Upgrading to a new GPU soon and should I re-install my OS?

Seelkadoom Bluestar · Jul 30, 2015

Basicly I have a sh*t GPU at the mean time and I'm going to be upgrading it soon. So should I re-install my OS for the GPU to work and for games to recognize it and all that stuff? also will be there any performance problems if i don't re-install the OS when i put the new GPU?

scharpshooter · Jul 30, 2015

You should be able to just uninstall the old drivers, and install new ones.

Although I do enjoy a clean OS install. Everything just runs nicer (even if you haven't changed any hardware)

ubercake · Jul 30, 2015

You absolutely do not have to re-install your OS if you're just upgrading your GPU. Everything will work just fine.

You may have to uninstall your current drivers depending on the type of GPU you're putting in and install new drivers, but that's about it.

Seelkadoom Bluestar · Jul 30, 2015

ubercake :

I own a GeForce 210 card and was planning to get a GTX 660 and I'm running the latest drivers of Nvidia. Does that mean I wont need to install drivers?

ubercake · Jul 30, 2015

Here's how I would do it:

1) Uninstall the Nvidia drivers
2) Shut down and unplug the PSU
3) Install the GTX 660
4) Start up
5) Install the latest Nvidia drivers

This will insure you have the latest drivers installed.

Also, you may have to upgrade your BIOS prior depending on how old your motherboard is and the make/model.

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