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Prebuilt/Brand Comp: GPU Upgrade advice. Stick with same card manufacturer?

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  • Graphics
  • Computers
  • AMD
  • Prebuilt Systems
  • Nvidia
  • GPUs
September 30, 2014 2:23:04 PM

Hello, I'm about to upgrade my Prebuilt/Brand computer's graphics card/GPU. I read a thread that here about a guy having trouble when he swapped from his AMD card to Nvidia thanks to something called "Bios".

Thread: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1949285/replac...

So I wonder, is it generally safer to stick with the card manufacturer your prebuilt/brand computer came with?

My computer is this one: http://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.PAG...

I got a tip to get AMD R9 270 (Not the 270x), so I'm abit worried if this could be a problem when swapping from Nvidia to AMD.

If this isn't a problem, how do I do when changing the cards drivers?

I mean, do I uninstall Nvidia's drivers and install the AMD ones, then shut off the computer and change the card?

Or do I swap the cards and then when the computer starts again I'll swap the drivers?

Thanks for any answers!

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