I Have the Honor of Asking the Silly Question of the Day

[308nato]

......and hitting enter by accident while doing it

Until recently I had never used an Ati card before. I gave my mom my overclocked 1.6a rig for Christmas. She doesn't really need a ti-4600 so I bought her a retail 64meg Radeon 8500 *built by ATi* off FSFT. I must say that I was impressed with the quality of the display it gives. Used the 2.3 catalyst drivers and had no issues at all.

So, I bought another identical card off FSFT for my brother for Christmas. Can I pull ma's card and put the one I just got for my bro in to check it out to make sure it functions properly? It is the exact same card but say it had a different bios, memory or something I probably wouldn't understand or know about....it wouldn't fubar ma's rig would it ? I don't want to hose a sweet running instal or deal with mom about it later. I will turn 40 Sunday but she has no qualms about ripping me a new one when she deems it necessary.

Its an MSI 845 Ultra ARU running XP with the 2.3 Catalyst drivers installed.

Thanksabunch !!!!

 

[Wolfsraider]

shut down remove moms card reinstall new card turn computer on

shouldnt be any problems

i have done this before and never had any problems

 

[Viper96720]

Should be fine.

 

[Vortex22]

I have gone from an original Radeon to an 8500 and back without problems using that method.

 

[308nato]

Thanks a lot ! Appreciate the help as always.

 

[Peter]

The other card's BIOS will teach your installed driver about the subtle differences. Card swapping should not be a problem at all.