Best Way to Upgrade Video Card / Drivers

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I am upgrading from a GeForce Ti200 to a 6600GT. What is the best way to
install the new video card and upgrade the drivers? Thanks.
 
AFGH said:
I am upgrading from a GeForce Ti200 to a 6600GT.
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Sounds fun.
What is the best way to install the new video card and upgrade
the drivers? Thanks.
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I think all you have to do nowadays is shut down and install the
new card, and then install the big drivers file.

I guess you could try changing the current card drivers to
standard VGA or whatever, and then reboot, and then shut down and
change the cards. Maybe have the drivers ready when you turn on
the computer.
 
I just had to do this recently so it is almost fresh in my mind.
I uninstalled the driver software using add/remove progs in control panel.
Then went to device manager to remove the video card. If I recall correctly,
it was already gone, but you need to be sure it is removed. Then I shut
down, switched cards, and restarted. Skip out of "found new hardware" and
install the drivers from the Nvidia CD.
 
AFGH wrote:

" I am upgrading from a GeForce Ti200 to a 6600GT. What is the best
way to install the new video card and upgrade the drivers? "


Without re-installing the operating system, the best way is:

1. Download the drivers you wish to use for the new card.
2. Uninstall the current drivers via *System* in *Control Panel*.
Don't restart.
3. Scrub everything using Driver Cleaner PE. http://www.drivercleaner.net/
4. Shut down. Change cards. Install new drivers.

I'm just wondering though; What's the rest of your system you are using
with the 6600GT? The Ti200 is around four years old, and even the
fastest CPU of that era would be a bottleneck for a 6600GT.
 
John said:
Sounds fun.


I think all you have to do nowadays is shut down and install the
new card, and then install the big drivers file.

I guess you could try changing the current card drivers to
standard VGA or whatever, and then reboot, and then shut down and
change the cards. Maybe have the drivers ready when you turn on
the computer.
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Might work since they are both nVida cards, but it probably won't with out
doing what the other two guys said.

download latest driver to the hard disk-uninstall the old
driver-shutdown-remove old card-insert the new card-turn on the
system-install the new drivers from the file you downloaded-have some fun.
 
Thanks for the info.

I've got an Athon XP 2800. I upgraded the MB and CPU last year, but didn't
get around to a new card until now.
 
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