Can I Switch Video cards on the Fly?

[simms]

Well, I currently have an Epox 8KHA+, AMD XP 1700+ system and I have a Visiontek GF3 Ti200. I'm buying a Radeon 7500 AGP from a trader on the boards, and because he lives locally I can do the deal in person. I only have one computer that has AGP, which is currently the 8KHA+. When my friend had a couple Radeon 9000s that couldn't run on his computer, he came over, and plugged them into mine and it worked fine without installing any new drivers or such. Of course the display res and settings were set to basic, but that was fine.

If I'm to verify that this card works, can I just take out my GF3, seat in the 7500 and see if it boots (w/o drivers?), or would that cause a system crash... and cause me to reformat my HDDs, drivers, and such?

Thanks.

 

[stebesplace]

no, it will work fine. The drivers only detect back end, not front end. . .so it will pick up on some generic svga adapter drivers. Although, the nv drivers will remain installed, they will, maby, be removed from the system hardware profile list.

-Steve

 

[chizow]

LoL yep, it'll default to basic VGA settings. I thought you meant hot-swapping your video card when I read the thread tile lol!!! :Q :Q :Q

 

[simms]

LMAO, when I read it again that's what came to mind as well. So nothing bad will happen. Thanks again!

 

[ThumpR777]

I would turn off the computer first, if it was me.