Replacing GPU in PC

Cadder · 2 Jul 2021 at 15:01

Hi all,

Quick one really. If my plan is take out my 3060 Ti and put a 3080 in, do I just power off the PC and swap them over?

No changes to drivers and what not?

andybird123 · 2 Jul 2021 at 15:03

BUDFORCE · 2 Jul 2021 at 15:08

I'd actually be interested to see if it worked if you didn't even power off lol.

Cadder · 2 Jul 2021 at 15:20

andybird123 said:
Yes

Cheers! Much appreciated

BUDFORCE said:
I'd actually be interested to see if it worked if you didn't even power off lol.

I'm sure there is someone on the forums who has tried it with some older kit before

I'm too scared to try that!

MissChief · 2 Jul 2021 at 15:20

Cadder said:
Hi all,

Quick one really. If my plan is take out my 3060 Ti and put a 3080 in, do I just power off the PC and swap them over?

No changes to drivers and what not?

Enter device manager, find graphics card, right click, uninstall. Cancel the restart, shut down. Swap cards over, power on, new card identified, drivers already exist in windows, windows sees this, installs them. Robert’s your mother’s brother. That’s how I changed from 1080 to 2070 Super and windows didn’t even blink.

Now AMD to Nvidia or vice versa is more complicated!

BUDFORCE · 2 Jul 2021 at 15:24

MissChief said:
Enter device manager, find graphics card, right click, uninstall. Cancel the restart, shut down. Swap cards over, power on, new card identified, drivers already exist in windows, windows sees this, installs them. Robert’s your mother’s brother. That’s how I changed from 1080 to 2070 Super and windows didn’t even blink.

Now AMD to Nvidia or vice versa is more complicated!

You really don't need to do that anymore. Not Nvidia to Nvidia anyway.

Deleted member 66701 · 2 Jul 2021 at 15:24

MissChief said:
Now AMD to Nvidia or vice versa is more complicated!

Not really.

Cadder · 2 Jul 2021 at 15:26

MissChief said:
Enter device manager, find graphics card, right click, uninstall. Cancel the restart, shut down. Swap cards over, power on, new card identified, drivers already exist in windows, windows sees this, installs them. Robert’s your mother’s brother. That’s how I changed from 1080 to 2070 Super and windows didn’t even blink.

Now AMD to Nvidia or vice versa is more complicated!

Interesting... Me being curious - what if it was exactly the same GPU type for type?

MissChief · 2 Jul 2021 at 15:32

Cadder said:
Interesting... Me being curious - what if it was exactly the same GPU type for type?

In which case I wouldn’t even bother with the uninstall, shut down, remove card, insert card, power on.

Zefan · 2 Jul 2021 at 15:45

amigafan2003 said:
Not really.

This so much. The hysteria about swapping gpu brands and DDU etc is funny.

Purgatory · 2 Jul 2021 at 15:45

Cadder said:
Hi all,

Quick one really. If my plan is take out my 3060 Ti and put a 3080 in, do I just power off the PC and swap them over?

No changes to drivers and what not?

Remember the PCI-E release latch when removing the card and remember to let it click back when you reinstall new card. Take care when removing it so you don't rip the latch off or the PCI-E slot. Of course also unscrew from the case and then screw new one back in too. Just a heads up, as I have seen people rip out their slot and not remembering the latch.

varkanoid · 2 Jul 2021 at 15:50

Zefan said:
This so much. The hysteria about swapping gpu brands and DDU etc is funny.

Silver foil tin hat people use DDU. :cry:

Cadder · 2 Jul 2021 at 16:11

Well I can confirm first hand that switching off the PC, unplugging it, replacing the GPU and turning on again is the way to go.

The only thing I noticed differently is the BIOS splash screen appeared twice. I'm assuming it started and restarted as it knew something was different.

Purgatory · 2 Jul 2021 at 16:15

Cadder said:
Well I can confirm first hand that switching off the PC, unplugging it, replacing the GPU and turning on again is the way to go.

The only thing I noticed differently is the BIOS splash screen appeared twice. I'm assuming it started and restarted as it knew something was different.

Yes the extra restart is due to a new hardware detection and the BIOS will then also probably retrain the memory and update itself to know what the new hardare is. All normal.

bonusssi · 2 Jul 2021 at 16:24

Well... I had monitor connected to integrated gpu and plugged in my GTX 465... I heard the BEEP of new hardware found and got the bluescreen 5 seconds later...

Cadder · 2 Jul 2021 at 16:43

Well I just ran a userbenchmark and my RAM was set to 2400mhz which was bizarre. My XMP profile was reset to default.

It was definitely at 3600mhz beforehand. Switched it back to profile 1 and running the Benchmark again.

Danny75 · 2 Jul 2021 at 19:14

Now you know that the BIOS splash screen appearing twice was a failed POST after which the motherboard set BIOS to default.

Sarge2255 · 2 Jul 2021 at 19:22

Cadder said:
Hi all,

Quick one really. If my plan is take out my 3060 Ti and put a 3080 in, do I just power off the PC and swap them over?

No changes to drivers and what not?

1. You need to power off your pc
2. Remove your old card
3. Fit the new card
4. Power on your pc
5. Install new Nvidia Drivers

You might need to replace your Power Supply Unit if it is below 750watts.

Purgatory · 2 Jul 2021 at 19:54

Sarge2255 said:
1. You need to power off your pc
2. Remove your old card
3. Fit the new card
4. Power on your pc
5. Install new Nvidia Drivers

You might need to replace your Power Supply Unit if it is below 750watts.

Again you are not reading the thread and replying, he's already done it.

andybird123 · 2 Jul 2021 at 20:56

Purgatory said:
Again you are not reading the thread and replying, he's already done it.

gotta get that post count up some how

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Replacing GPU in PC

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