Installing CUDA without replacing DisplayDriver [closed]

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I was just wondering if it would be possible to install the CUDA toolkit without replacing my Display Driver. I don't mind the other changes that the installation would make to my system, but wish to keep my current NVIDIA display driver, rather than change to the one in the CUDA installation. Therefore, is this possible, or is the replacement display driver required to develop and run cuda programmes?

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You need a display driver that is at least as recent as that included in the CUDA toolkit that you are installing. For example, Linux CUDA 5.5 requires a 319.37 or newer display driver, Linux CUDA 5.0 requires a 304.54 or newer display driver.

During the install of the toolkit, you will be prompted as to which components you want to install (driver, toolkit, samples). You can select no when prompted for the driver, if you wish to keep your driver. There are getting started guides for each of the supported platforms (windows, linux, mac).