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<FORMER-CONFORMED-NAME>NVIDIA CORP/CA
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<CONFORMED-NAME>Shoquist Debora
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    <periodOfReport>2008-09-17</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>NVIDIA CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NVDA</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Shoquist Debora</rptOwnerName>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <rptOwnerCity>SANTA CLARA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>95050</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Senior VP, Operations</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>10.00</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2008-09-17</value>
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            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>30000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <exerciseDate>
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            <expirationDate>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Fifty percent of the option shall vest two years and three months from September 17, 2008 which is December 17, 2010 and the remaining fifty percent of the option shall vest two years and six months from September 17, 2008 which is March 17, 2011, such that the option shall be fully vested on the two year and six month anniversary of September 17, 2008 which is March 17, 2011.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ David M. Shannon, Attorney-in-Fact for Debora Shoquist</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-09-19</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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