Replacing GPU in PC

[Cadder]

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?

 

[Cadder]

Yes

Cheers! Much appreciated

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!

 

[Cadder]

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?

 

[Cadder]

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.

 

[Cadder]

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.

 

[Cadder]

I didn't need to install new drivers. Everything is working fine.

You also need to stick your tongue in the PCI-E cable to make sure it's the right voltage too

Did that, first thing I did.

And don't forget to plug the power back in done this a few times

Online using the PC in question, will have a look and see if it's unplugged after I shut down