5770 to 7850 upgrade?

[X-Morgan]

Hey there,

If I upgrade from the 5770 to the 7850, I'd rather avoid reinstalling Windows 7 all over. Is it possible with the latest Catalyst drivers to just swap out the GPU and boot it up?

What's the simplest way to go about doing this?

My younger self would have eagerly installed Windows 98/2000 to get the machine all fresh and clean for such an upgrade, but I'm getting quite lazy in my old age!

Much appreciated!

 

[wazza300]

You can just uninstall the ATI graphic card drivers,put in the new 7850 and install the ATI drivers for that card,windows doesn't need to be touched at all

 

[X-Morgan]

Fantastic. Thanks for that.

I had an idea it would be like that, but it's good to get someone else to confirm it too.