The file gvtdrv.sys, known as GVTDrv, is a Windows driver that belongs to software GVTDrv by Gigabyte Technology Company Ltd. Gigabyte Technology is principally engaged in the manufacture of and sale of information technology products such as computer motherboards, 3D display cards, computer peripheral products and network storage products. The driver gvtdrv.sys that is authored by Gigabyte Technology supports the functionality of the device that it supplies. It contains the codes that are called upon by an executable process to enable the device from Gigabyte Technology to communicate with the computer's operating system. A driver software like gtdrv.sys is a piece of software from the manufacturer of the hardware or peripheral device that tells the operating system how to communicate with the supported device in order to execute its functionality. The file gvtdrv.sys is a digitally signed file, which should be maintained in the system to ensure the functionality of the supported device.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. gvtdrv.sys. is used by GVTDrv, If you shut down gvtdrv.sys, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop gvtdrv.sys, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is GVTDrv, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed gvtdrv.sys

A process usually a part of an installed application such as GVTDrv, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if gvtdrv.sys. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that gvtdrv.sys, belongs to, in this case GVTDrv