What Prep - Moving from AMD GPU Z68 based system to Nvidia

[ademcg]

Ok, so my aged but still relevant Z68 rig ( see Sig) is moving from the red team (AMD) to a spanking new EVGA 1070.

Now, I have heard a few horror stories about left behind remnants of driver code, so my question is,..what preparation work should I do ahead of the AMD GPU removal and the Nvidia 1070 install?

Is safe boot and driver removal tool ( DDU I think I have) enough or is it necessary to complete something else?

Thanks in advance.

 

[philo-sofa]

Honestly dude, it'll probably be fine based on recent (ish) experience. Swap cards, uninstall AMD drivers, run DDU, install new driers. If there are issues you may have to problem shoot, but you've done all the preparation needed.

 

[Kaapstad]

Remove old drivers

Use DDU

Put in new card

Install drivers

No problem

I often switch from AMD to NVidia and back doing the above.

 

[Clarkson]

Recently went from an old 6950 to a 1070. I didn't even do the DDU thing, just uninstalled AMD drivers and stuff, swapped cards and got the latest nvidia drivers.

No problems at all. (Yet? )

 

[ademcg]

cool....thanks guys....things have obviously moved on since I did this last time around....simple stuff then