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8800 drivers question
- Thread starter PhatEd
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First option.
Why, it is the same card
Just take out the old card, put in the new card and reinstall the drivers, I have done it this way with a MX400 > Ti4400 > 6800NU > 7800GT > 8800GTS > GTX280 and never had problems, going from ATI <> Nvidia maybe.
Why, it is the same card
Is it though
Ive gone from from 8800GTX to 8800GTX and again from 8800Ultra to 8800Ultra and each time needed to re-install drivers.
Even if the display looks ok like i said its just standard practise.
Only time i havent needed to was when i implemented SLI though i fresh installed drivers just to be sure.
Installing drivers over other drivers without propelly un-installing the old ones can cause no end of problems.
I see this all the time, yet have never done this and never had problems, so either I was very lucky or the problems occur very rarely.
I would advise to do it going from ATI to Nvidia or the other way around, maybe that is where all the problems come from.
Not so much nowadays with drivers though but back a few years i used to have loads of issues so its become standard.
Just standard thing for me to do
im a bit ocd when it come to doing things with computers, i think if i do it propelly first time then il have less problems later.
Just standard thing for me to do
im a bit ocd when it come to doing things with computers, i think if i do it propelly first time then il have less problems later.