Nvidia - Ati, driver cleaner

[KaneStatton]

Hopefully tommorrow my Asus 4850 will come.
Im currently using my old 8400 gs as my 3870 died and got refunded
When i get around to cleaning the Nvidia drivers what shall i do ?

I know firstly to go to add/remove and remove the Nvidia drivers, however then when it comes to driver cleaner which things do i remove? In the list there is: Nvidia, Nvidia control panel, Nvidia stereo, Nvidia WDM, shall i remove all of these ? Before i had problems with drivers conflicting with each other so i just want to make sure i do it right this time.

Also what brand of feather duster is best?

Thanks
Kane

 

[KaneStatton]

I normally remove the program (everything - control panel, driver etc) via the uninstall procedure, then run the Guru3D driver sweeper. After that, I reboot and run driver sweeper again (as Windows locks some of the core driver files until you reboot) then I install the new driver.

ok thanks, do you do this in normal windows or safe mode ?

 

[KaneStatton]

Use driver cleaner pro it's automatic just select nvidia and it will do everything you need then reboot and install the ati drivers.http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=745

thanks a lot
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[KaneStatton]

Before you uninstall all nVidia make sure you don't have a nVidia chipset. CCleaner may also be worth running as that sometimes picks up rogue reg entries.

Also you can try...

open a cmd window
type 'devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices = 1'
type 'devmgmt.msc'
View, Show hidden devices

and delete any old greyed out entries for the old gfx card, monitors etc. Though it may be best to do that after putting the ATi card in.

Intel chipset

Shall try this , twas mighty annoying having the drivers cut out in games

 

[KaneStatton]

Before you uninstall all nVidia make sure you don't have a nVidia chipset. CCleaner may also be worth running as that sometimes picks up rogue reg entries.

Also you can try...

open a cmd window
type 'devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices = 1'
type 'devmgmt.msc'
View, Show hidden devices

and delete any old greyed out entries for the old gfx card, monitors etc. Though it may be best to do that after putting the ATi card in.

btw windows couldn't recognise these commands and it looks as if i am having problems with drivers now again