Latest nvidia drivers - no need to uninstall previous driv..

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Hi all,

Evert time I update my GPU drivers I use to uninstall the previous drivers
and use Driver Cleaner Pro. That was until 77.30 and now 77.50 where I've
just installed over the top of the previous drivers. This, as far as I'm
concerned is great, its quicker and I don't have to re-set my desktop
resolution, font size etc once the drivers are installed.

Everything seems to be fine - no problems with the BF2 or FEAR MP demo so no
problems there.

I will still uninstall the drivers if I'm changing graphics cards (just
swapped out a Leadtek 6600GT for a PNY 6800GT) but have nvidia *changed*
their driver package to make uninstalling the previous drivers unnecessary
or is it just anally retentive to do this anyway?

BillL

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Well BF2 made me update my drivers without giving any warning as to
uninstalling the previous version so I thought heck why not, and
haven't seen any problems either. I think as drivers improve there's
no real need to delete your existing ones entirely


On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 17:35:06 -0500, Larry Roberts <skin-e@juno.com>
wrote:

>On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 15:13:03 GMT, "BillL" <billc1@blueyonder.co.uk>
>wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>Evert time I update my GPU drivers I use to uninstall the previous drivers
>>and use Driver Cleaner Pro. That was until 77.30 and now 77.50 where I've
>>just installed over the top of the previous drivers. This, as far as I'm
>>concerned is great, its quicker and I don't have to re-set my desktop
>>resolution, font size etc once the drivers are installed.
>>
>>Everything seems to be fine - no problems with the BF2 or FEAR MP demo so no
>>problems there.
>>
>>I will still uninstall the drivers if I'm changing graphics cards (just
>>swapped out a Leadtek 6600GT for a PNY 6800GT) but have nvidia *changed*
>>their driver package to make uninstalling the previous drivers unnecessary
>>or is it just anally retentive to do this anyway?
>>
>>BillL
>>
>
>
> Doing this doesn't affect everything, but usally you will find
>some programs not running properly, or not running at all. Doing an
>uninstall using Driver Cleaner PE, or another driver remover, and
>reinstalling the drivers will fix the problems. If it works for
>you....

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"Ed Light" <nobody@nobody.there> wrote in message
news:flEte.4608$eV4.440@fed1read01...
>
> <joelspencer@dsl.pipex.com> wrote
>> Well BF2 made me update my drivers without giving any warning as to
>> uninstalling the previous version so I thought heck why not, and
>> haven't seen any problems either. I think as drivers improve there's
>> no real need to delete your existing ones entirely
>
> There's a link from the nvidia drivers download that says to uninstall the
> old drivers in Add and Remove programs before installing the new ones.
>
>
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>
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But why do this if you've just installed the new drivers over the old ones
and experienced no problems *and* been able to keep your original
resolution, font size, colour depth etc? The only thing I've had to do
(which I should have mentioned in my OP) is to run the coolbits registry
tweak again to enable overclocking.

Oh well each to their own I guess, hardly the kind of things wars are fought
over ;o).

B

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On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 18:13:57 GMT, "BillL" <billc1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>
>"Ed Light" <nobody@nobody.there> wrote in message
>news:flEte.4608$eV4.440@fed1read01...
>>
>> <joelspencer@dsl.pipex.com> wrote
>>> Well BF2 made me update my drivers without giving any warning as to
>>> uninstalling the previous version so I thought heck why not, and
>>> haven't seen any problems either. I think as drivers improve there's
>>> no real need to delete your existing ones entirely
>>
>> There's a link from the nvidia drivers download that says to uninstall the
>> old drivers in Add and Remove programs before installing the new ones.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ed Light
>>
>> Smiley :-/
>> MS Smiley :-\
>>
>> Send spam to the FTC at
>> spam@uce.gov
>> Thanks, robots.
>>
>>
>
>But why do this if you've just installed the new drivers over the old ones
>and experienced no problems *and* been able to keep your original
>resolution, font size, colour depth etc? The only thing I've had to do
>(which I should have mentioned in my OP) is to run the coolbits registry
>tweak again to enable overclocking.
>
>Oh well each to their own I guess, hardly the kind of things wars are fought
>over ;o).
>
>B
>



This might interest some, dnloaded the approved 77.50 that have just came
out..

Uninstalled current Driver also used Driver Cleaner Pro 1.2.

Rebooted computer installed 77.50 all went OK rebooted, look at the Nvidia
Tab, Not there.

Reinstalled again and all was OK..