ManThunder
New Member
i know it is easy to take out the old card and put in the new, but do you have to do anything in Nvidia settings before you take out the card?
Old card: 760
New card: 980
Thanks
Old card: 760
New card: 980
Thanks
Replacing Graphics Card?
- Thread starter ManThunder
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Not really.
A lot of people may tell you to screw around with drivers but the cards are on a unified driver architecture. After installing I'd update to the newest driver pack though since the 980 is a pretty new card, you may have some bug fixes and performance improvements on a newer set.
Otherwise, should just be a straight swap.
A lot of people may tell you to screw around with drivers but the cards are on a unified driver architecture. After installing I'd update to the newest driver pack though since the 980 is a pretty new card, you may have some bug fixes and performance improvements on a newer set.
Otherwise, should just be a straight swap.
lincsman
Member
Nice upgrade. I recently bough a gtx 770 and just let geforce experience update the drivers, and wasn't getting the performance I was expecting. I then used a program to completely uninstall all video drivers and reinstalled the new drivers, and got the performance I desired. So yeah I highly recommend uninstalling the old drivers and installing the new ones. Keep in mind after uninstalling the old drivers, if not done in safe mode, the screen will go blank. Just hit the power button and restart the computer and you will have a low resolution display again, then when the new driver is installed, restart and you will be good to go with high resolutions and gaming.
Geoff
VIP Member
I've never had to boot into safe mode to uninstall video drivers. It's true that when you uninstall them the display will flicker and the resolution shrinks as it's using a generic video driver, but the display shouldn't be completely black.