Just about to RMA graphcis card - should I uninstall drivers first?

[A554SS1N]

I'm just about to RMA a faulty graphics card (pretty sure it is) after lots of corruption appearing - should I bother uninstalling the graphics drivers?

Hopefully will get direct replacement, plus I could uninstall in Safe Mode anyway I assume, after installing the new card, so should I bother trying to uninstall the NVidia drivers before I RMA - at the moment I cba to switch my other PC on again as it'll probably lock up quickly with corrptuon anyway, so am I ok to just leave the drivers as they are? I'll be getting hopefully another 7900GS anyway.

 

[Captante]

It depends on what you plan on doing while you wait for the rma... if you are going to use an old PCI (not an ATI model) card with a driver built into XP then there is no need to remove the Nvidia driver, this is also true if you have another recent Nvidia PCI/-e card you can use.

However if you plan on switching to either an older ATI PCI card or buying an ATI PCI-e card to hold you over, I strongly suggest you remove all traces of the Nvidia drivers using driver cleaner before you remove the card from your system.

 

[A554SS1N]

Well, I'll likely just use my other old PC while it's being RMA'd, as I have no spare cards, so I guess I'll just leave it for now then.

When I recieve the replacement, even though it's the same model card, would it be good practice to uninstall, then reinstall the graphics driver? Or should I just try it first and see if it's stable or not?

Thanks for replying!!!

 

[Captante]

Nope... just shut the pc down, pull out the card you'll be sending back & when the new one arrives install it, power up & you should be all set.