Replacing AMD with Nvidia. Driver question.

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Rob Hawkins

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I'll be removing my ATI Radeon HD 5450 video card and replacing it with a GeForce GTS 450.
What procedure should I use to change the cards and drivers?
Thanks again for the great help here,
Rob
 
Basically before removing your old card, go into add/remove programs and uninstall the ati driver software. Then shut down and remove the card, insert the new one and boot up, install the latest drivers for the card from Nvidia's website.
 
johnb35 said:
Basically before removing your old card, go into add/remove programs and uninstall the ati driver software. Then shut down and remove the card, insert the new one and boot up, install the latest drivers for the card from Nvidia's website.
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I'd download and run driver sweeper to fully uninstall the drivers before installing the new ones. Just using add/remove programs can, and does, leave behind residue that can, and often does, interfere with the other card. You can download driver sweeper here:

http://www.guru3d.com/category/driversweeper/
 
Aastii said:
I'd download and run driver sweeper to fully uninstall the drivers before installing the new ones. Just using add/remove programs can, and does, leave behind residue that can, and often does, interfere with the other card. You can download driver sweeper here:

http://www.guru3d.com/category/driversweeper/
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I was tring to think the name of that program when I posted that. I figured someone would post it after the fact.
 
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