upgrading 5200 to 5900xt

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Hi group, I am going to upgrade my fx5200 to a XFX 5900xt and I was
wondering if I should uninstall the current drivers I got on my system,
remove the card from device manager and power down, swap cards and power
back up. XP is my operating system by the way.

I am not a newbie at building Pc and stuff, but have never upgrade one card
to another before and was wondering what is the best way to do it. I think
to uninstall the drivers is the best way as it make sures the card sets up
properly but might be wrong.

Thanks in advance.
Anthony

 

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"Anthony Harris" <acharris20@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi group, I am going to upgrade my fx5200 to a XFX 5900xt and I was
> wondering if I should uninstall the current drivers I got on my system,
> remove the card from device manager and power down, swap cards and power
> back up. XP is my operating system by the way.
>
> I am not a newbie at building Pc and stuff, but have never upgrade one
card
> to another before and was wondering what is the best way to do it. I
think
> to uninstall the drivers is the best way as it make sures the card sets up
> properly but might be wrong.
>

What you doing should be ok.

CapFusion,...

 

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hmm, im EXACTLY doing the same thing with the same f00kin card dude!
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-150-051&depa=0
theres a link.. buying it in a few days lol! but i wont use it on my
system yet cause i need a new PSU.. anyways, i got a guy who told me
he's gonna help me OC it to a 5950 ultra! yep yep u read it correctly!
hot huh ?
and from all i know i dont think u need to do anything, just download
the latest nvidia drivers.. install em for the 5200, close comp, put
5900... and ure set, u can actually install the CD that comes with it
and itll overwrite the stuff, or maybe the latest nvidia drivers are
good enuff..

"CapFusion" <CapeFussion...@hotmail.., com> wrote in message news:<YMmdneyWyNjz4mDdRVn-oA@megapath.net>...
> "Anthony Harris" <acharris20@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:cdjgs4$go$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > Hi group, I am going to upgrade my fx5200 to a XFX 5900xt and I was
> > wondering if I should uninstall the current drivers I got on my system,
> > remove the card from device manager and power down, swap cards and power
> > back up. XP is my operating system by the way.
> >
> > I am not a newbie at building Pc and stuff, but have never upgrade one
> card
> > to another before and was wondering what is the best way to do it. I
> think
> > to uninstall the drivers is the best way as it make sures the card sets up
> > properly but might be wrong.
> >
>
> What you doing should be ok.
>
> CapFusion,...