Installing and Updating to the newest Nvidia driver has always been a frustration for me. When I looked up step-by-step tutorials they included a lot of Terminal steps where one missed step can cause your system to be completely unusable.
Mint 17.3 has a simple way to update drivers with only a few clicks
Launch Mint Update Manager
Click Edit
Click Software sources
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Click PPA's button on the left side
Click "Add a new PPA..."
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Paste this Graphics Drivers PPA:
Click OKCode:ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
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Read up on this PPA notes
Click OK
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Click "Update the cache" on the top right
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Updating will include the new Graphics Drivers repository in your updates
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Close Update Manager
Launch Driver Manager
Code:Menu/Administration/Driver Manager![]()
Driver Manager will automatically update cache
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Check the newest Nvidia driver available for your GeForce card
Click "Apply Changes" bottom left
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Wait while it downloads and installs
Click Restart or just restart Mint from the Menu
After restarting confirm the driver is installed by opening Nvidia X Server Settings
Code:Menu/Administration/Nvidia X Server Settings
Updating Nvidia Drivers - Mint
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