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Going from amd to an nvidia

leeleelee

leeleelee

leeleelee

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Hello, I have a new graphic card to fit (also a new sata) and my old one is an amd one and the new one is a nvidia. would i be best off to do a fresh install on the new sata of windows to start from scratch with the graphics card? as i was just talking to my mate and he said he had some issues going the same route and he needs to flash his card? ( i think thats what he said).

Cheers
 
Totally unnecessary. Uninstall drivers. Switch off. Remove card.

This part is optional, but would recommend it, connect to onboard graphics (if available) boot into safe mode and run a program called Display Driver Uninstaller (you need to download this). This will search for any remnants of AMD drivers on your system and get rid of them.

Then install new card, fire it up and it will auto detect and install drivers. Then go to nvidia website, download latest version of drivers and install over the top.

Voila.
 
When you say a new sata do you mean a new sata hard drive?

In any case, there's probably no need to perform a fresh install of Windows on a drive just because you've got a new graphics card. Just uninstall the old AMD drivers, use driver sweeper then install the nvidia drivers and you should be good to go.

As for the new drive, seeing as you're going to be installing a fresh copy of Windows on it anyway then all you should need to do is install the nvidia drivers.
 
Five.Stars said:
Totally unnecessary. Uninstall drivers. Switch off. Remove card.

This part is optional, but would recommend it, connect to onboard graphics (if available) boot into safe mode and run a program called Display Driver Uninstaller (you need to download this). This will search for any remnants of AMD drivers on your system and get rid of them.

Then install new card, fire it up and it will auto detect and install drivers. Then go to nvidia website, download latest version of drivers and install over the top.

Voila.
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Voila except for the new disk.

If you have an old version of Windows then rebuild Windows on the new disk, if not it is pretty easy to clone one disk to another.
Andi.
 
andicole0 said:
Voila except for the new disk.

If you have an old version of Windows then rebuild Windows on the new disk, if not it is pretty easy to clone one disk to another.
Andi.
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I assumed he meant that the hard drive was an addition to a system that already had an installation of Windows on another drive.

For that not to be the case, then why would he need to have any concerns over AMD drivers on the system?
 
If it is a new boot drive, then I suppose how old the current windows I stall is.
Myself for a new drive I would do a fresh Install anyway.
 
Yes i have a 120gb sata drive and the new one is 520 gb sata drive. i keep ending up full on the smaller one so want to use the new one as my main drive.
 
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You no what Five.Stars that is a simple and better method of doing things and then using some of the software mentioned in this post to rid my comp off the amd. Any other suggestions before i start?
 
leeleelee said:
Yes i have a 120gb sata drive and the new one is 520 gb sata drive. i keep ending up full on the smaller one so want to use the new one as my main drive.
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Just make sure when you install Windows on the new drive that you unplug the old one. Reconnect the old hard drive once Windows is fully installed on your new drive and then format the old drive if necessary.
 
leeleelee said:
You no what Five.Stars that is a simple and better method of doing things and then using some of the software mentioned in this post to rid my comp off the amd. Any other suggestions before i start?
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What I usually do is have a small drive set up as my OS drive (windows) and install other programs on that also, such as Steam, Origin etc. When I set up Steam and Origin I create a folder in the secondary drive for the games to install to. It is just a matter of going in to settings of those programs and browsing for the folder. When you start an installation it will ask you for install location anyway.

Other than that, as I say, run DDU in safe mode to rid any AMD drivers and then intall latest Nvidia drivers and you should be good to go.
 
Old motherboards can sometimes have issues with new cards, and a newer bios is often the fix. Its up to you.
 
You'll know cause things wont work. You might be on the latest bios already.

I'd also grab some lube. About a gallon a year per nvidia card.
 
planned obsolescence??

All done no ssd i need a cable i never new about but the card is in updated and running. looks very nice on arma 3 and fallout 4. thank you for the help lads its apreciated.
 
Planned obsolescence is referencing how Nvidia stop optimising or actually degrade performance of their older cards in latest drivers once a new generation of cards is released. This happened to Kepler cards (600 and 700 series) once Maxwell (900 series) was released.
 
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