Migrating from ATI to NVIDIA

[jgbishop]

I am receiving a GeForce 6800GT card in the mail today, and it will be replacing my ATI Radeon 9700 Pro. I have two questions concerning the migration:

1. I know I should use DriverCleaner to remove the current ATI drivers, but in what order do I do things (rebooting to safe mode, etc)?

2. What NVIDIA drivers are recommended? Should I just use the latest official ones?

Thanks!

 

[RobFDB]

If you want to be 100% proper about it i'd do the following.

1) Uninstall the drivers in windows. Then either:

1a) Run driver cleaner.

or

1b) Reboot into safe mode and run driver cleaner.

2) Turn off, replace the ATI with Nvidia and boot up.
3) Install the Nvidia drivers.
4) Reboot one last time and you'll be all set.

That should set you.

 

[McArra]

About the best drivers, IMO XG77.62 type 3 are the very best in IQ/performance /stability ratio.

 

[swatX]

recommended thing to do is a complete reformat to get the maximum performence but thats upto you

 

[jgbishop]

Originally posted by: swatX
recommended thing to do is a complete reformat to get the maximum performence but thats upto you

I'm not going to go through all that trouble. I'm not looking for hardcore performance anyways...

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: jgbishop
I am receiving a GeForce 6800GT card in the mail today, and it will be replacing my ATI Radeon 9700 Pro. I have two questions concerning the migration:

1. I know I should use DriverCleaner to remove the current ATI drivers, but in what order do I do things (rebooting to safe mode, etc)?

2. What NVIDIA drivers are recommended? Should I just use the latest official ones?

Thanks!

There should be a text document that accompanies the Driver Cleaner Program that give you explicit instructions as per your operating system.

 

[Killrose]

To remove the Ati drivers you should:

(1) remove the Catalyst control Center (do not re-start).

(2) remove Catalyst Display Driver and now re-boot into Safe Mode.

(3) run driver cleaner.

(4) make sure anti virus software is disabled and load nVidia drivers.

(5) edited for nearsightedness 😉

 

[solofly]

Originally posted by: Killrose

(5) hopefully there is a notacable speed increase for you going from a 9700pro to a 6600gt that you are'nt dissapointed you did'nt at least get a 6800 vanilla :evil:

Look again. He said 6800GT...

 

[Killrose]

Originally posted by: solofly

Originally posted by: Killrose

(5) hopefully there is a notacable speed increase for you going from a 9700pro to a 6600gt that you are'nt dissapointed you did'nt at least get a 6800 vanilla :evil:

Look again. He said 6800GT...

LOL!! so he did.

 

[hans030390]

First off, good choice on a new card, and congrats!

Second off, Im not exactly how to uninstall the ati CC because i never had it, but once you uninstall that and catalyst, just start the computer in safe mode, run driver cleaner (run cab cleaner as well in the tabs on top) and then delete anything that has ATI on it.

Switch cards

If its an AGP card make sure you hook up the 4-pin molex to the 6800gt

start up the computer and install the new drivers (i recommend the newest from Nvidia at nvidia.com which are the 77.72)!

Enjoy! And if you want, you can overclock the card with coolbits (just search at google).

 

[Lord Banshee]

Not sure what the need to run driver cleaner is.

1) Uninstall ATI Software Remover in Add/remove Programs in the control panel and it will remove the ATI control panel and Drivers.

2) Restart

2) Install Nvida drivers with with it's installer (ie hit cancel to anything windows pop up about found new device blah blah).

3) Restart

4) depends on driver it might tell you to restart again

5) Enjoy

 

[jgbishop]

Thanks for everyone's help! I have successfully swapped the cards and am now enjoying a 6800 GT! 😀

 

[BillyBobJoel71]

good job on the switch! 6800gt > all. maybe not the 7800gtx.