07-02-16, 05:42 PM
Cool, yeah those files are self-executable and can't be installed by the "Choose your own driver" wizard thing 
I'm surprised it wouldn't let you install the older driver on top of the new one, the nVidia software will usually let you and you can perform a "Clean Install" which will erase the current driver first. I have nVidia cards and have had to do some extensive testing before now involving removing and re-isntalling the drivers.
Looking at a historic file I have (v. 347.25 for GeForce), you need to select "Custom (Advanced)" on the Options screen to then be able to select "Clean Install" on the next. Though looking at the help text I'm not sure that is necessary. As you can see it is allowing me to overwrite the drivers despite the new version being older than the current version
I'm surprised it wouldn't let you install the older driver on top of the new one, the nVidia software will usually let you and you can perform a "Clean Install" which will erase the current driver first. I have nVidia cards and have had to do some extensive testing before now involving removing and re-isntalling the drivers.
Looking at a historic file I have (v. 347.25 for GeForce), you need to select "Custom (Advanced)" on the Options screen to then be able to select "Clean Install" on the next. Though looking at the help text I'm not sure that is necessary. As you can see it is allowing me to overwrite the drivers despite the new version being older than the current version
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