Install Nvidia driver

Using Desktop UI

  • Press the Super key (Windows key) and type update manager

  • Click on the Settings button

  • Click on the Additional Drivers tab

  • Select the latest Nvidia driver version with (proprietary, tested) keyword

  • Click on the Apply Changes button and waiting some time to install Nvidia driver

  • Reboot your computer

After reboot computer successful you can verify driver by running nvidia-smi command in the terminal

Using command line

  • Open the termial by press ctrl+tor press the super key and type Terminal

  • Search Nvidia drivers

apt search nvidia-driver

# Or
apt-cache search nvidia-driver
  • Updating and installing all security and important updates on Ubuntu

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
  • Choose a driver to install from the list of available GPU drivers. The best fit is the latest tested proprietary version

  • The syntax for installing the driver is

# sudo apt install [driver_name]
sudo apt install nvidia-driver-470
  • Reboot your computer

After reboot computer successful you can verify driver by running nvidia-smi command in the terminal

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