Got a new graphics card, how should I remove Nvidia's drivers?

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scotty777

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Hey guys,

I just got my hands on an AMD graphics card, and I have an Nvidia card currently in my pc. I don't really want to format my pc atm as I'm a little pressed on time, and I need to use my pc all the time for the next month.

So, I'm wondering if I can just uninstall the Nvidia drivers, restarts with nee gpu, and install AMD drivers? I remember swapping out gpus was a big ordeal but in XP days and you needed to use something like driversweeper to remove them... Is this still true?

Any other advice would be much appreciated! :D.

Best,
Scotty
 
Switch off PC.
Take out the nvidia card.
Plug monitor cable into onboard VGA...
Boot PC, delete nvidia drivers (uninstall).
Switch off PC.
Install new card.
Boot PC, install Radeon drivers.
 
Dude above forgot to mention driver sweeper. Do that before installing AMD drivers.
 
I don't have onboard graphics - was a cheap mother board,

But cool, I'll just remove all the drivers and then run Driver Cleaner pro. Shot!

Sorry guys, I've been out the loop of pc stuffs for the last three years!
 
scotty777 said:
Hey guys,

I just got my hands on an AMD graphics card, and I have an Nvidia card currently in my pc. I don't really want to format my pc atm as I'm a little pressed on time, and I need to use my pc all the time for the next month.

So, I'm wondering if I can just uninstall the Nvidia drivers, restarts with nee gpu, and install AMD drivers? I remember swapping out gpus was a big ordeal but in XP days and you needed to use something like driversweeper to remove them... Is this still true?

Any other advice would be much appreciated! :D.

Best,
Scotty
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These days just run the uninstall from the Control Panel, both lots are very good about cleaning behind them. IMHO, going to all the effort of removing every last trace of a driver is immaterial, Vista and 7 don't load the driver if the hardware isn't present. Getting rid of the control panels is fine as they will become annoying, but the machine won't run any slower if there is a driver file or registry setting left over after an uninstall.
 
I would just run the default Nvidia uninstaller with the option to delete everything nvidia related, shutdown, replace card, boot up.
 
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