When, IF, I get my new Card....

[Worf101]

How do I clear ATI drivers on my new rig for the new card. How do I clear NVIDIA drivers from my old rig so I can put an ATI card in it?

Any help would be appreciated.


Da Worfster

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[pauldh]

I'd help, but you and I both know Gateway isn't going to ship our X800XTpe's this week.


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[Worf101]

LOL, no I've one on order from Visiontek, their Xtasy X800XT PE. I'm gonna cancel the Gateway order. Visiontek says 2 to 4 weeks, that's plenty of time before Gateway (who can't seem to get out of their own way these days) get's their collective head's out of their a**es.

Thanks, I'd still appreciate the information...

David

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[sweatlaserxp]

Run the Driver Cleaner utility, which can be downloaded <A HREF="http://www.driverheaven.net/cleaner/" target="_new">here</A>. Just make sure you read the directions included with the program, and make a restore point just in case. There are other utilities that do the same sort of thing, but this one seems to be the best.

 

[pauldh]

Oh, so you really do need to uninstall drivers then. I'll be all set for a while.

For ATI cards, I have always had good luck just uninstalling through control panel. Although using a driver cleaner after that is a good idea. For NV cards, I use control panel first and then detonator destroyer and/or other cleaners to get rid of them there nasties left behind.

SOme people will say to do a clean OS install. While you might gain a tiny percentage of performance doing this, it probably won't be needed. Only time I ever needed a OS reinstall was when trying to switch from MSI Nvidea drivers. For some reason those never uninstalled properly.


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[coolsquirtle]

best way

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