraphs 5-11).
As you can see, this video card driver search is somewhat simpler from which our article began. It is noteworthy in the first place that allows you to save a little time, having relivered us with you from the need to enter all the parameters of the video card. Another non-obvious plus is the online NVIDIA service will be useful not only in the case of GeForce 8600 GT, but then when accurate information about the graphics adapter is unknown.
See also: How to find out the model of the NVIDIA video card
Method 3: Brand Software
When considering the "selective installation" described in the first method of this article, we mentioned NVIDIA GeForce Experience. This branded application allows you to optimize the system and a graphics card in computer games, but this is not the only opportunity. This software (default) starts with the start of the system, works in the background and regularly refers to NVIDIA servers. When a new version of the driver appears on the official website, the GeForce Experience displays the appropriate notification, after which it remains to just go to the application interface, download, and then install software.
Important: Everything in the same first way we have been said about the termination of the support of the GeForce 8600 GT, so this method will be useful only if the system is installed unofficial or simply a more old driver other than on the NVIDIA website.
Read more: Updating Video Card Driver using GeForce Experience
Method 4: Specialized Programs
There are a number of highly specialized programs, the only (or basic) function of which is the installation of missing and updating outdated drivers. Such a software is especially useful after reinstalling the operating system, as it allows you to literally in a couple of clicks to equip it with necessary software, and with it they can be installed and necessary to each browser, audio, video player. You can get acquainted with such programs, the basic principles of their work and functional differences you can in a separate article on our website.
Read more: Programs for installing and updating drivers
What kind of software solution from those that are presented in the material on the link, choose, solve only you. For our part, we recommend paying attention to DriverPack Solution - the program endowed with the largest database of supported devices. She, like all products of this type, can be used not only with NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT, but also to ensure the normal functioning of any other hardware component of your PC.
Read more: How to use Driverpack Solution to update drivers
Method 5: Equipment ID
ID or equipment identifier is a unique code name that manufacturers are manufactured by the devices. Knowing this number, you can easily find the required driver. The first thing that is required for this is to find out the ID itself, the second is to enter it in the search field on a special website, and after - download and install. To view the GeForce 8600 GT identifier, contact "Device Manager", find a video card, open it "Properties", go to "information" and already choose the ED ED END. We simply make your task and simply provide the ID of the graphics adapter considered under this article:
PCI \ Ven_10de & Dev_0402
Now copy this number, go to one of the web services to search for the ID drive, and insert it into the search string. Specify the version and bitness of your system, initiate the search procedure, and then select and download the latest version of software. The installation proceeds in the same way as described in 5-11 points of the first method. What sites provide the opportunity to search for the driver by ID and how to work with them, you can learn from a separate manual.
Read more: How to find a driver by ID
Method 6: Operating System Tools
Above, we casually mentioned the "Device Manager" - the standard section of Windows. By contacting it, you can not only see the list of installed on the computer and connected equipment, view the general information about it, but also update or install the driver. It is done quite simply - find the necessary hardware component, which in our case is the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT video card, call it the context menu (PCM), select the "Update Driver" item, and then "Automatic Search for Updated Drivers". Loading the end of the scanning process, and then just follow the tips of the installation wizard.
About how to apply the "Device Manager" toolbox to search and / or update drivers, you can learn from our separate article, referenced below.
Read more: Update and install drivers with standard operating system tools
Conclusion
Summing up all the above, we note that downloading and installing the driver for the NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT video adapter - the procedure is simple. Moreover, several options for solving this task are available to the user's choice. Which one to choose is the personal matter of everyone. The main thing is to save the executable file for subsequent use, since support for this video card has stopped at the end of 2016 and sooner or later the software you need can disappear from free access.