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Offline Dace

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GPU driver question
« on: December 27, 2012, 09:06:25 PM »
I am upgrading my video card from an ATI/AMD R6770 to an Nvidia GTX 660ti. The R6670 was my first ATI card ever and I put it in my system when I built it. Having always had Nvidia cards before and never swapping out an ATI card for an Nvidia card or vice versa, I was wondering if there was anything beyond deleting the old ATI drivers and installing the new Nvidia drivers I will need to do. I've seen conversations before where people mention "driver cleaner" or "driver sweeper" programs. Is that something that would need to be done or am I safe just deleting old (ATI) and installing new (Nvidia). If it is something you would recommend, could you point me to some place I could get a decent "driver cleaner" program?
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Offline Bino

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Re: GPU driver question
« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2012, 09:16:24 AM »
Which version of Windows are you running?
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Offline Dace

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Re: GPU driver question
« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2012, 10:50:42 AM »
Win 7 64bit
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Offline 68valu

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Re: GPU driver question
« Reply #3 on: December 28, 2012, 11:54:23 AM »
you should be good just deleting the ATI drivers and installing the latest nvidia (310.) drivers just make sure you download the windows 7 64 bit version.I don't believe the ati stuff would even be accessed by the nvidia card. I would recommend a disk defrag and cleanup as well.

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Offline MrRiplEy[H]

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Re: GPU driver question
« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2012, 11:59:17 AM »
Quote from: Dace on December 27, 2012, 09:06:25 PM
I am upgrading my video card from an ATI/AMD R6770 to an Nvidia GTX 660ti. The R6670 was my first ATI card ever and I put it in my system when I built it. Having always had Nvidia cards before and never swapping out an ATI card for an Nvidia card or vice versa, I was wondering if there was anything beyond deleting the old ATI drivers and installing the new Nvidia drivers I will need to do. I've seen conversations before where people mention "driver cleaner" or "driver sweeper" programs. Is that something that would need to be done or am I safe just deleting old (ATI) and installing new (Nvidia). If it is something you would recommend, could you point me to some place I could get a decent "driver cleaner" program?

Run driver cleaner. Even better would be to completely reinstall the OS. Unfortunately drivers do not get completely removed on uninstall and usually mixing nvidia and AMD spell trouble.
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Offline Dace

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Re: GPU driver question
« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2012, 06:55:42 PM »
Could you point to to some place I can find a good " driver cleaner" program?
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Offline Chalenge

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Re: GPU driver question
« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2012, 01:17:20 AM »
drivercleaner.net  :aok
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Offline Dace

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Re: GPU driver question
« Reply #7 on: December 30, 2012, 12:47:09 PM »
Thnx!

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