Want to go from a nvidia card to ati card, what problems can i expect?

[ATIuser]

No, he probably just went for a driver only install.
I always do a system image before anything major, like installing .net
for example, but to be honest, I don't know what all the fuss is
about. With a bit of registry and services tweaking after installing
the .net and ati drivers, I was able to get rid of most of the
memory-hogging crap, and as stated before, get my memory usage pretty
much as it was before the installation.

It's only a problem for those that don't know how to tweak yet still
look at their system resource usage......

IIUC, it's possible to install ATI drivers only without .NET and
not to bother with CCP ...probably using ATI Tray Tools instead?

It would be helpful if you posted a list of the changes you made
to registry/services after installing, and I assume that still left
..NET installed?

 

[Steve Evans]

IIUC, it's possible to install ATI drivers only without .NET and
not to bother with CCP ...probably using ATI Tray Tools instead?

Yes, I'm pretty certain you don't need .net for drivers only, and tray
tools will allow control over the driver settings.

It would be helpful if you posted a list of the changes you made
to registry/services after installing, and I assume that still left
.NET installed?

Run regedit and look in these locations pre and post drivers install.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Run services.msc and do the same, making a note of what is there pre
and post install.
Most of the stuff that get's added to those locations *should* be ok
to delete/disable.


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[Red Cloud]

If you uninstalled .NET, were you still able to install ATI drivers?- Hide quoted text -

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Ati Radeon and Window Media Player Version 10 do NOT work
together!!!

I deleted Ati genuine drivers. Instead I installed Omega driver, not
require MS .NET stuff..But I still had MS problem with Window Media
Player 10. WMP 10's codec on S-video output does not fully function
100%. ATI Radeon card and WMP 10 do not work together!!!! So I
rolled back Windows media player to version 9. Now it's work perfect.
Does anyone know why WMP 10 have problem
with Ati Radeon card displaying TV signal through S-video output ?
nVidia video card have no problem of such...

 

[Benjamin Gawert]

* Mike Ray:

Somewhat OT but what is the problem with .NET?

The problem with .NET is that most users don't have a ****ing clue what
it really is and therefore are afraid of it for no reason. Some people
also think .NET is for DRM or for web-based services only (which despite
the name it's not).

..NET is nothing more than a framework consisting of a runtime
environment, class libraries and services that is much more flexible and
versatile than using outdated technologies like COM. It's not "yet
another fat layer of MS bloat", in fact it makes software development
more streamlined and efficient. The .NET framework does nothing bad if
you don't have any .NET programs installed.

Since .NET is a replacement for all the outdated things like COM it will
be an increasingly important part of modern Windows programs, even today
lots of applications rely on .NET. Staying away from .NET means also to
stay away from a lot of future applications (and games, too).

Benjamin