Driver question

[Tullphan]

I got a 4850 on the way.
I just did a fresh install of XP a few days ago, but didn't install the nVidia drivers for the 7900GT that's currnetly in my system.
When I pop that 4850 in there, will I need to do anything special besides installing the Radeon drivers?
Thanks in advance.

 

[Cutthroat]

What drive is the video card using right now? The generic VGA driver, or an nvidia driver from windows update? If an nvidia driver is installed you should uninstall it first.

Otherwise, just put it in and install the catalyst 8.6's.

 

[Sylvanas]

1. Uninstall any previous Driver installations.
2. Download and run Guru3d Driversweeper
3. Reboot and load into windows, winodws might tell you it need drivers but thats ok, shut down your pc.
4. Install 4850 and fire it up
5. Install 4800 hotfix drivers listed there under 'most recent topics'

Enjoy 🙂

 

[Tullphan]

Originally posted by: Cutthroat
What drive is the video card using right now? The generic VGA driver, or an nvidia driver from windows update? If an nvidia driver is installed you should uninstall it first.

Otherwise, just put it in and install the catalyst 8.6's.

I'm assuming they're generic VGA drivers since I got the yellow exclamation point in the device manager under hardware.

 

[Tullphan]

Originally posted by: Sylvanas
1. Uninstall any previous Driver installations.
2. Download and run Guru3d Driversweeper
3. Reboot and load into windows, winodws might tell you it need drivers but thats ok, shut down your pc.
4. Install 4850 and fire it up
5. Install 4800 hotfix drivers listed there under 'most recent topics'

Enjoy 🙂

That "Hotfix" drivers...is that everything I need for the 4850?

 

[ChronoReverse]

Yup, it's a complete driver set.