From ATI to Nvidia: Format required?

[Goose]

Just ordered a GTX460 and i'm wondering if i need to reformat in order to avoid any driver conflicts since my current card is ATI?

It's not the end of the world if i do, but i'd rather not have to bother if it's avoidable in any way.

Also, is it worth installing any of the drivers and/or software that comes with the 460 or should i just download the latest drivers and use Afterburner for overclocking and such?

Thanks.

 

[reflux]

No. No need to format at all. Just uninstall your ATi drivers, and reboot. Remove the card. Insert new card. Install latest Nvidia drivers from Nvidia website.

 

[arknor]

just uninstall the ati drivers , run driver sweeper/cleaner whatever shut down , plug in nvidia gfx , reboot job done.

i did it recently going to a 460 aswell and ive not had any issues and my performance is where it should be in benchmarks , games etc

 

[magicroundabout]

just uninstall the ati drivers , run driver sweeper/cleaner whatever shut down , plug in nvidia gfx , reboot job done.

i did it recently going to a 460 aswell and ive not had any issues and my performance is where it should be in benchmarks , games etc

^^^ do not do this on Win7 ^^^

 

[layte]

I went from a 4870X2 to a 480SLI setup by uninstalling the ATI drivers, shutting down the machine, swapping the hardware over and then restarting.

Piece of cake.

 

[OLDPHART]

Well for me l always do a clean install.

Go with uninstall ati drivers then run CCleaner using the registry cleaner setting, shut down , plug in nvidia gfx , clear Bios, reboot, install latest drivers download then first, reboot, job done.

But now and again it goes belly up, as l say l do a clean install, l know its abind but you get it right 1st time.

 

[arknor]

^^^ do not do this on Win7 ^^^

why not? worked fine for me?

 

[Admiral Huddy]

ditto what's the problem?