What should I do when switching from an Nvidia gpu to a AMD one?

[the popo]

Specs: i3 10100, gtx 1050ti, 500 gb crucial SSD, 600w PSU, Gigabyte B460M DS3H and 16 gb ram.

 

I have a 1050 ti and am going to upgrade to an AMD rx 6600. I've heard conflicting things about what I need to do when installing it. Do I need to do something with the drivers, or can I just slot the card in? Specifics would be appreciated.

[I._.T]

You install the card in the pcie slot and then you install drivers from amds website

[Fr33K!e]

Just make sure the Nvidia drivers are uninstalled before swapping the cards and then just install the AMD Catalyst drivers and you should be good to go.

 

Just go through control panel > programs and uninstall anything Nvidia related or use DDU.

[shaz2sxy]

Just make sure you DDU the old drivers

 

https://www.wagnardsoft.com/

[Pixelfie]

Download DDU, go into safe mode, open DDU and click uninstall and shut down. This will uninstall the drivers, better than using device manager or programs in settings.

[--SID--]

Use DDU to remove the Radeon drivers.

11 minutes ago, the popo said:

600w PSU

This scares me. What's the brand and model?

[the popo]

27 minutes ago, --SID-- said:

Use DDU to remove the Radeon drivers.

This scares me. What's the brand and model?

why? It's an EVGA br

[the popo]

31 minutes ago, Pixelfie said:

Download DDU, go into safe mode, open DDU and click uninstall and shut down. This will uninstall the drivers, better than using device manager or programs in settings.

can i still use device manager? will it have adverse efffects?

[Pixelfie]

34 minutes ago, the popo said:

can i still use device manager? will it have adverse efffects?

Device manager will work but DDU is much better because there are often leftover files which can cause issues.

[Just that Mario]

AFAIK Nvidia and AMD both install far more stuff than just drivers, so doing the "uninstall" from Device Manager seem counter-intuitive? Better to use uninstallers provided or DDU. Or cleaninstall OS if you don't mind.

PS: Your title is in reverse.

[the popo]

On 11/8/2021 at 1:05 PM, Just that Mario said:

AFAIK Nvidia and AMD both install far more stuff than just drivers, so doing the "uninstall" from Device Manager seem counter-intuitive? Better to use uninstallers provided or DDU. Or cleaninstall OS if you don't mind.

PS: Your title is in reverse.

bruh moment

[the popo]

On 11/7/2021 at 7:07 PM, Pixelfie said:

Device manager will work but DDU is much better because there are often leftover files which can cause issues.

i used device manager to get rid of the drivers. could I still use ddu to remove any remaining files? (sorry for necro btw)