question about installing nvidia graphic card

[OmegaShadow]

so right now i have a 8800gs and i wanna install a gtx 260.

i have the latest drivers for the 8800gs.

would it be alright for me to just take out the 8800gs, then put in the gtx 260 and turn on my computer afterwards to upgrade the drivers for the gtx260?


i'm just wondering cause the only other time i've upgraded a graphic card myself was when i went form a ati card to a nvidia card and i had to like do driver uninstall and all of that stuff. there's no need to uninstill drivers or anything when upgrading from a nvidia card to a nvidia card right? thanks!

 

[GaiaHunter]

Well they seem to use the same drivers, so if you have the 191.07 you should just be able to take your 8800gs out and then slot the GTX 260 (with the pc off of course ) in and start playing immediately.

 

[Washoe]

I am not aware of any reason why you would have to uninstall drivers. Same drivers, right? You should be good to go just taking out the 8800 and pop in the gtx 260. GL!

 

[vj8usa]

I thought I'd be fine when I went from my X1900 to my 4850, since I was using the latest Catalyst drivers which at the time supported both cards, but I was wrong. I ended up having to uninstall the driver and do a fresh install of it with the 4850 before it'd work properly. Just to be on the safe side and save yourself the possible headache, I'd uninstall the driver first before putting in the new card.

 

[Ben90]

I thought I'd be fine when I went from my X1900 to my 4850, since I was using the latest Catalyst drivers which at the time supported both cards, but I was wrong. I ended up having to uninstall the driver and do a fresh install of it with the 4850 before it'd work properly. Just to be on the safe side and save yourself the possible headache, I'd uninstall the driver first before putting in the new card.

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownlo...px?type=2.4.1&product=2.4.1.3.12&lang=English

AMD has moved a number of DX9 ATI Radeon™ graphics accelerators products to a legacy driver support structure. This change impacts Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Linux distributions. AMD has moved to a legacy software support structure for these graphics accelerator products in an effort to better focus development resources on future products.
The following products have been moved to the legacy software support structure (including Mobile and All-in-Wonder Variants):
ATI Radeon 9500 Series
ATI Radeon 9550 Series
ATI Radeon 9600 Series
ATI Radeon 9700 Series
ATI Radeon 9800 Series
ATI Radeon X300 Series
ATI Radeon X550 Series
ATI Radeon X600 Series
ATI Radeon X700 Series
ATI Radeon X800 Series
ATI Radeon X850 Series
ATI Radeon X1050 Series
ATI Radeon X1300 Series
ATI Radeon X1550 Series
ATI Radeon X1600 Series
ATI Radeon X1650 Series
ATI Radeon X1800 Series
ATI Radeon X1900 Series
ATI Radeon X1950 Series
ATI Radeon Xpress Series
ATI Radeon X1200 Series
ATI Radeon X1250 Series
ATI Radeon X2100 Series

 

[Indus]

Make sure you have a power supply that can handle 500 watts and 40 Amps on the 12 volt rails.

And I would uninstall the drivers first, then turn off the comp, install the card, 6 pin cables, restart the computer and install a fresh set of drivers.

 

[cusideabelincoln]

He has a 650W Corsair PSU... he'll be fine. Plus he wouldn't need 40A; a little over 30A should do just fine.

 

[OmegaShadow]

lol im dumb, i just searched the nvidia site and all 8/9/200 series graphic cards use the same drivers. haha i guess i can just pop in my 260 and its good to go

thanks guys.

 

[Painman]

I went from 260 to 8800 to 285 (sent the 260 in for a step-up) and didn't need to wipe and reinstall drivers... everything auto-detected just fine.

You can uninstall/reinstall just to be on the safe side, but you're probably OK just dropping in the new card.

 

[vj8usa]

...

Re-read the post of mine you quoted. I know about the current legacy support system; that's why I specified that at the time, both cards used the same drivers. This was long before the legacy system came out.

 

[Ben90]

Re-read the post of mine you quoted. I know about the current legacy support system; that's why I specified that at the time, both cards used the same drivers. This was long before the legacy system came out.

Sorry, didn't catch that.

I guess this is something else that will get overlooked on ATI vs Nvidia drivers. (Nvidia's working, while ATI's doesn't)