display driver

Monitor control program

A display driver is software that enables communication between a computer's operating system and its graphics hardware.

Without it, the screen can't render images properly—you might see low resolution, visual glitches, or no picture at all.

Updating display drivers often fixes performance issues with games or video: Have you tried reinstalling your display driver?

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crash · device manager · update · install · clean install · video · card · adapter · BIOS · firmware · refresh · frame rate · screen tearing · artifact · glitch · DirectX · OpenGL · VRAM

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software versus hardware components

display drivergraphics card

Visual processing hardware

GPU · video card · graphics chip · monitor · screen

graphics vs non-visual drivers

display driverprinter driver

Software linking computer to output device

USB driver

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