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[letdown427]

So i'm currently using a 9800Pro. It's old, reasonably quiet (modded HSF etc FTW), but alas, it's red. I've got a 7900gtx eventually on its way, so, when I go green, I'm obviously going to need the drivers and stuff. So, is this the right kinda order? Assume I've already downloaded the nvidia drivers.

Uninstall ATI drivers (using some app I forget the name of?)
Reboot.
Install nvidia drivers
Reboot
Enjoy life on the green side?

Also, thinking about it, I'm going from AGP to PCI-e (yep, you guessed it, POS ASRock Dual SATA2 over here for the time being), so will I need to uninstall AGP drivers or install some kind of PCI-e driver?

Thanks for any non abusive input!

 

[WelshBloke]

If your upgrading your motherboard as well as your vid card you might be better off doing a clean install.

Oh and I think you will REALLY enjoy that upgrade.

I went from 9700pro to 1800xl and that was good, so yours should be nice to say the least!

Edit just realised your using one of those funky hybrid boards!
You should be ok with drivercleaner

 

[SynthDude2001]

non-abusive input? I've got nothing

I :heart: my 939Dual-SATA2, sorry to hear that you're having problems with yours...but yeah, it sounds like you know what you're doing, and I would go ahead and uninstall the AGP drivers (though you probably don't have to). Make sure you use Driver Cleaner (I think that's what it's called? maybe?) to get rid of all the ATI stuff and you should be fine...I've never heard of PCI-E vid cards needing a driver (other than the video drivers themselves).

 

[letdown427]

Originally posted by: SynthDude2001
non-abusive input? I've got nothing

I :heart: my 939Dual-SATA2, sorry to hear that you're having problems with yours...but yeah, it sounds like you know what you're doing, and I would go ahead and uninstall the AGP drivers (though you probably don't have to). Make sure you use Driver Cleaner (I think that's what it's called? maybe?) to get rid of all the ATI stuff and you should be fine...I've never heard of PCI-E vid cards needing a driver (other than the video drivers themselves).

I guess I don't hate the DS2, it is what I got it for, a cheap way of upgrading to 939, whilst keeping AGP for a bit, and being able to stagger into my PCI-e upgrade.

So is it def driver cleaner?

http://www.drivercleaner.net/professional.html

That one? To remove all ATI stuff.

Thanks

 

[DaRkLoRd666]

Originally posted by: letdown427
So i'm currently using a 9800Pro. It's old, reasonably quiet (modded HSF etc FTW), but alas, it's red. I've got a 7900gtx eventually on its way, so, when I go green, I'm obviously going to need the drivers and stuff. So, is this the right kinda order? Assume I've already downloaded the nvidia drivers.

Uninstall ATI drivers (using some app I forget the name of?)
Reboot.
Install nvidia drivers
Reboot
Enjoy life on the green side?

Also, thinking about it, I'm going from AGP to PCI-e (yep, you guessed it, POS ASRock Dual SATA2 over here for the time being), so will I need to uninstall AGP drivers or install some kind of PCI-e driver?

Thanks for any non abusive input!

AGP and PCI-e is hardware no amount of software can change that its PYSHICALY bigger then the agp u need to upgrade ur motherboard.

 

[letdown427]

Erm, no, actually. I've got an ASRock Dual SATA II. It has a PCI-e slot on it. Jeez I'm not that stupid.

Also,

"AGP and PCI-e is hardware no amount of software can change that its PYSHICALY bigger then the agp u need to upgrade ur motherboard."

AGP and PCI-e ARE hardware. No amount of software can change that, the PCI-e slot is PHYSIcaLLy bigger THAN the AGP slot, YOU need to upgrade YOUR motherboard.

Spelling.....grammar.....oh, and punctuation A full set!

 

[akugami]

Make sure you have ALL of the necessary drivers. Keep a copy of your old ATI drivers just in case. Make sure you have all the necessary nVidia drivers. ALWAYS back up your data when doing any changes to be on the safe side. Even if you don't make a disc image of your boot drive, at least make a copy of all important data like pictures, data files like excel and word files, etc. Make sure you can read said files before doing any work. In other words, verify the backup. I've seen plenty of horror stories of unverified backups and they screwed up the hardware installation which required a brand new Windows install. Don't let yourself become one of those.

Uninstall ATI drivers.
Reboot in Safe Mode.
Run Driver Cleaner Pro.
Restart as normal.
Install the necessary nVidia drivers.
Reboot.

Everything should be running fine at this stage. Good luck.

 

[SolMiester]

I think you are supposed to uninstall the card via the device manager 1st, click no to system reboot, then uninstalled the ATI drivers, then reboot. The point being to release the card and drivers before uninstall.

I think the backup of data etc, verify is a bit anal, its only a video output you are changing.

Do you have PSU powerful enough to power the card?

 

[buzzsaw13]

Originally posted by: DaRkLoRd666

Originally posted by: letdown427
So i'm currently using a 9800Pro. It's old, reasonably quiet (modded HSF etc FTW), but alas, it's red. I've got a 7900gtx eventually on its way, so, when I go green, I'm obviously going to need the drivers and stuff. So, is this the right kinda order? Assume I've already downloaded the nvidia drivers.

Uninstall ATI drivers (using some app I forget the name of?)
Reboot.
Install nvidia drivers
Reboot
Enjoy life on the green side?

Also, thinking about it, I'm going from AGP to PCI-e (yep, you guessed it, POS ASRock Dual SATA2 over here for the time being), so will I need to uninstall AGP drivers or install some kind of PCI-e driver?

Thanks for any non abusive input!

AGP and PCI-e is hardware no amount of software can change that its PYSHICALY bigger then the agp u need to upgrade ur motherboard.

Looks like someone needs to brush up on their reading comprehension.

Back on topic, when I swapped my 6600GT for a X800GTO, all I did was do a driver clean and installed the drivers once the card was in.