How to correctly uninstall NVIDIA drivers

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Jcomptech

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I will be purchasing a different NVIDIA video card soon and want to know the best way to uninstall the NVIDIA drivers I have now. Doesn't Geforce Experience have the same drivers for every card there is now?

I heard there are ways to delete registry keys and really specific folders, or just doing it through the control panel. I was going to do it through the control panel, however, want to make sure there arent going to be compatibility issues.

I am taking out my current 780 and replacing it with a 980 or Titan X. (Don't badger me about Titan X).

Any advice?
 
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Are you certain? There are a lot of guides that show that you have to uninstall all the drivers and even delete all the leftover registries and folders in the system too.

To further clarifiying, should I just shutdown my computer, take GPU out, put new GPU in then go into Geforce Experience and click update?
 
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I'm fairly certain, without owning either card of course. Yes, like you describe is all you need to do in order to install the new card.
 
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Jcomptech

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Alright. Thanks!
 
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You have several options. The minimum option for manual uninstall/reinstall a new video card is:
- Uninstall the existing drivers, basically anything named "Nvidia" in the Windows Add/Remove Programs part of the Control Panel.
- Shut off the PC and install your new video card.
- Turn on your PC and install the latest drivers downloaded from the Nvidia website. Ignore any messages from Windows regarding "Found new hardware...".

The other, and really best option, is actually pretty easy. Download and install DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller), which is based on the tried and true "Driver Sweeper" program. Just follow the program prompts for a fully clean install of your new video card with no remnants of your old video card on the system.
http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html
 
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I was going to do that but the guy above and NVIDIA said that I wouldn't need to uninstall any drivers because the newer Geforce cards have universal drivers that apply to any video card. I currently have a 780 and the 980 and Titan X share the same driver. Doing the first option you said isn't hard at all, just want to make sure nothing gets screwed up.
 
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