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Install Drivers For 2 Different Series Cards?

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I have a nvidia GTX260 and 8800GT card in both PCI-E slots on my mobo, will windows allow me to install 2 different type of drivers, as i believe 1 driver wont work for both cards will it. How do i go about install the 8 series and 200 series drivers for these cards?
 
Why would you need to install different drivers? Anyway, I don't think Windows will allow you to have different versions of the same driver package on a single machine, the fact that the file names are identical (and therefore the installer would overwrite the existing copy) means it would be almost impossible to accomplish.
 
I installed my gtx 480 with the drivers from nvidias site and left windows update to install the gtx 285 i had in my system and all worked fine. Im sure you'll be able to do the same with your cards.
 
I was under the impression that nvidia drivers (and ATI for that matter) were unified platforms. One set of driver family will address every available nvidia product (up to a certain age at least).
 
I was under the impression that nvidia drivers (and ATI for that matter) were unified platforms. One set of driver family will address every available nvidia product (up to a certain age at least).

This is usually the case. When installing, it will detect both cards, and will install the drivers for both of them with no problems.
 
nVidia cards use a unified driver, so there won't be any problem. I've have nVidia and ATi cards both installed in the same Win7 machine and they both worked without issue.
 
pretty sure the drivers released with the 480 were only for the 4xx series, but for the case of the OP I reckon your right :)

The 4** series is included in the new unified 257.15 beta driver, although the latest 197.75 WHQL one is still separate.
 
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