New GPU - Proper Way to Install?

[Modular]

Hey all. Going from a 4850 to 5850 tonight. I just wanted to be sure that I do the upgrade correctly. I usually don't have this problem as I generally do completely new builds, but what is the proper way to go about this?

1) Uninstall drivers
2) Uninstall 4850
3) Install 5850
4) Install new drivers

This seems like the proper way to go about this, but I wanted to make sure before I dug in. Drivers can be weird these days!

 

[hdfxst]

That's how i did mine,except before you uninstall go to preferences and hit restore factory defaults.I did not do this and it set my 5850 at 700/1100,the clocks i was running my 4830 at

 

[Modular]

Great, thanks!

Everytime I uninstall the ATI driver and CCC I get a sleep signal sent to monitor even though the PC is still running. I have to boot into safe mode, run driver sweeper and reboot for it to work again. It's strange and has only been like this for me in Vista 64, but it's not that big of a hassle to work through.

New card is installed and running and almost 100% faster than my 4850 in some games.

 

[aigomorla]

correct me if im wrong... but dont those 2 cards use the same drivers?

so technically couldnt u just do a direct plug and play, and then have windows look for hardware changes... then reboot ?

The problem ur describing used to be ATI on old drivers.. but i could of sworn they fixed that back in the 5800 launch.

 

[hdfxst]

correct me if im wrong... but dont those 2 cards use the same drivers?

so technically couldnt u just do a direct plug and play, and then have windows look for hardware changes... then reboot ?

The problem ur describing used to be ATI on old drivers.. but i could of sworn they fixed that back in the 5800 launch.

i used the same driver,i just uninstalled and reinstalled and ccc was different with the new card.I had MLAA and AA modes i never had before,catalyst AI was even different.

 

[dpodblood]

You should use driver sweeper after uninstalling the original drivers.

 

[DirkGently1]

Not that you would, but don't do it like this..

 

[nitromullet]

correct me if im wrong... but dont those 2 cards use the same drivers?

so technically couldnt u just do a direct plug and play, and then have windows look for hardware changes... then reboot ?

The problem ur describing used to be ATI on old drivers.. but i could of sworn they fixed that back in the 5800 launch.

Yes and no. NV and AMD use a unified driver package so the file you download and install is the same, however, the actual drivers contained in the driver package may be different for different cards. I've had to driver sweep and re-install from the exact same driver package going from NVIDIA to NVIDIA before to get the new card working properly.

Not that you would, but don't do it like this..

That actually should work of done properly. Although, it's generally considered to be easier just to cut the plastic end off of the 4x PCIe slot on the motherboard to allow the 16x PCIe card to fit instead of cutting the card.

 

[ElFenix]

That actually should work of done properly. Although, it's generally considered to be easier just to cut the plastic end off of the 4x PCIe slot on the motherboard to allow the 16x PCIe card to fit instead of cutting the card.

pci-e maybe so, but that was an AGP system

 

[nitromullet]

pci-e maybe so, but that was an AGP system

That's a PCIe card in that pic (AGP cards don't have an SLI tab).

I'm not sure what they were doing... As far as I can tell the Dell Dimension 2350 only has on board video and PCI slots... http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim2350/specs.htm

Either way, it's not the way to install a card...