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Changing graphics cards under Windows 7

titaniumx3

titaniumx3

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Hi,

If I'm moving from say an ATI card to an ATI card under Windows 7, was the best way to do it? (i.e. will cause least problems down the line)

Do I need to uninstall catalyst drivers? How do you completely uninstall the drivers and all it's components?

In XP I'd just run the catalyst uninstaller which pretty much removes everything, but I don't think theres a version for Win 7???

Anyway, some general advice will be helpful, thanks.
 
Don't mean to be rude in any way, but have you done this yourself and can confirm there's no stability/performance issues as a result?

Sorry just a little paranoid about these things, especially since I've been using Win7 for only a few weeks.
 
You should have no problems doing exactly what was suggested, you can get catalyst drivers for windows 7 very easily and upgrading a graphics card is exactly just like you normally would with any version of windows.

you could always uninstall the program from the control panal in the add or remove programs section before upgrading.
 
That what I do when I upgrade, uninstall old graphics software, shutdown, install new card boot up and load new software for gpu. Never had any problems :)
 
titaniumx3 said:
Don't mean to be rude in any way, but have you done this yourself and can confirm there's no stability/performance issues as a result?

Sorry just a little paranoid about these things, especially since I've been using Win7 for only a few weeks.
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Can confirm I did the above to migrate from two 3870's to two 5770's.
 
Personally going from nVidia to ATI, I wouldn't be happy til I've done a reformat. Yes its extra work, but at least you know what you are dealing with.
 
use control panel add/remove program to remove all graphics drivers, power down PC, replace card, power up, download latest drivers.

You should always uninstall old graphics card drivers before installing the new one. Even if its ATI to ATI upgrade.
 
Did the same here, just ran the ATi Install Manager in Programs and Features to remove them, swapped cards, re-installed them, or a newer set if needed, no problems. :)
 
I don't know about ATi cards, but just lately I've been chopping and changing between GTX280, 9800GT and 8500GT nvidia cards, and I don't even bother to remove the drivers, I shutdown, remove the card, install the new one, and power up, Windows will then search for the previously installed driver, assign it to the new card and ask me to reboot.

I've had zero issues doing this...
 
cjbagnall said:
You should always uninstall old graphics card drivers before installing the new one. Even if its ATI to ATI upgrade.
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This is another thing that I don't see the point in doing as well, I can't speak for ATi again, but everytime I update my nVidia display drivers I just install them over the top of the previous ones, and I've never had a problem from doing this..
 
Always used nvidia cards, installed drivers over previous versions, last week i swiched from a gtx 280 to a 7300gt, didnt remove drivers, put new card in and reinstalled drivers.
 
Hello there :)

I am running windows 7 64 bit and changed card from 4850 to 5770 with no problems. Like a few people in this thread did i used the ati uninstall program for the old drivers, rebooted, put new card in and started system back up

When it started backup i let windows 7 download some drivers for it and l installed the ati drivers for new card and rebooted again and have had no problems with the card :)
 
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