Question New vid card procedure

[IBMJunkman]

My plan for a new vid card running Windows 7.

Uninstall current vid software
Delete device
Shutdown PC
Replace vid card
Start PC. Windows will use VGA drivers.
Install new software.


Sounds good?

 

[WildW]

This is pretty much what I usually do. Windows 10 will race you in the background and install some old default drivers while you're trying to install the latest ones, but it doesn't usually cause trouble.

 

[ubern00b]

Are you moving from amd to nvidia or vice versa? If not then I wouldn't even bother with removing drivers as long as they are current and up to date. If you must and when I do a clean install of drivers, I download the latest driver package, run ddu in safe mode, shutdown and disconnect ethernet, install new card, power up, install latest driver package, reboot and reconnect Internet. I'm on Windows 10 that likes to download the drivers before you have a chance of installing the driver package though hence disabling the Internet, I'm not sure if Windows 7 does that however.

 

[yerpuh]

i prefer to unpack driver, copy target folder (when it asks where to install) let it unpack there 100% and copy/paste elsewhere - then cancel Nvidia installer in task manager.

unpacked looks like this

i.imgur.com/zGzL96N.jpg

(now, only works on DCH nvidia/beta drivers for me lately)

you can prune things out you don't want, and use setup in there - or (my fave) do a brute driver-only install from device manager, pointing to .inf (nvaci.inf or nv_dispi.inf in 'Display.Driver' folder) Windows may need to be running basic display driver to proceed in some cases. Nvidia Inspector 3.5 is a good Control Panel replacement, and you can disable the Nvidia container LS in services forever.

Maxxes my FPS on every machine.

P.S. 39 processes, 496 threads. low usage hee=)

i.imgur.com/EmULkZ3.jpg

 

[IBMJunkman]

Going from ATI FirePro 2460 to GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1650 Windforce OC 4G. All in the quest to use a 65” Sony TV as a monitor. Also ordered a HDMI 2.1 cable.

With ATI card the screen only gives me 1920x1080 with a 2” black border. The native resolution of the TV is 3480x2160.

New card and cable arrive today. God Bless Amazon next day.

 

[ubern00b]

Ddu to get rid of all amd/ati files and the latest nvidia driver package and you should be good to go then

 

[IBMJunkman]

what is ddu ?

 

[railven]

what is ddu ?

Display Driver Uninstaller.

https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

Some swear by it, other's don't always use it, at this point it's up to you whether it makes a difference or not.

 

[ubern00b]

Coming from a 9 year old amd card to a current 2019 nvidia card I'd say its worth doing a complete driver sweep with ddu then installing the latest nvidia drivers

 

[IBMJunkman]

Well, not impressed with the overall Nvidia install process. Said it could not find MFC110u.dll but finished. Then AORUS thing said it had a problem. GeForce Experience complained about something. All under Safe mode.

Rebooted in regular mode and the installs seemed to go better.

Used the NVIDIA Control Panel and set my Sony 65" to 3840x2160. WOW, everything is so small! I have settled for 2560x1440 for now.

I did use DDU to clean up. Then had to search a few boxes to find a 6 pin PS cable.

Thanks guys.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Don't install any software / drivers in Safe Mode, if you can help it. You can usually un-install stuff from Safe Mode, but installation often requires loading drivers for certain things, and that requires being booted into Normal mode, most (?) of the time.

You might be able to install some Anti-Virus programs in Safe Mode, but then they probably want you to reboot into Normal mode to install their drivers and complete the installation.

 

[mooncancook]

You should run it in native 4k resolution and just increase the UI size in windows settings

 

[IBMJunkman]

You're right. Moved back to 3840x2160 but went to 125% on text,etc size. Tried 4096x2160 but the desktop was bigger than the screen as icons along the left side of the screen were partially off the screen.

You should run it in native 4k resolution and just increase the UI size in windows settings