Install a new graphics car without messing your drivers

[Guest Generallee]

This is a little tutorial on how to clean your system completely before installing new drivers, if you are rolling back to an older driver, or if you have problems related to your current driver.

 

 

 

So, a week ago, I decided to swap my 7790 for a R9 290. I Uninstalled the drivers using AMD install utility, turned off the PC, installed the R9, booted, installed latest drivers.

 

First Issue : AMD Catalyst Control Center won't open, with the nice popup saying that "There are no parameters to be configured with AMD CCC"

 

Needless to say, no multi monitors, no AMD overdrive, no adjustments of any kind. Tried RadeonPro but my fps was so low in any game I almost threw the card off the window.

 

What i found though, was hidden in the catalyst control center installation log, in the very end of it, it was marked that the installer indeed installed the latest drivers, for the 7790. and it detected another hardware, kindly marked as 1002-something. That 1002 is in fact the PCI vendor ID of HIS, wich is the manufacturer of my R9.

 

Here is how to completely wipe your system of any graphic card driver before installing a new one.

 

Step 1 : Download DIsplay Driver Uninstaller

 

Link : http://www.guru3d.com/files_get/display_driver_uninstaller_download,4.html

 

It's a free utility to completely uninstall drivers, it also clean your system for any AMD/Nvidia related software (Like CCC)

 

This tool has to be used in Safe Mode to ensure that drivers were successfully uninstalled.

 

Step 2 : Clean remaining registry keys with CCleaner

 

Link : http://www.01net.com/outils/telecharger/windows/Utilitaire/nettoyeurs_et_installeurs/fiches/tele32599.html

 

Step 3 : Uninstall manually the default windows driver using the device manager

 

Right after you uninstalled your driver using DDU, Windows will automatically install it's "Standard VGA Adapter" driver, which I know can sometimes get you in trouble when trying to install another driver. Better keep that with a yellow question mark.

 

Step 4 : Install your driver

 

That's it ! no more conflicts between drivers

[SSOB]

Nevermind

[needmorewood]

graphics car?

[Chatzev]

mmmm, I'd like to install a graphics car and download some more ram

[Guest Generallee]

Sorry for the typo  mm yeah my graphics car has a V8, runs bf 4 at 900 fps 

[Titanicium]

Sorry for the typo  mm yeah my graphics car has a V8, runs bf 4 at 900 fps 

 

Not good enough. My Graphics tank runs Crysis 3, 4K *3 on max settings with OVER 9000 FPS

[Guest Generallee]

I once had a graphics plane, running so well it blowed from my pc case & flew for brazil, still miss it  B)

[flibberdipper]

Not good enough. My Graphics tank runs Crysis 3, 4K *3 on max settings with OVER 9000 FPS

My LT1 runs GTA IV at 8K*3 at 60FPS. Boom.

[needmorewood]

Sorry for the typo  mm yeah my graphics car has a V8, runs bf 4 at 900 fps 

should probably fix that if u want to be taken seriously

[Guest Generallee]

@needmorewood Seems like a dumb question but how can i do that ?