conflicts when changing gpu manufacturer?

mattyrigby00

mattyrigby00

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will i have to reformat when i change back to my hd3850 from the temporary 7600gt i am using atm, or will just uninstalling everything nvidia in the control panel/device manager etc, then changing the graphics card do the trick?
 
you will not need to reformat your hard drive, but changing graphics cards in my experience is something that needs to be done in a particular order, I do the following:

download the driver for the hd3850
download and install Driver Cleaner Pro
boot into safe mode
uninstall the 7600 via device manager
reboot back into safe mode
run Driver Cleaner Pro and clean out any nvidia files
shut down machine and put in your hd3850
boot into safe mode
install the driver for your hd3850
reboot and hopefuly your good to go

woud wait and see what others say though, I'm not a frequent graphics card swapper :)

[edit] when you use Driver Cleaner Pro, be careful not to select the nvidia chipset option incase you have an nforce motherboard (I forget exactly what it is called in the list in Driver Cleaner Pro, but I think you just need to clean the 'Nvidia' option and the 'WDM Nvidia' option - someone please confirm this for me please)
 
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davethe11 said:
you will not need to reformat your hard drive, but changing graphics cards in my experience is something that needs to be done in a particular order, I do the following:

download the driver for the hd3850
download and install Driver Cleaner Pro
boot into safe mode
uninstall the 7600 via device manager
reboot back into safe mode
run Driver Cleaner Pro and clean out any nvidia files
shut down machine and put in your hd3850
boot into safe mode
install the driver for your hd3850
reboot and hopefuly your good to go

woud wait and see what others say though, I'm not a frequent graphics card swapper :)

[edit] when you use Driver Cleaner Pro, be careful not to select the nvidia chipset option incase you have an nforce motherboard (I forget exactly what it is called in the list in Driver Cleaner Pro, but I think you just need to clean the 'Nvidia' option and the 'WDM Nvidia' option - someone please confirm this for me please)
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ty, got a copy of driver cleaner pro ready for next week :)
 
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My way...
download the driver for the hd3850
download Guru3D Driver Sweeper
uninstall the NVIDIA display driver via Control Panel
reboot into safe mode
run Guru3D Driver Sweeper and clean out any NVIDIA - display files
shut down machine and put in your hd3850
boot-up & install the driver for your hd3850
reboot
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Get Guru3D Driver Sweeper here ;)

IMO no need for the many 'Boot into safe mode' :)
 
hp7909 said:
My way...Get Guru3D Driver Sweeper here ;)

IMO no need for the many 'Boot into safe mode' :)
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never tried Driver Sweeper, will use that in future myself.

I know the boot into safe mode is laborious, I just got into the habit when I had problems updating ati drivers with a 9800pro a few years ago. Never hearts though ;)
 
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