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Re-install Drivers When Swapping From Geforce Ti4600 to 6800 OC?

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Mister Dark

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Finally tracked one of these bad boys down and now I'm ready to pop open my case and swap out my old card ... Do I need to re-install my driver - 66.77 - when I put in the new card? Maybe switch to VGA inbetween? Or can I just pop it right in and use my current driver instalation?

Please respond ASAP as I can't wait to see how this baby does ...
 
go 4 it . . . . all the nVidia cards use the same unified drivers . . . .(just like ati) . . . . pop it in . . .

HOWERVER, you MIGHT consider the very latest nVidia drivers . . . . i see a topic extolling the virtues of their very latest (i think it's 70.09)

edited to correct spellling and grammar (i hurried to reply . . . . )
:roll:

ENJOY your new card . . . . nice upgrade!
 
Reinstall those drivers! I seem to remember being able to swap cards in the past without reinstalling the drivers, but not anymore.

When I bought my 6800 I dropped it into my wife's computer (only comp with Windows in my house) for a couple of benchmarks. Performance was nothing like I expected over her Ti4200, until I reinstalled the (latest) drivers. That made a world of difference. After swapping the Ti4200 back in Doom 3 was a slide show until I reinstalled the drivers (yet again).
 
Thanks Anonymouse!

After swapping cards I was getting some pretty chunky frame rates in Doom III, Call of Duty, etc ... The screen would pause right when the game started for a second or two, then it would play okay but not all that smooth, some stuttering, etc ... The Far Cry demo is a total slideshow right now. Definitely something wrong ... Reinstalled forceware drivers, motherboard drivers, and DX9c and saw a big improvement. Far Cry still wont run correctly though. I'm going to keep trying various tweaks and if I can't get up to par I'll start a "Chunky frame rates" thread, see if someone here can help me. Thanks again you guys for responding!
 
Originally posted by: Mister Dark
Thanks Anonymouse!

After swapping cards I was getting some pretty chunky frame rates in Doom III, Call of Duty, etc ... The screen would pause right when the game started for a second or two, then it would play okay but not all that smooth, some stuttering, etc ... The Far Cry demo is a total slideshow right now. Definitely something wrong ... Reinstalled forceware drivers, motherboard drivers, and DX9c and saw a big improvement. Far Cry still wont run correctly though. I'm going to keep trying various tweaks and if I can't get up to par I'll start a "Chunky frame rates" thread, see if someone here can help me. Thanks again you guys for responding!
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Make sure ALL of your drivers are up to date!

Also be sure to have the latest ver. of dx9 for FC and it's PATCH (it won't run too well w/o it).

Usually - if your rig was up-to-date driverwise - you can simply swap cards w/o reinstalling the videocard drivers.

Finally, have you looked at 70.90?
 
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Make sure ALL of your drivers are up to date!

Also be sure to have the latest ver. of dx9 for FC and it's PATCH (it won't run too well w/o it).

Usually - if your rig was up-to-date driverwise - you can simply swap cards w/o reinstalling the videocard drivers.

Finally, have you looked at 70.90?
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I think all my drivers are up to date. Not totally sure on the motherboard though. I just installed the VIA 4-in-1 drivers, v455, but I haven't updated the BIOS ... Do you know if I need to do a different AGP update, besides the 4-in-1? I have dx9c, which is the latest.
I just tried the 70.90 and they did not work at ALL on my setup ... graphics in Doom III were corrupted and I got lots of crashes, so it's back to the 61.77s for me for right now at least ...

Thanks for responding, appopin!
 
not sure what you mean about a separate AGP update?
(you probably need to go into BIOS and set your aperture size higher . . . a MB BIOS update might be a good idea - check what it does on the mfg's website)

So how's it going now?

Also, do not forget to defrag your HD . . . . some of the latest games are really demanding - HL2's famous in-between levels "stutter" was helped after i defragged (along with their mini-patch). 😉
 
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