Is reformatting required when moving from NVIDIA to ATI?

[BroadbandGamer]

I may switch over to ATI (and I may not). Am I going to have to do a clean install or will Driver Cleaner Pro be good enough?

Thanks,

 

[Wentelteefje]

Normally the presence of other drivers doesn't even cause much trouble, so uninstalling and letting driver cleaner run should be enough...

 

[moonboy403]

nope....but using drivers cleaner is recommended

 

[imported_orcus]

Only have switched once from an nVidia card to Radeon. And I didnt even unistall the original nVidia drivers. Just pulled the old card out and put the new one in. Installed the Radeon drivers, no probs. What I am missing something?

 

[Wentelteefje]

Originally posted by: orcus
Only have switched once from an nVidia card to Radeon. And I didnt even unistall the original nVidia drivers. Just pulled the old card out and put the new one in. Installed the Radeon drivers, no probs. What I am missing something?

LOL I did it the other way around but I did uninstall 'em afterwards...

Welcome to the forum to you, orcus...

 

[BroadbandGamer]

Thanks guys! I just did a clean install and I don't want to do another one for a while.

 

[ElFenix]

hell i switched from a via motherboard to an nvidia motherboard and didn't reinstall windows. a graphics card is just child's play in comparison.

 

[akugami]

To prevent driver problems, it's uaually a good idea to use Driver Cleaner and remove all older video card drivers then installing the new ones. I do this even when updating drivers and using the same card.

 

[BFG10K]

Add/remove programs before you swap the cards and it should be fine.

 

[tuteja1986]

Originally posted by: BroadbandGamer
I may switch over to ATI (and I may not). Am I going to have to do a clean install or will Driver Cleaner Pro be good enough?

Thanks,

yeah normally :! try to use a 3rd party uninstall tool for the driver :! make sure its all gone and then install the the ATI drivers.