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Going from Nvidia to Nvidia

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santaclaus

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Many people upgrade from an ATI card to an Nvidia card, and vice versa. I am upgrading from an Nvidia card to another Nvidia card that uses the exact same graphics driver. That said, if I just swap cards when I get my new graphics card, will I run into any problems at all?

Or would it be better to first remove the driver from add/remove programs, then swap cards, then reinstall the driver.

Or, as a last resort, should I format/reinstall?

Thanks
 
I've swapped mine. I had zero problems. Format/resinatll is completely unecessary. The most you probably need to do is remove via the add/remove programs and then install the new ones.

Edit: Er, why are you asking this again. Read your original thread here.
 
Originally posted by: modedepe
I've swapped mine. I had zero problems. Format/resinatll is completely unecessary. The most you probably need to do is remove via the add/remove programs and then install the new ones.
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Anyone else done this same operation?
 
I've upgraded Nvidia cards using the same Detonators many times on many different system configs and they've all worked perfect. I don't even bother with changing it to a standard graphics card first or any driver removal and reloading, just swap cards and reboot, YMMV but I doubt it.
 
The graphics card just now came in the mail, so just please someone else tell me if it's ok to just swap cards, or if i have to uninstall/reinstall the driver????
 
I would at least suggest uninstalling the det via add\remove software. You dont need to reinstall or anything with Nvidia cards.

 
Originally posted by: Genx87
I would at least suggest uninstalling the det via add\remove software. You dont need to reinstall or anything with Nvidia cards.
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So you are definetly saying just swap cards???
 
The card is sitting here right beside me, just someone please tell me what to do.


I am going from a Ti 4600 to a fx 5900 ultra
 
1 Uninstall old drivers
2 Shut down PC and unplug power supply.
3 Install Harware...
4 Install software....
 
Well, I uninstalled the drivers, shut down, then installed the new graphics card.

After that, when windows booted up, Windows tried to install the new graphics card. It did, with the exact same driver that I uninstalled😕.

WTF
 
Well next time click on the little X in the top right of the new hardware found pop-up, in short say "no bad PC", rubbing it's nose in it is optional.
 
Originally posted by: Crapgame
Well next time click on the little X in the top right of the new hardware found pop-up, in short say "no bad PC", rubbing it's nose in it is optional.
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I did push the little x, repeatedly. It didn't do anything, just kept going.

But the thing is, everything seems to be fine. It happened while I was dl the driver from the Nvidia site, windows just kind of installed the driver. Whatever.
 
Originally posted by: santaclaus
Well, I uninstalled the drivers, shut down, then installed the new graphics card.

After that, when windows booted up, Windows tried to install the new graphics card. It did, with the exact same driver that I uninstalled😕.

WTF
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That should be fine. The reason for uninstalling/installing is not so much changing the driver, but changing Registry entries. Each card(model) has some difference in features and what not, so treating it as a different card allows Windows to see the card as it is and not assume that the previous settings still apply. I kinda pulled that outta my educated ass though. 😉 😀
 
Originally posted by: santaclaus
By the way, your guy'z advice sux. I followed it, and now my computer is fuqed up.
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What kinda moron are you if you can't install a set of Detonators? There's absolutely no thinking involved, double click the damn exe file and click next until it's done. How hard is that?

BTW... the advice given was correct... how you managed to fudge it up is beyond me. If you leave a rude reply like the one I quoted, expect rude replies in return.
 
Or would it be better to first remove the driver from add/remove programs, then swap cards, then reinstall the driver.
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Yes but you don't necessarily have to reinstall the same driver; you can use a newer one if you wish.
 
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