Upgrading which components requires me to make changes to the software?

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gary king

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I'm thinking of upgrading my GPU (currently GTX 660) and CPU (currently i3-3220) to improve framerates in video games. Actually, the components are relatively new, but the GTX 660 fan is annoying me, so at the moment my plan is to sell them both on eBay, then upgrade the two components.

Are there any changes I need to make on the software side, in Windows 8, before upgrading the two components? I'm guessing the CPU requires no changes? And what about the GPU? Should the drivers I have in there be fine with the new GPU? I plan on sticking with Intel and Nvidia for both components respectively, as I am happy with them, and of course for compatibility reasons with what drivers I already have installed.
 
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All the GPU's in the 600 series use the same driver. Go ahead and install the driver for the GTX 700 series if that's what your getting, though it's not necessary. A CPU change probably wouldn't cause you to have to re-install windows.
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All the GPU's in the 600 series use the same driver. Go ahead and install the driver for the GTX 700 series if that's what your getting, though it's not necessary. A CPU change probably wouldn't cause you to have to re-install windows.
 
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gary king

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Okay thanks, just wanted to make sure, primarily because my plan is to sell my old CPU and GPU first, and then with that money, buy the new components. So if I ran into any problems, I wouldn't be able to just pop in the old components again because I wouldn't have them anymore by then.

One reason why I'm upgrading so soon is because I originally built the PC (my first build) to see if I could do it, and if it would work with a KVM with my Mac. Well, it works splendidly, so I figure I might as well upgrade now, especially before the Fall gaming season. Also, a week after I finished the build, the GTX 760 was released, and I'm probably going to upgrade to that along with a quad CPU.
 
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What I always do when I upgrade is keep a linux ubuntu boot drive with me, so if windows doesn't work, I can install ubuntu and test things on that.

 
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Perhaps I will try that. In what situation could I use that? If Windows doesn't boot? How would using Ubuntu help diagnose a problem with Windows though? Thanks!
 
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