How to properly uninstall drivers when upgrading a graphics card

[DeuteriumFezzes]

I'm upgrading from a fairly rubbish GT 740 to a GTX 1050, but I'm unsure on how I'm supposed to uninstall my drivers. Could someone please walk me through the steps, and whether or not you have to uninstall ALL the Nvidia programs, not just the graphics driver. Thanks.

 

[clutchc]

Everyone has their favorite method for doing that. I find that running DDU from safe mode while the old card is still in, uninstalling the existing driver, shutting down, swapping cards, rebooting to Win, and then installing the new driver is almost foolproof.
DDU: http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/display_driver_uninstaller.html

In reality, Nvidia has their driver installation pgm so well-perfected, that you could simply install the new driver over the old one and it would be fine.

 

[DeuteriumFezzes]

So I could just shut down my PC, exchange the cards, reboot, and install the new driver over the old one using the 'Clean Install' option?

 

[GamingInsider]

So I could just shut down my PC, exchange the cards, reboot, and install the new driver over the old one using the 'Clean Install' option?

In short ... yes.

 

[clutchc]

So I could just shut down my PC, exchange the cards, reboot, and install the new driver over the old one using the 'Clean Install' option?

Yep. The "purists" like me like to use DDU. But there's no real need with Nvidia's driver installation pkg. It handles the old driver uninstall before installing the new driver. But that's only if you are going from one Nvidia card/driver to another.

 

[GamingInsider]

AMD also now gives consumers the option of "Clean Installing" new drivers over the old ones as well.