Really dumb driver question....

[KyleGates]

So, in the past whenever I've swapped out vid cards Im generally doing the whole system, new CPU, Motherboard, etc. That of course requires a full system wipe. This time though Im just popping 2 GTX 285s in where my 8800GTXs were.

So the dumb question is, can I just pop em in or what? Should I wipe the system or am I just gonna use the same drivers I was using for the 8800s?

 

[nOOky]

Just remove the drivers in the control panel, use driver sweeper to fully clean the old drivers, and install the newest drivers for the 200 series cards.

 

[Drsignguy]

nOOky is correct, but it would be best to run it in safe mode. It works better.

 

[nOOky]

Yep, the instructions for driver sweeper tell you what to do