Question Gigabyte driver for a GTX 1080 Ti vs a Nvidea driver?

[videobruce]

I'm looking a a alternative to Nvidea's driver package w/o that bloated Control Center that gets loaded even if you use Device Manager (even thou I possible found a work-a-around). The card is Gigabytes and in their web site it shows this;

https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N108TGAMING-OC-11GD/support#support-dl-driver

My questions are;
Why are they calling it a "VGA" driver (for W10, not W11)? Are they back in the 90's, why are they using the "VGA" term???

I don't 'game', I don't need the latest/greatest version. I just don't like bloat!
This is for W10, not W11.

 

[AnitaPeterson]

In all likelihood, they've kept the VGA nomenclature over the years for the sake of cosistency. It still stands for Video Graphics Array, so it's still valid as a designation.

It's very doubtful that Gigabyte's drivers will be anything else (or better) than the regular Nvidia drivers. But you can try them and see, Maybe they have some extra fan-tuning options.

In short, nothing should prevent you from using these drivers.

 

[AnitaPeterson]

BTW, the most recent graphics driver for W10 on the Gigabyte site you posted is dated 2017. Ouch!
At least the Windows 11 drivers are fresher: they only go back to 2021....

At this point, I wouldn't bother with the Gigabyte drivers, and using them may even mess your machine.

 

[videobruce]

Understood about the VGA term, it's just kinda outdated. I just wanted to be sure it wasn't some other type of driver or for some other purpose.
I believe most of the video driver updates are game related which I could care less about.