Format necessary? Amd to nV

DamnedLife · 2 Nov 2014 at 22:39

I had a Sapphire R9 290X Tri-X which I bought with all the Mantle hype and sold it at a hefty price to a bitcoin miner because I was not happy with it's performance. Now I bought a Zotac GTX 980 AMP Extreme Edition and it will arrive tomorrow. My question is do I need to format my pc and setup win 8.1 for a clean install or would using ddu be enough? I have 5 games from Uplay and that is why I am avoiding a format as there is no guaranteed way of backing up your games. Do you guys know how to back up Uplay games like registry hacks or something?

Also it would be nice to hear if this card I ordered is good or bad? It looks great imo and comes with a factory OC but I couldn't find a good review of this card online anywhere so I am undecided whether to keep it or ask for a refund.

Geeman1979 · 2 Nov 2014 at 22:43

Uninstall as normal via the AMD driver suite if the drivers are still installed, manually delete any remaining AMD/ATI folders, then run DDU. Download & install the Nvidia drivers and you're good to go.

Uncle Petey · 2 Nov 2014 at 22:45

Yes, you must expunge the cursed AMD filth from your machine and cleanse it with holy water before installing the blessed Nvidia software.
The only way to achieve this is to completely wipe your drive and start from scratch. Better yet, burn it and buy a new drive.

On second thoughts, perhaps DDU will do just fine

I'm just kidding, you nutters.

Rofflay · 2 Nov 2014 at 22:52

Burn the pc and house and start fresh imo. Grow a beard, Change your name and go with Nvidia.

foster grant · 2 Nov 2014 at 22:55

Uncle Petey said:
Yes, you must expunge the cursed AMD filth from your machine and cleanse it with holy water before installing the blessed Nvidia software.
The only way to achieve this is to completely wipe your drive and start from scratch. Better yet, burn it and buy a new drive.

On second thoughts, perhaps DDU will do just fine

+1 for DDU

DamnedLife · 2 Nov 2014 at 23:06

Tbh I am just lucky enough to sell my amd card at 450 dollars so I figured I could go for the most expensive NV offering with air cooling and would avoid a format at all costs if possible but I am just worried ddu won't delete all the junk and maybe even delete some useful stuff. Previously I just uninstalled all catalyst sw for a driver update but going from one vendor to other worries me for any incompatibility.

foster grant · 2 Nov 2014 at 23:11

I have used DDU many times ...never ever had any issues what so ever

Uncle Petey · 2 Nov 2014 at 23:11

Uninstall via AMD drivers and then use DDU. Tick the box that says remove AMD folders etc.
Don't worry so much

Geeman1979 · 2 Nov 2014 at 23:11

Just follow what's been suggested and you'll be fine.

foster grant · 2 Nov 2014 at 23:16

DamnedLife · 2 Nov 2014 at 23:18

Ok thanks all

Kaapstad · 3 Nov 2014 at 00:29

If all else fails,

Cardinal Gregster is on call 24/7 on the NVidia spirital hotline (Tel No 666 666 666) and is available in person to exorcise any AMD filth found on your PC.

Like all NVidia services this will also exorcise a large amount of money from your wallet.

Uncle Petey · 3 Nov 2014 at 00:38

r7slayer · 3 Nov 2014 at 02:27

I'm sorry this will not do! Your pc has already been tainted with AMD hardware and software. You need to eradicate that machine by any means necessary and start fresh. nvidia do not do sloppy seconds!

Gregster · 3 Nov 2014 at 06:29

Kaapstad said:
If all else fails,

Cardinal Gregster is on call 24/7 on the NVidia spirital hotline (Tel No 666 666 666) and is available in person to exorcise any AMD filth found on your PC.

Like all NVidia services this will also exorcise a large amount of money from your wallet.

Haha

triss · 3 Nov 2014 at 06:39

Gregster said:
Haha

I'd advise a laxative if its that hard to push out

facboy · 3 Nov 2014 at 08:19

DamnedLife said:
I had a Sapphire R9 290X Tri-X which I bought with all the Mantle hype and sold it at a hefty price to a bitcoin miner because I was not happy with it's performance. Now I bought a Zotac GTX 980 AMP Extreme Edition and it will arrive tomorrow. My question is do I need to format my pc and setup win 8.1 for a clean install or would using ddu be enough? I have 5 games from Uplay and that is why I am avoiding a format as there is no guaranteed way of backing up your games. Do you guys know how to back up Uplay games like registry hacks or something?

Also it would be nice to hear if this card I ordered is good or bad? It looks great imo and comes with a factory OC but I couldn't find a good review of this card online anywhere so I am undecided whether to keep it or ask for a refund.

there's at least on review, and he's not very complimentary: http://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/1666-zotac-gtx-980-extreme-benchmark-review-overclocking

that said, if you're not overclocking then it might not concern you, it has one of the highest factory overclocks and will probably boost into the region of 1450mhz stock.

Kaapstad · 3 Nov 2014 at 08:40

Gregster said:
Haha

Disco_P · 3 Nov 2014 at 10:30

As for backing up Uplay games, you should be able to just copy the game folders and as long as Uplay isn't horrendously useless it will detect the files and use them.

Steam and origin do it really well.

Mike_P · 3 Nov 2014 at 12:07

DamnedLife said:
I had a Sapphire R9 290X Tri-X which I bought with all the Mantle hype and sold it at a hefty price to a bitcoin miner because I was not happy with it's performance. Now I bought a Zotac GTX 980 AMP Extreme Edition and it will arrive tomorrow. My question is do I need to format my pc and setup win 8.1 for a clean install or would using ddu be enough? I have 5 games from Uplay and that is why I am avoiding a format as there is no guaranteed way of backing up your games. Do you guys know how to back up Uplay games like registry hacks or something?

Also it would be nice to hear if this card I ordered is good or bad? It looks great imo and comes with a factory OC but I couldn't find a good review of this card online anywhere so I am undecided whether to keep it or ask for a refund.

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