Switching a Radeon 9000 Pro with a Radeon 9600

[mooojojojo]

When I'm switching one Radeon card for another (9000 Pro with a 9600 in my case), do I have to reinstall Catalysts?

Also - can anyone recommend me an alternative to the Radeon 9600? I don't want to spend more than ~$80. I only need a general advice (i.e. chip reccomendation like Radeon 9600XT or GeForce 5500) and not a specific offer since I'm not in the US and can't order online. Thanks!

 

[imported_Phil]

Nope, should be fine. Windows will renumerate the card, so you may have to reboot while it does this, but other than that, you're good to go.

 

[Sforsyth]

I switched from a Nvidia card 8 MB to a Mvidia tnt 2 32 MB and didn't need to redo the drivers.

 

[effee]

as far as i know, omega drivers are universal drivers

 

[LED]

Originally posted by: effee
as far as i know, omega drivers are universal drivers

Not sure about the Omega's but I believe ATI has different Drivers for 8500 and below as opposed to the 9K series